Calder Cup

Calder Cup

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 cup is named after Frank Calder, who was the first president of the National Hockey League.cite web |url=http://www.caldercup.com/cup/history/ |title=Story of the Calder Cup |accessdate=2008-06-03 |publisher=American Hockey League] The Calder Memorial Trophy, which is awarded annually to the Rookie of the Year in the National Hockey League, was also named after Calder.

The Hershey Bears and the original Cleveland Barons are tied for the most Calder Cup championships with nine; the Springfield Indians/Kings are third with seven. Eight teams have won back-to-back championships; the Springfield Indians of 1960-62 is the only team to have won three straight Calder Cup championships.

On three occasions an AHL club has won the Calder Cup and its NHL affiliate also won the Stanley Cup. In both 1976 and 1977 the Montreal Canadiens and affiliates Nova Scotia Voyageurs won both trophies. In 1995, the New Jersey Devils and Albany River Rats achieved the same feat.

The playoff MVP is awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy. The current Calder Cup champions are the Chicago Wolves.

ee also

* List of Calder Cup champions

References

External links

* [http://www.theahl.com Official AHL website]
* [http://www.caldercup.com Official Calder Cup website]
* [http://www.ahlhalloffame.com/trophy/ AHL Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/ahl1941.html Historic standings and statistics] - at Internet Hockey Database


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