1983–84 AHL season

{{Infobox sports season

| title = 1983–84 AHL season

| league = American Hockey League

| sport = Ice hockey

| duration =

| attendance =

| season = Regular season

| season_champ_name = F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy

| season_champs = Fredericton Express

| MVP = Garry Lariviere
Mal Davis

| MVP_link = Les Cunningham Award

| top_scorer = Claude Larose

| top_scorer_link = John B. Sollenberger Trophy

| playoffs =

| playoffs_link =

| finals = Playoffs

| finals_link = 1984 Calder Cup playoffs

| finals_champ = Maine Mariners

| finals_runner-up = Rochester Americans

| playoffs_MVP = Bud Stefanski

| playoffs_MVP_link = Jack A. Butterfield Trophy

|prevseason_year = 1982–83

|nextseason_year = 1984–85

| seasonslist = List of AHL seasons

| seasonslistnames = AHL

}}

The 1983–84 AHL season was the 48th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league initiates two new awards. The Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award is first awarded to the league's "best goaltender." The Jack A. Butterfield Trophy is first awarded to the "MVP of the playoffs." The Baltimore Skipjacks finished first overall in the regular season. The Maine Mariners won their third Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

{{Color box|#97DEFF|y–|border=darkgray}} indicates team clinched division and a playoff spot
{{Color box|#bbffbb|x–|border=darkgray}} indicates team clinched a playoff spot
{{Color box|#ffcccc|e–|border=darkgray}} indicates team was eliminated from playoff contention

width="35%" \| North Division ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|W\|Wins}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|L\|Losses}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|T\|Ties}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|GF\|Goals for}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}}
class="wikitable" style="width:50em"
bgcolor="#97DEFF" \| y–Fredericton Express (QUE/VAN)	80	45	30	5	95	340	262
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–Adirondack Red Wings (DET)	80	37	29	14	88	344	330
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–Maine Mariners (NJD)	80	33	36	11	77	310	312
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–Nova Scotia Voyageurs (MTL)	80	32	37	11	75	277	288
bgcolor="#ffcccc" \| e–Moncton Alpines (EDM)	80	32	40	8	72	251	278
bgcolor="#ffcccc" \| e–Sherbrooke Jets (WIN)	80	22	53	5	49	301	419

width="35%" \| South Division ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|GP\|Games played}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|W\|Wins}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|L\|Losses}} ! width="5%" \| {{abbr\|T\|Ties}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|Pts\|Points}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|GF\|Goals for}} ! width="7.5%" \| {{abbr\|GA\|Goals against}}
class="wikitable" style="width:50em"
bgcolor="#97DEFF" \| y–Baltimore Skipjacks (PIT)	80	46	24	10	102	384	304
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–Rochester Americans (BUF)	80	46	32	2	94	363	300
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–St. Catharines Saints (TOR)	80	43	31	6	92	364	346
bgcolor="#bbffbb" \| x–Springfield Indians (CHI/PHI/STL)	80	39	35	6	84	344	340
bgcolor="#ffcccc" \| e–New Haven Nighthawks (LAK)	80	36	40	4	76	365	371
bgcolor="#ffcccc" \| e–Binghamton Whalers (HFD)	80	33	43	4	70	359	388
bgcolor="#ffcccc" \| e–Hershey Bears (BOS/WSH)	80	28	42	10	66	320	384

Scoring leaders

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

bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" \| Player ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%" \| Team ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| GP ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| G ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| A ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| Pts ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%" \| PIM
class="wikitable"
Claude Larose	Sherbrooke Jets	80	53	67	120	6
Murray Eaves	Sherbrooke Jets	78	47	68	115	40
Mike Kaszycki	St. Catharines Saints	72	39	71	110	51
Bruce Boudreau	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	62	109	44
Ross Yates	Binghamton Whalers	68	35	73	108	82
Mal Davis	Rochester Americans	71	55	48	103	53
Mark Lofthouse	New Haven Nighthawks	79	37	64	101	45
Normand Aubin	St. Catharines Saints	80	47	47	94	63
Geordie Robertson	Rochester Americans	64	37	54	91	103
Claude Verret	Rochester Americans	65	39	51	90	4

[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/leaders/ahl19411984.html complete list]

Calder Cup playoffs

{{8TeamBracket | RD1=Division Semifinals

| RD2=Division Finals

| RD3=Calder Cup Final

| RD1-group1=North Division

| RD1-group2=South Division

| RD1-seed1=1

| RD1-team1=Fredericton

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=4

| RD1-team2=Nova Scotia

| RD1-score2=4

| RD1-seed3=2

| RD1-team3=Adirondack

| RD1-score3=3

| RD1-seed4=3

| RD1-team4=Maine

| RD1-score4=4

| RD1-seed5=1

| RD1-team5=Baltimore

| RD1-score5=4

| RD1-seed6=4

| RD1-team6=Springfield

| RD1-score6=0

| RD1-seed7=2

| RD1-team7=Rochester

| RD1-score7=4

| RD1-seed8=3

| RD1-team8=St. Catharines

| RD1-score8=3

| RD2-seed1=4

| RD2-team1=Nova Scotia

| RD2-score1=1

| RD2-seed2=3

| RD2-team2=Maine

| RD2-score2=4

| RD2-seed3=1

| RD2-team3=Baltimore

| RD2-score3=2

| RD2-seed4=2

| RD2-team4=Rochester

| RD2-score4=4

| RD3-seed1=N3

| RD3-team1=Maine

| RD3-score1=4

| RD3-seed2=S2

| RD3-team2=Rochester

| RD3-score2=1

}}

[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/playoffdisplay.php3?league=ahl1941&season=1984&leaguenm=AHL Details from hockeyDB]

Trophy and award winners

;Team awards

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Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Maine Mariners
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, North Division:	Fredericton Express
John D. Chick Trophy Regular Season champions, South Division:	Baltimore Skipjacks

;Individual awards

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Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints & Mal Davis - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Claude Verret - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:	Garry Lariviere - St. Catharines Saints
Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award Best Goaltender:	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Brian Ford - Fredericton Express
Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award Coach of the year:	Gene Ubriaco - Baltimore Skipjacks
Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award Sportsmanship / Perseverance:	Claude Larose - Sherbrooke Jets
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy MVP of the playoffs:	Bud Stefanski - Maine Mariners

;Other awards

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James C. Hendy Memorial Award Most outstanding executive:	Jack A. Butterfield
James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage:	Jack Gatecliff, St. Catharines, (newspaper) Tom George, Rochester, (radio) Vince Bagli, Baltimore, (television)
Ken McKenzie Award Outstanding marketing executive:	Dave Strader, Adirondack Red Wings

References

[http://www.theahl.com/ AHL official site]
[http://www.ahlhalloffame.com/ AHL Hall of Fame]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516110244/http://www.hockeydb.com/ HockeyDB]

{{succession box |

before = 1982–83 AHL season |

after = 1984–85 AHL season |

title = AHL seasons |

years = |

}}

Category:American Hockey League seasons