1993–94 AHL season

The 1993–94 AHL season was the 58th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The St. John's Maple Leafs finished first overall in the regular season. The Portland Pirates won their first Calder Cup championship.

It was the final season for founding member Springfield Indians, which would move to Worcester the following year after 52 years in Springfield.

Team changes

• The Utica Devils move to Saint John, New Brunswick, becoming the Saint John Flames, playing in the Atlantic Division.
• The Baltimore Skipjacks move to Portland, Maine, becoming the Portland Pirates, playing in the North Division.
• The Halifax Citadels move to Cornwall, Ontario, becoming the Cornwall Aces, playing in the South Division.
• The Capital District Islanders move to Albany, New York, becoming the Albany River Rats.
• The New Haven Senators move to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, becoming the Prince Edward Island Senators, playing in the Atlantic Division.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

Atlantic	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
St. John's Maple Leafs	80	45	23	12	102	360	287
Saint John Flames	80	37	33	10	84	304	305
Moncton Hawks	80	37	36	7	81	310	303
Cape Breton Oilers	80	32	35	13	77	316	339
Fredericton Canadiens	80	31	42	7	69	294	296
Prince Edward Island Senators	80	23	49	8	54	269	356

North	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Adirondack Red Wings	80	45	27	8	98	333	273
Portland Pirates	80	43	27	10	96	328	269
Albany River Rats	80	38	34	8	84	312	315
Springfield Indians	80	29	38	13	71	309	327
Providence Bruins	80	28	39	13	69	283	319

South	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hershey Bears	80	38	31	11	87	306	298
Hamilton Canucks	80	36	37	7	79	302	305
Cornwall Aces	80	33	36	11	77	294	295
Rochester Americans	80	31	34	15	77	277	300
Binghamton Rangers	80	33	38	9	75	312	322

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Tim Taylor	Adirondack Red Wings	79	36	81	117	86
Rich Chernomaz	St. John's Maple Leafs	78	45	65	110	199
Stephane Morin	Hamilton Canucks	69	38	71	109	48
Jeff Nelson	Portland Pirates	80	34	73	107	92
Yanic Perreault	St. John's Maple Leafs	62	45	60	105	38
Mitch Lamoureux	Hershey Bears	80	45	60	105	92
Mike Tomlak	Springfield Indians	79	44	56	100	53
Mark Pederson	Adirondack Red Wings	62	52	45	97	37
Chris Snell	St. John's Maple Leafs	75	22	74	96	92
Patrik Augusta	St. John's Maple Leafs	77	53	43	96	105

• Complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Division Semifinals

Division Finals

Semifinal

Calder Cup Final

A1

St. John's

4

A4

Cape Breton

1

A1

St. John's

2

Atlantic Division

A3

Moncton

4

A2

Saint John

3

A3

Moncton

4

BYE

N2

Portland

N1

Adirondack

4

N4

Springfield

2

N1

Adirondack

3

N2

Portland

4

North Division

N2

Portland

4

A3

Moncton

1

N2

Portland

4

N3

Albany

1

A3

Moncton

2

S3

Cornwall

0

S1

Hershey

4

S4

Rochester

0

S1

Hershey

3

South Division

S3

Cornwall

4

S2

Hamilton

0

S3

Cornwall

4

For the Semifinal round, the team that earned the most points during the regular season out of the three remaining teams receives a bye directly to the Calder Cup Final.

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Portland Pirates
Richard F. Canning Trophy North division playoff champions:	Portland Pirates
Robert W. Clarke Trophy South division playoff champions:	Cornwall Aces
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular season champions, North Division:	Adirondack Red Wings
John D. Chick Trophy Regular season champions, South Division:	Hershey Bears

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Rich Chernomaz - St. John's Maple Leafs
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Tim Taylor - Adirondack Red Wings
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Rene Corbet - Cornwall Aces
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Chris Snell - St. John's Maple Leafs
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best goaltender:	Frederic Chabot - Hershey Bears
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Olaf Kolzig & Byron Dafoe - Portland Pirates
Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Barry Trotz - Portland Pirates
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Jim Nesich - Cape Breton Oilers
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Olaf Kolzig - Portland Pirates

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Tom Ebright, Portland Pirates
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Dan Sernoffsky, Hershey, (newspaper) Don Stevens, Rochester, (radio) Cable Atlantic, St. John's, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Jeremy Duncan, Albany River Rats

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB