1992–93 AHL season

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.

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

Team changes

• The New Haven Nighthawks become the New Haven Senators.
• The Maine Mariners move to Providence, Rhode Island, becoming the Providence Bruins.
• The Hamilton Canucks join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Hamilton, Ontario, playing in the South Division.

Map of teams

Oilers

Canadiens

Citadels

Hawks

Maple Leafs

Red Wings

Islanders

Senators

Bruins

Indians

Skipjacks

Rangers

Canucks

Bears

Americans

Devils

Atlantic Division North Division South 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 (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

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Main article: 1993 Calder Cup playoffs

Division semifinals

Division finals

Semifinals

Final

A1

St. John's

4

A4

Moncton

1

A1

St. John's

0

Atlantic Division

A3

Cape Breton

4

A2

Fredericton

1

A3

Cape Breton

4

N1

Providence

2

N4

Springfield

4

N4

Springfield

4

S2

Rochester

1

North Division

N2

Adirondack

3

A3

Cape Breton

2

A3

Cape Breton

4

N2

Adirondack

4

N4

Springfield

0

N3

Capital District

0

S1

Binghamton

4

S4

Baltimore

3

S1

Binghamton

3

South Division

S2

Rochester

4

S2

Rochester

4

S3

Utica

3

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

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB