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History
The coveted Calder Cup has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League's history and is awarded annually to the AHL playoff champion. The trophy is named for Frank Calder, who served as the National Hockey League's first President from 1917 to 1943. During the 1920's, Mr. Calder was instrumental in guiding hockey into the mainstream of American's major cities including Boston, New York, Detroit and Chicago, while helping in the formation of the American League.
A total of 21 different cities have had their AHL member club win the Calder Cup, including the Cleveland Barons, who played in the AHL from 1936 to 1972 and won a record nine championships. The Hershey Bears have the most championships of active franchises with nine, the first in 1947 and the most recent in 2006.
ALL-TIME WINNERS
| 2011-12 |
Norfolk Admirals |
| 2010-11 |
Binghamton Senators |
| 2009-10 |
Hershey Bears |
| 2008-09 |
Hershey Bears |
| 2007-08 |
Chicago Wolves |
| 2006-07 |
Hamilton Bulldogs |
| 2005-06 |
Hershey Bears |
| 2004-05 |
Philadelphia Phantoms |
| 2003-04 |
Milwaukee Admirals |
| 2002-03 |
Houston Aeros |
| 2001-02 |
Chicago Wolves |
| 2000-01 |
Saint John Flames |
| 1999-00 |
Hartford Wolf Pack |
| 1998-99 |
Providence Bruins |
| 1997-98 |
Philadelphia Phantoms |
| 1996-97 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1995-96 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1994-95 |
Albany River Rats |
| 1993-94 |
Portland Pirates |
| 1992-93 |
Cape Breton Oilers |
| 1991-92 |
Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1990-91 |
Springfield Indians |
| 1989-90 |
Springfield Indians |
| 1988-89 |
Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1987-88 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1986-87 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1985-86 |
Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1984-85 |
Sherbrooke Canadiens |
| 1983-84 |
Maine Mariners |
| 1982-83 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1981-82 |
New Brunswick Hawks |
| 1980-81 |
Adirondack Red Wings |
| 1979-80 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1978-79 |
Maine Mariners |
| 1977-78 |
Maine Mariners |
| 1976-77 |
Nova Scotia Voyaguers |
| 1975-76 |
Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1974-75 |
Springfield Kings |
| 1973-74 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1972-73 |
Cincinnati Swords |
| 1971-72 |
Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1970-71 |
Springfield Kings |
| 1969-70 |
Buffalo Bisons |
| 1968-69 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1967-68 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1966-67 |
Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1965-66 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1964-65 |
Rochester Americans |
| 1963-64 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1962-63 |
Buffalo Bisons |
| 1961-62 |
Springfield Indians |
| 1960-61 |
Springfield Indians |
| 1959-60 |
Springfield Indians |
| 1958-59 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1957-58 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1956-57 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1955-56 |
Providence Reds |
| 1954-55 |
Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1953-54 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1952-53 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1951-52 |
Pittsburgh Hornets |
| 1950-51 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1949-50 |
Indianapolis Capitols |
| 1948-49 |
Providence Reds |
| 1947-48 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1946-47 |
Hershey Bears |
| 1945-46 |
Buffalo Bisons |
| 1944-45 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1943-44 |
Buffalo Bisons |
| 1942-43 |
Buffalo Bisons |
| 1941-42 |
Indianapolis Capitols |
| 1940-41 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1939-40 |
Providence Reds |
| 1938-39 |
Cleveland Barons |
| 1937-38 |
Providence Reds |
| 1936-37 |
Syracuse Stars |
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