1962–63 AHL season

The 1962–63 AHL season was the 27th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season, and won their fourth Calder Cup championship.

1962-63 AHL season
League	American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy	Providence Reds
Season MVP	Denis DeJordy
Top scorer	Bill Sweeney
Calder Cup playoffs
Finals champions	Buffalo Bisons
Runners-up	Hershey Bears

Team changes

• The Baltimore Clippers join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Baltimore, Maryland, playing in the East Division.

Final standings

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

East	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Providence Reds	72	38	29	5	81	239	203
Hershey Bears	72	36	28	8	80	262	231
Baltimore Clippers	72	35	30	7	77	226	244
Quebec Aces	72	33	28	11	77	206	210
Springfield Indians	72	33	31	8	74	282	236

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Buffalo Bisons	72	41	24	7	89	237	199
Cleveland Barons	72	31	34	7	69	270	253
Rochester Americans	72	24	39	9	57	241	270
Pittsburgh Hornets	72	20	48	4	44	200	317

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Sweeney	Springfield Indians	69	38	65	103	16
Hank Ciesla	Cleveland Barons	72	42	56	98	41
Willie Marshall	Hershey Bears	72	36	56	92	12
Art Stratton	Buffalo Bisons	70	20	70	90	18
Bruce Cline	Springfield Indians	72	39	48	87	26
Cleland Mortson	Hershey Bears	72	32	54	86	97
Bill Masterton	Cleveland Barons	72	27	55	82	12
John McKenzie	Buffalo Bisons	71	35	46	81	122
Stan Baluik	Providence Reds	72	23	58	81	52
Fred Glover	Cleveland Barons	71	26	54	80	171

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Buffalo Bisons defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 2.
• Hershey Bears defeated Baltimore Clippers 2 games to 1.
• Cleveland Barons defeated Rochester Americans 2 games to 0.

Second round

• Buffalo Bisons earned second round bye.
• Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2.

Finals

• Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup.
• list of scores

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Buffalo Bisons
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, East Division:	Providence Reds
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Buffalo Bisons

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Denis DeJordy - Buffalo Bisons
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Doug Robinson - Buffalo Bisons
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Marc Reaume - Hershey Bears
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Denis DeJordy - Buffalo Bisons

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:

C. Stafford Smythe

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB