The Calder Cup is awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. The trophy is the world's oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.
The trophy is named after Frank Calder, first president of the National Hockey League. The current champions are the Hershey Bears.
List of Winners
| Season | Cups won | Champion | Games won | Finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06 | 9 | Hershey Bears | 4-2 | Milwaukee Admirals |
| 2004-05 | 2 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 4-0 | Chicago Wolves |
| 2003-04 | 1 | Milwaukee Admirals | 4-0 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins |
| 2002-03 | 1 | Houston Aeros | 4-3 | Hamilton Bulldogs |
| 2001-02 | 1 | Chicago Wolves | 4-1 | Bridgeport Sound Tigers |
| 2000-01 | 1 | Saint John Flames | 4-2 | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins |
| 1999-00 | 1 | Hartford Wolf Pack | 4-2 | Rochester Americans |
| 1998-99 | 1 | Providence Bruins | 4-1 | Rochester Americans |
| 1997-98 | 1 | Philadelphia Phantoms | 4-2 | Saint John Flames |
| 1996-97 | 8 | Hershey Bears | 4-1 | Hamilton Bulldogs |
| 1995-96 | 6 | Rochester Americans | 4-3 | Portland Pirates |
| 1994-95 | 1 | Albany River Rats | 4-0 | Fredericton Canadiens |
| 1993-94 | 1 | Portland Pirates | 4-2 | Moncton Hawks |
| 1992-93 | 1 | Cape Breton Oilers | 4-1 | Rochester Americans |
| 1991-92 | 4 | Adirondack Red Wings | 4-3 | St. John's Maple Leafs |
| 1990-91 | 6 | Springfield Indians | 4-2 | Rochester Americans |
| 1989-90 | 5 | Springfield Indians | 4-2 | Rochester Americans |
| 1988-89 | 3 | Adirondack Red Wings | 4-1 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1987-88 | 7 | Hershey Bears | 4-0 | Fredericton Canadiens |
| 1986-87 | 5 | Rochester Americans | 4-3 | Sherbrooke Canadiens |
| 1985-86 | 2 | Adirondack Red Wings | 4-2 | Hershey Bears |
| 1984-85 | 1 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | 4-2 | Baltimore Skipjacks |
| 1983-84 | 3 | Maine Mariners | 4-1 | Rochester Americans |
| 1982-83 | 4 | Rochester Americans | 4-0 | Maine Mariners |
| 1981-82 | 1 | New Brunswick Hawks | 4-1 | Binghamton Whalers |
| 1980-81 | 1 | Adirondack Red Wings | 4-2 | Maine Mariners |
| 1979-80 | 6 | Hershey Bears | 4-2 | New Brunswick Hawks |
| 1978-79 | 2 | Maine Mariners | 4-0 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1977-78 | 1 | Maine Mariners | 4-1 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1976-77 | 3 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 4-2 | Rochester Americans |
| 1975-76 | 2 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 4-1 | Hershey Bears |
| 1974-75 | 4 | Springfield Indians | 4-1 | New Haven Nighthawks |
| 1973-74 | 5 | Hershey Bears | 4-1 | Providence Reds |
| 1972-73 | 1 | Cincinnati Swords | 4-1 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1971-72 | 1 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 4-2 | Baltimore Clippers |
| 1970-71 | 1 | Springfield Kings | 4-0 | Providence Reds |
| 1969-70 | 5 | Buffalo Bisons | 4-0 | Springfield Kings |
| 1968-69 | 4 | Hershey Bears | 4-1 | Quebec Aces |
| 1967-68 | 3 | Rochester Americans | 4-2 | Quebec Aces |
| 1966-67 | 3 a | Pittsburgh Hornets | 4-0 | Rochester Americans |
| 1965-66 | 2 | Rochester Americans | 4-2 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1964-65 | 1 | Rochester Americans | 4-1 | Hershey Bears |
| 1963-64 | 9 | Cleveland Barons | 4-0 | Quebec Aces |
| 1962-63 | 4 | Buffalo Bisons | 4-3 | Hershey Bears |
| 1961-62 | 3 | Springfield Indians | 4-1 | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1960-61 | 2 | Springfield Indians | 4-0 | Hershey Bears |
| 1959-60 | 1 | Springfield Indians | 4-1 | Rochester Americans |
| 1958-59 | 3 | Hershey Bears | 4-2 | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1957-58 | 2 | Hershey Bears | 4-2 | Springfield Indians |
| 1956-57 | 8 | Cleveland Barons | 4-1 | Rochester Americans |
| 1955-56 | 4 | Providence Reds | 4-0 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1954-55 | 2 | Pittsburgh Hornets | 4-2 | Buffalo Bison |
| 1953-54 | 7 | Cleveland Barons | 4-2 | Hershey Bears |
| 1952-53 | 6 | Cleveland Barons | 4-3 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1951-52 | 1 | Pittsburgh Hornets | 4-2 | Providence Reds |
| 1950-51 | 5 | Cleveland Barons | 4-3 | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1949-50 | 2 | Indianapolis Capitals | 4-0 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1948-49 | 3 | Providence Reds | 4-3 | Hershey Bears |
| 1947-48 | 4 | Cleveland Barons | 4-0 | Buffalo Bisons |
| 1946-47 | 1 | Hershey Bears | 4-3 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1945-46 | 3 | Buffalo Bisons | 4-3 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1944-45 | 3 | Cleveland Barons | 4-2 | Hershey Bears |
| 1943-44 | 2 | Buffalo Bisons | 4-0 | Cleveland Barons |
| 1942-43 | 1 | Buffalo Bisons | 3-0 | Indianapolis Capitals |
| 1941-42 | 1 | Indianapolis Capitals | 3-2 | Hershey Bears |
| 1940-41 | 2 | Cleveland Barons | 3-2 | Hershey Bears |
| 1939-40 | 2 | Providence Reds | 3-0 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1938-39 | 1 | Cleveland Barons | 3-1 | Philadelphia Ramblers |
| 1937-38 | 1 | Providence Reds | 3-1 | Syracuse Stars |
| 1936-37 | 1 | Syracuse Stars | 3-1 | Philadelphia Ramblers |
a Calder Cup won by second franchise known as the Pittsburgh Hornets. Previous franchise became the Rochester Americans.
External links
- Official AHL website
- AHL Hall of Fame
- Historic standings and statistics - at Internet Hockey Database