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1992–93 AHL season
League American Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Providence Bruins
Season MVP Don Biggs
Top scorer Don Biggs
Playoffs
Playoffs MVP Bill McDougall
Calder Cup
Champions Cape Breton Oilers
  Runners-up Rochester Americans
AHL seasons
←  1991–92
1993–94 →

The 1992–93 AHL season was the 57th season of the American Hockey League. Sixteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Binghamton Rangers finished first overall in the regular season with 124 points, a record which holds to this day. The Cape Breton Oilers won their first Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

Final standings

Atlantic Division North Division South Division

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 ( TOR) 80 41 26 13 95 351 308
Fredericton Canadiens ( MTL) 80 38 31 11 87 314 278
Cape Breton Oilers ( EDM) 80 36 32 12 84 356 336
Moncton Hawks ( WIN) 80 31 33 16 78 292 306
Halifax Citadels ( QUE) 80 33 37 10 76 312 348
North GP W L T Pts GF GA
Providence Bruins ( BOS) 80 46 32 2 94 384 348
Adirondack Red Wings ( DET) 80 36 35 9 81 331 308
Capital District Islanders ( NYI) 80 34 34 12 80 280 285
Springfield Indians ( HFD) 80 25 41 14 64 282 336
New Haven Senators ( OTT) 80 22 47 11 55 262 343
South GP W L T Pts GF GA
Binghamton Rangers ( NYR) 80 57 13 10 124 392 246
Rochester Americans ( BUF) 80 40 33 7 87 348 332
Utica Devils ( NJD) 80 33 36 11 77 325 354
Baltimore Skipjacks ( WSH) 80 28 40 12 68 318 353
Hershey Bears ( PHI) 80 27 41 12 66 316 339
Hamilton Canucks ( VAN) 80 29 45 6 64 284 327

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Don Biggs Binghamton Rangers 78 54 84 138 112
Iain Fraser Capital District Islanders 74 41 69 110 16
Tim Tookey Hershey Bears 80 38 70 108 63
Chris Tancill Adirondack Red Wings 68 59 43 102 62
Peter Ciavaglia Rochester Americans 64 35 67 102 32
Brian McReynolds Binghamton Rangers 79 30 70 100 88
Dan Currie Cape Breton Oilers 75 57 41 98 73
Tim Sweeney Providence Bruins 60 41 55 96 32
Yanic Perreault St. John's Maple Leafs 79 49 46 95 56
Craig Duncanson Binghamton Rangers 69 35 59 94 126

Calder Cup playoffs

Division semifinalsDivision finalsSemifinalsFinal
A1 St. John's4
A4 Moncton1
A1 St. John's0
Atlantic Division
A3 Cape Breton4
A2 Fredericton1
A3 Cape Breton4
N1 Providence2
N4 Springfield4
N4 Springfield4S2 Rochester1
North Division
N2 Adirondack3A3 Cape Breton2A3 Cape Breton4
N2 Adirondack4
N4 Springfield0
N3 Capital District0
S1 Binghamton4
S4 Baltimore3
S1 Binghamton3
South Division
S2 Rochester4
S2 Rochester4
S3 Utica3

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.

  • Bill McDougall of the Cape Breton Oilers, recorded 26 goals, and 26 assists for 52 points in 16 games, [1] setting a record for an average of 3.25 points per playoff game in professional hockey.

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup
Playoff champions:
Cape Breton Oilers
Richard F. Canning Trophy
North division playoff champions:
Springfield Indians
Robert W. Clarke Trophy
South division playoff champions:
Rochester Americans
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, North Division:
Providence Bruins
John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, South Division:
Binghamton Rangers

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:
Don Biggs - Binghamton Rangers
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer:
Don Biggs - Binghamton Rangers
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:
Corey Hirsch - Binghamton Rangers
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year:
Bobby Dollas - Adirondack Red Wings
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award
Best Goaltender:
Corey Hirsch - Binghamton Rangers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:
Corey Hirsch & Boris Rousson - Binghamton Rangers
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year:
Marc Crawford - St. John's Maple Leafs
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award
Sportsmanship / Perseverance:
Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy
MVP of the playoffs:
Bill McDougall - Cape Breton Oilers

Other awards

James C. Hendy Memorial Award
Most outstanding executive:
Robert W. Clarke
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards
Outstanding media coverage:
Kevin Oklobzija, Rochester, (newspaper)
John Colletto, Providence, (radio)
Pyman Productions, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award
Outstanding marketing executive:
Catherine Galea, Hamilton Canucks & Jason Siegel, Binghamton Rangers

See also

References

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