American League of hockey

The American League of hockey (in English: in American Hockey League ) is a professional Ligue of Hockey made up of twenty-nine franknesses located at the Canada and the the United States and distributed in two conferences, themselves divided into two divisions. It is associated by club-schools with team S of the National league of hockey (LNH). In spite of its less popularity and its level of play less raised, the LAH grows more and more in importance in North America, in particular with the installation of a match of Stars and a temple of famous the specific.

Since 1937, the champion of the eliminatory Séries of each season is seen giving the Coupe Calder.

Current structure

The American League of hockey counts each year a variable number teams. Into 2007-08, the league is divided into two formed conferences themselves of two divisions each one for twenty-nine teams.

The four best teams of various divisions, at the conclusion of the regular season, are qualified for eliminatory Séries. The series comprise four different stages: semi-finals of divisions, finales of divisions then finales of conferences and finally the final of the Cut Calder.

The teams will play in 2007-08 eighty matches in the regular season then the various turns of the series will be played best of the seven matches, the first team gaining four matches continuing her progression in “the tree qualifier” towards the final of the Cut.

Twenty-and-unième match of Stars of the LAH will take place with Binghamton, marking approximately the semi-season for the teams.

Payments

Rules of the game

The rules used in American league are identical to those used as a national league. The LAH being the anteroom of the LNH for the players, it is also sometimes the place privileged for the test of new rules which can be adopted in the future in the LNH. Thus, at the time of the season 2004-05, of many evolutions were tested and are currently in force in the LNH:

Introduction of shootings of shooting after the Prolongation to designate a winner with each match.
Cancellation of the automatic off-side: an attacker returning in neutral zone without touching the disc is given concerned.
Reduction of the size of the equipment of the goalkeepers.
Reduction of the zone of play of the guards: they cannot touch any more the disc out of a certain zone behind their goal.

Currently one can however note a difference between the LAH and the LNH:

the shootings of shooting include/understand 5 players per team in LAH against 3 in LNH.

Rules concerning the players

The LAH being a league of development for the LNH, it aims to support the young talents. For this purpose, it founded the rule of the veterans ( veteran rule ). This one forces the franknesses from LAH not to have in their alignment at the time of a match more than five veterans. A player is regarded as veteran if it has, at the beginning of the season considered, played a total of more than 260 matches combined in the following leagues: LNH, LAH, international League of hockey or championship elite European. The July 7th 2007, the LAH and the association of the professional players of hockey sign new a three years convention taking effect with the August 31st. This one, taking again the rules previously laid down, adds a modification to the rule of the veterans: each frankness can name a player having played 320 matches professionals or less as player of development, thus releasing a place for an additional veteran.

The contracts of the players evolving/moving in LAH are of four types:

SPC ( out of Standard player' S contract ): Player under standard contract also commonly called contract LAH.
PTO ( in Professionnal try-out contract ): Professional player with the test.
ATO ( as an Amateur try-out contract ): Player amateur with the test.
LNH: Player under contract with a team of LNH which leaves it at disposal of its club-school of LAH.

History

Foot-note : This history is resulting, partly, of the translation of the history present on the official site of the LAH.

Birth of the league

The foundations of the LAH go up with 1926 with the creation of the made up Canadian-American Hockey League teams located at Boston, New Haven, Providence, Quebec and Springfield. In 1929, a new league appears: the International Hockey Leagues (international Ligue of hockey), formed teams located at Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Toronto and Windsor. In 1936, the CAHL and the IHL amalgamate to form the International American Hockey Leagues . The new league thus created is made up of eight teams: Buffalo, Cleveland, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Providence, Springfield and Syracuse.

The first president of the very young league is Maurice Podoloff, presidency which it will preserve during sixteen years.
At the time of this first season LAH, after only eleven disputed matches, the Bisons of Buffalo see them skating rink damaged at the time of a storm of Neige forcing them to stop their activities.

The first final of the Coupe Calder puts at the catch the Ramblers of Philadelphia, champions of the regular season to the Stars of Syracuse. The Stars carry it 3 victories with 1 and become the first champions of the history of the IAHL. In 1937-38, Fred “Bun” Cook gains the first of its seven Calder cuts as a trainer by leading the Reds de Providence to their first title.

For the season 1938-39, the IAHL accommodates a new frankness, the Bears de Hershey. Those finish with the second position of the regular season but in fact the Barons de Cleveland (4th of the season) gain the cut finally by beating Ramblers of Philadelphia by 3 victories with 1.

In 1939, the Capitals of Indianapolis become the ninth frankness from the IAHL. Reds de Providence gain their second title vis-a-vis the Hornets de Pittsburgh.

In 1940, not having more Canadian team in her center, the league takes the final name of American Ligue of hockey . It comprises nine franknesses then (Bisons of Buffalo reappearing their ashes and taking again their place in the league). The Barons of Cleveland, taken along by Cunningham, are the first prizes winner of the Calder Cut of the very new LAH by beating the Bears de Hershey finally. It is about their second title by including the IAHL.

The season 1941-42 is gained by Capitals of Indianapolis and those are once again Bears which are inclined finally.

The LAH and the war

In February 1942, the LAH organizes its first Match of the Stars to collect funds in order to support the effort of war the United States and Canada.

The first victims teams of the war are those of the Ramblers of Philadelphia (then named Rockets) and of the Indians de Springfield which stop their activities since 1942, Indians there being forced when the American army installs its districts in its skating rink. They are the Barons of Cleveland who gain the third final of the LAH by beating the outgoing champions by 3 victories with 0.

For the season 1943-1944, the LAH loses two new teams, the Eagles de New Haven and the Lions of Washington. The Barons of Cleveland gain their second consecutive title in a league which comprises nothing any more but six teams. The final is played for the first time this season with best of the 7 matches.

The following season sees the hemorrhage stopping and a new frankness makes even its appearance: the Flyers of Saint-Louis. The Barons gain their second title and Bears is inclined again finally for the third time in five years.

Post-war period

With the end of the war, the frankness from New Haven joins again with hockey in LAH as of the season 1945-46 followed the following year by the Lions, Rockets and Indians. The league is then made up of eleven franknesses, a record since its creation. This season 1946-47 is also marked by a player, John Holota, Barons of Cleveland, which becomes the first player of the history of the American league of hockey to be registered more than 50 goals during the regular season.

At the beginning of the season 1947-48, the league, which comprised only two trophies, sets up four new rewards. With the Trophy F.G. “Teddy” Oke, rewarding the winner of Western division and with the Cut Calder which crowns the champion of the series, are added the Trophée Cunningham (Meilleur player of the season), the trophy Wally Kilrea (better pointer), the Trophée Dudley “Red” Garret (better recruit of the year) and the Trophée Harry “Hap” Holmes (goalkeeper having the smallest average of boxed goals).
Carl Liscombe and Cliff Simpson becomes the first two players to be piled up more than 100 points in one season with respectively 118 and 110 marked points. Besides Liscombe becomes the first prize winner of the trophies Cunningham and Kilrea, this last trophy taking the name of Liscombe trophy as of the following year.

Cleveland and Buffalo dominate this decade by collecting three titles each one. Hershey, although finalist with five recoveries, gains the cut only once.

After the stop of the frankness from Philadelphia, the league is made up of ten teams until 1951. Capitals of Indianapolis, carried out by their goalkeeper Terry Sawchuk, gain the cut in 1950 while not having lost any match in series Then they are the Barons who gain a fourth Calder cut in 1951.

The season 1951-52 begins with nine teams, New Haven having in its turn stopped its activity in LAH, then, it is with the turn of Indianapolis and Cincinnati to leave the LAH which is not made up any more whereas of seven teams. The team of Cincinnatti then decides to join the news international Ligue of hockey.

Stability and continuity

At dawn of the season 1953-54 and with the loss of a new frankness (Flyers of Saint-Louis), the American league turns over to its more small number of teams engaged since the war. Among the six remaining teams, Buffalo, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Providence are the survivors of the creation of the IAHL, Syracuse is resulting from the removal of another original team of the IAHL, Indians de Springfield, and finally Hershey joined the league at the time of the season 1938-39.

The match of Stars is of return in the LAH, it proceeds in October 1954, opposing a selection of players and the champions in title, the Barons of Cleveland.

Until 1959, the number of team remains to six, the league is only marked by the removal of Warriors of Syracuse which turns over rejouer to Springfield and that of of Hornets de Pittsburgh, of which the skating rink, the Duquesne Gardens threatening of effondrerà Rochester where they become the Americans. These years are once again remembered by the domination of the Barons de Cleveland who take part in six finales and gain the trifle of four championships.

In 1959, the LAH sees a new frankness arriving: the Ace of Quebec. It is the first Canadian frankness which takes part in the championship since this one acquired the name of American League of hockey.

The beginning of the year sixty is dominated by Indians de Springfield which becomes the first team to gain three championship consecutive (1960 with 1962). Their high-speed motorboat of the time, Bill Sweeney, gains as for him the three trophies Sollenberger of these seasons the season 1961-62 is marked by the return of divisions East and West each one made up of four teams and creation of the Trophée John D. Chick rewarding the winner of Western division (the Trophée F.G. “Teddy” Oke being historically related to division Is).

In 1964, the new president of the League names Jack Riley but there remain only two years places from there before joining the team of the Penguins de Pittsburgh of the National league of hockey as a chairman and managing director. Its successor is Jack Butterfield, until there, managing director of Indians de Springfield. It will remain in station until 1994.

Americans of Rochester, after having been finalists of the Calder Cut at the time of their first participation in 1957, gain three titles in four seasons (1965, 1966, 1968).

Pittsburgh, which had again joined the LAH in 1961, benefits from the expansion 1967 to join the National league of hockey.

After the players and the teams, it is with the turn of the trainers to receive a reward with the creation of the Trophée Louis A.R. Pieri for the season 1967 - 68 at the conclusion which Fred Glover, player and trainer of the Barons de Cleveland, takes his retirement to become trainer as a chief of the Seals d' Oakland which evolve/move in LNH. It leaves the LAH with the records of greatest number of goals, assistances, points and played matches and has with its credit five Calder cuts.

In 1969, the Canadian of Montreal, under the impulse of Sam Pollock, become first team LNH owner of a team of LAH: the Travellers of Montreal.

The Bisons of Buffalo gain their fifth and last Calder cut in 1970 and benefit them-also from a new expansion of the LNH to become the Sabers of Buffalo.

At the time of the season 1970-71, the Kings de Springfield become the first team of the history to gain the Calder cut after having undergoes one season with more defeats than of victories.

The wage explosion

In 1967, the LNH decides a expansion and passes from six to twelve teams. In 1970, then 1972 and 1974, two new franknesses are each time allowed in the LNH carrying the total with 18 teams. Moreover, in 1971, the creation of a new major league, the Worldwide association of hockey, increases considerably the number of major professional franknesses which passes from six to thirty in 7 years (of 1967 with 1974). Benefitting from the growth and law from the offer and request, the wage claims of all the players increase then. To compensate for this rise of the wages of the best elements, good number of team of LNH reduce the number of players under contract which they have in their clubs of development of the LAH. The consequence is the wage increase in LAH, the best players, just like in LNH, being able monnayer their services with highest offerer.

With the right in the middle of these dark times, Willie Marshall takes its retirement in 1972 after having eclipsed certain records of Fred Glover with 523 goals, 852 assistances: 1375 points in: 1205 matches disputed in 20 seasons.

In three seasons, of 1974 with 1977, half of the franknesses from LAH must close its doors, not being able to follow inflation. The league passes from twelve to six clubs and the future of this one seems dark with the approach of the season 1977-78 with the advertisement of Reds de Providence, last club having taken part in all the championships since the creation of the IAHL, to suspend in its turn its operations.

However, at the end of 1977, two significant events for the league occur: the first of them is the decision of the Flyers of Philadelphia, team of the National league of hockey, to reinvest in LAH with a club school their pertaining, the second is the unexpected collapse of the North American Hockey League a few weeks before the beginning of the championship.

The new frankness from Flyers, the Mariners of Maine, is immediately competitive and gains the titles of regular season and the Calder cut at its first two seasons. The stop of the NAHL leaves cities without club of hockey. Among those, Binghamton acquires Reds de Providence and joined the league as a Dusters de Binghamton. The town of Philadelphia as for it takes part in the championship of LAH with Firebirds. The league counts nine franknesses then.

Quiet growth

After a certain stability (between eight and ten franknesses from the seasons 1977-78 with 1980-81) the American league starts an inexorable growth at the time of the season 1981-82 while passing to eleven teams, then, as of the following season, to thirteen, a record since its creation.

The Mariners of Maine gain their third title in seven years of existence at the time of the season 1983-84. The following season, the Skipjacks of Baltimore changes the record of consecutive victories to 16 but is unfortunately stopped in way towards the cut by the Canadian of Sherbrooke and their 19 year old guard very fresh émoulu of the leagues juniors, Patrick Roy.

In 1986, Paul Gardner, after one season of 130 points followed of another of 112, gains its second Trophée John B. consecutive Sollenberger, becoming the first player to do it. In 1987, at the time of its only season in LAH, Brett Hull gains the Trophée Dudley “Red” Garret of the best player recruit while having marked 50 goals.

The season 1987-88, sees the number of committed teams still growing and passing to 14. This season is also marked by Bears de Hershey which gains to them 7th Calder cut while having succeeded in the performance to remain unconquered in series (12 consecutive victories).

A new record is beaten during the season 1988-89 thanks to Stéphan Lebeau which registers 134 points and 70 goals at its season recruit. The last title of the years 1980 is the third of Adirondack which is only the second team to finally go up a handicap of 3 matches before gaining the Calder cut.

With the beginning of the year 1990, the Indians de Springfield gain two consecutive titles each time by beating Americans of Rochester finally. The following season, the winner of the Calder cut is the frankness from Adirondack which beats the Maple Leafs of St John' S in a strange final where no team gains home match.

At the time of the season 1992-93, the league gains a new unit what changes the number of franknesses to sixteen. The Rangers de Binghamton beat the record of points in one season with 124 (57-13-10), their attacker Don Biggs placing as for him the bar at 138 points. In eliminatory series, another player makes speak about him: Bill McDougall . He succeeds in registering 26 goals and 52 points in only 16 matches.

In 1994, after 28 years of presidency, Jack Butterfield is withdrawn with the profit of David Andrews, former managing director of the Oilers of Cape-Breton the of 1993, champions of the LAH.

The season 1994-95 has seen the return of the match of stars for the first time for 35 years. The event is played closed counters and is retransmis on television through all the North America.

For its 60e birthday in 1995-96, in addition to increasing of two additional teams, the LAH modifies its format and is separate in two conferences of two divisions each one for the first time of its history. Moreover, one new rule is adopted: It allows a team which loses the match in prolongation to collect nevertheless a point. This rule will be adopted later by the LNH. Americans of Rochester celebrate the soixantenaire by gaining the Calder cut.

At their first season of LAH, in 1996-97, the Phantoms of Philadelphia beat a record with 19 gained consecutive matches in residence but they are Bears de Hershey which gains to them 8th Calder cut.

In 1998-99, strong of a frankness moreover, the LAH tests a new rule: during the prolongations, in regular season, the matches are played 4 against 4. The rule will be preserved the following seasons. The match of stars of 1999 is played in front of a crowd record of 14120 spectators.

In 2000, John Paddock becomes the first trainer as a chief to gain the different Calder cut with three teams. After the seasons 1983-84 with the Mariners of Maines and 1987-88 with Bears de Hershey, it gains the title with the Wolf Pack de Hartford.

The season 2000-01 is the occasion for the LAH to pass the course of the twenty teams with the arrival of the frankness from the Admirals de Norfolk. This season is gained by the Flames of Saint-John taken along by the winner of the trophy Butterfield, Steve Bégin.

The expansion of 2001

The season 2001-02 will undoubtedly remain one of most memorable of the history of the LAH for several reasons. The first is the expansion of the league which passes suddenly from twenty to twenty-seven teams. Indeed, in prey with money worries, the international League of hockey, after 56 years of existence, is obliged to close its doors. It counts eleven franknesses then. The American league of hockey makes it possible six of them to continue their activities by integrating them within its organization. The teams profiting from the expansion are the Wolves of Chicago, the Griffins de Grand Rapids, the Aeros of Houston, the Moose of Manitoba, the Admirals of Milwaukee and the Grizzlies of Utah. On the five remaining teams of the LIH, joined rows of ECHL and the four others must all cease their activités.
The season is also marked by an incredible competitiveness of the teams, seventeen of them being separate only by 12 points at the conclusion of the regular season. They are the Wolves of Chicago, former boarders of the LIH, which gains the trophy so much coveted as of their first season in LAH. Wolves, 16th of the regular season, beat successively three champions of division to conquer the Calder.
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In parallel, more than 100 former players of the LAH take part in the Winter Olympics of 2002 with Salt Lake City.

The following season is dominated by the Bulldogs of Hamilton. Those, used as club school at the same time by Montreal and Edmonton, record one season of 49 victories, 19 defeats, 8 ties and 4 defeats in prolongation, with a series of 18 consecutive matches without defeat. They are however overcome in 7 matches finally by Aeros of Houston. During this season, Rob Murray, captain of Falcons de Springfield, become the sixth player of the history to cross the course of: 1000 matches played in LAH.

In 2003-04, Milwaukee, after having gained the regular season, seizes the Calder cut. This season will be regarded as the year of the guards with a record of 210 Blanchissage S, the Trophée Cunningham gained by Jason LaBarbera and the Trophée Dudley “Red” Garret by Wade Dubielewicz.

The '' lockout '' of the LNH in 2004-05 makes it possible the LAH to see returning good number of old talents. Jason Spezza finishes better pointer with 117 points, Mike Cammaleri marks 46 goals and Ryan Miller becomes the first guard in forty years to be recorded more than 40 victories in one season (41).
The Tir of shooting is reintroduced for given the winner of one tie at the conclusion of the prolongations.

Benefitting from the use of certain free skating rinks left by the franknesses from LNH, the league records its season the most followed with more than 7 million spectators in all North America. Philadelphia, after having earlier makes a success of 17 consecutive victories in the season, gains the Calder cut in front of the second greater assistance of the history (: 20103 spectators).

For its 70e birthday in 2005-06, the LAH announces the creation of its own temple of famous whose first member elects are honoured at the time of the match of stars with Winnipeg. The Penguins de Wilkes-Barre/Scranton record the best departure of the history with a point marked at least at the time of their the first 23 matches (20 victories, 2 null and 1 defeat in prolongation). Donald MacLean and Denis Hamel finish ex-aequo with 56 goals and Patrick O' Sullivan marks of them 47, better total of a player recruit in fifteen years. Hershey, which missed the series the two former seasons, gains its ninth Calder cut.

Since the expansion finally, the old clubs of the late LIH have trusté the places of the Calder cut gaining the three first (Chicago in 2002, Houston in 2003 and Milwaukee in 2004) and being finalists with the two following ones (Chicago in 2005 and Milwaukee in 2006). However, for the first time since 2001, at the time of the season 2006-07, no team of the late league is present finally.

List winners of the Calder Cut

Two teams share the title of frankness the most titrated with nine Calder cuts with their prize list. They are Bears de Hershey and the Barons de Cleveland.

Teams

Affiliations

The teams of LNH having a manpower limited by convention, they “affiliated themselves” with teams of minor leagues. This enables them to recruit young players at the time of the annual fishings out all while enabling them to too early continue their development without the throw in the “great bath”. Moreover, these affiliated teams (also named club-schools) constitute a reserve of talents for the franknesses from the LNH which calls upon them with the liking of the wounds and/or méformes of the players of the starting manpower.

The affiliations are concluded mainly by a contract sealing an agreement from one or more seasons between the team from LNH and the team from minor league. Some exceptions are however to note since certain teams of LNH are sometimes themselves owners of their club-school.

The affiliations being mainly related to a contractual agreement, they are not fixed in time and each season, various evolutions bring to which had rehandlings, for some, with financial reasons. In the same way, several teams of LNH can be affiliated to the same frankness from LAH. The teams do not divide therefore the same players who are them-even bound by contract to only one team of the LNH (and even only at the club-school and thus not being able to reach the LNH). In the same way, a team LNH can affiliate itself at several club-schools (as it for the Oilers d' Edmonton with five franknesses from LAH at the time of the season 2006-07 was the case).

Current teams

The table below introduces the teams to the beginning of the Saison LAH 2007-08.

; Conference of the East (Eastern Conference)
; Conference of the West (Western Conference)

Former teams

The wire of times, many teams followed one another in LAH. Some have a long past, others made only one short appearance. This section draws up a list of the franknesses having evolved/moved in LAH and not existing today.

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Impact of the LAH

Being the principal cradle of the future hopes of the LNH, the American league, even if she does not know obviously the passion caused by the national league, is followed by many amateurs of hockey. During the season 2006-07, close to: 5500 spectators moved on average with each meeting of the LAH with a record of: 8671 of average to each match disputed in the enclosure of the Bears de Hershey.

At the time of the season 2005-06, more than 180 matches were retransmis by primarily local media on line. Moreover, the league signed a contract with the company B2 Networks for the retransmission on line of the matches of the LAH on Internet making it possible to the fans to follow their team via a system of Pay-per-view . The match of stars, televised for the first time in 1995, was visible by more than 100 million North-American hearths at the time of its retransmission in 2007.

The supporters of the franknesses from LNH often have an eye on the young players in their hoping for a future shining in their favorite team. They are all the more interested in the club-schools at the time of the final stages (eliminatory series), when the team of LNH is eliminated but that the formation of LAH is always in race, the hope of a success of the club-school becoming a palliative with the elimination of the frankness from LNH. Despite everything, certain Canadian purists are much more often attracted towards the leagues juniors of the Canadian Ligue of hockey (LHJMQ, WHL and OHL) that towards the LAH.

Match of stars of the league

The first match of stars of the LAH is created to collect funds in order to support the effort of war of the United States and Canada. It takes place on February 3rd, 1942 in Cleveland and then makes clash the best players of divisions East and West.

This event makes its reappearance later only twelve years, in October 1954. It changes format and puts in opposition the winners of the Calder Cut of the former season to a selection of the other best players of the LAH. It will preserve this form to its seventh edition in 1959. It should be noted that Fredrick Glover (one of the first seven members of the Temple of re-elected LAH) will take part in these six matches.

This spectacle is then forgotten during thirty-six years before reappearing in 1995. The match then opposes the best Canadian players to best American.

The following season, in addition to the match of stars, the contests of skill make their appearance at the time of the event (speed, addresses, the fastest shooting,…). The appointment is famous All Star Classic and is spread out over two days.

Since the season 1996-97, best Canadian faces the best world players brought together within the team PlanetUSA .

* Were: Shootings of shooting to decide between both équipes
** No vainqueur

Temple of famous the

In January 2006, the LAH announces the creation of its temple of the fame, following the example that of the LNH, in order to honor the players and the most important builders with the history of the league.

Seven personalities which marked the American league are established this year at the time of the match of stars. Chance or will, the first players established trains a complete team of hockey: a goalkeeper (Johnny Bower), two defenders (Frank Mathers and Eddie Shore) and three attackers (Jody Guarantees, Fredrick Glover and Willie Marshall) with which are associated a builder Jack Butterfield.

Rewards

The trophies are an integral part of any sport. Those which follow are distributed by the American league of hockey each year.

Collective

; Cut Calder It is the ultimate reward of the season of LAH given to the winner team of the eliminatory Séries. It is one of the two older trophies of the LAH, its first official handing-over dating from the season 1936-37. The frankness from the Bears de Hershey took share with the greatest number of finales (nineteen participations) with nine gained titles, with equality with the Barons de Cleveland.

; Trophy Richard F. Canning This reward was founded at the time of the season 1989-90, distinguishing, at the time, the winner of Northern division. It then rewarded the winner of the Northern conference during two seasons (of 1995 to 1997) before becoming the title of the winners of the eliminatory series of the conference Is.

; Trophy Robert W. Clarke Just like the trophy Canning, the Clarke trophy was allotted the first time in 1990, rewarding the winner of Southern division. In 1996 and 1997, the trophy was gained by the winner of the Southern conference and finally, since the season 1997-98, it represents the winner of the eliminatory series of the Western conference.

; Trophy Macgregor Kilpatrick Founded since the season 1997-98, it rewards the best team for the regular season.

; Trophy Frank Mathers This trophy, given for the first time in 1996 rewarded the winners of Southern divisions successively and Mid-Atlantic before becoming the symbol of the victory in the conference Is in regular season.

; Trophy Norman R. “Bud” Poile It is about one of the most recent trophies of the LAH. It was given for the first time at the conclusion of season 2001-02 to the winners of Western division. It rewards now, contrary to the Trophy Mathers, the winners of the Western conference in regular season.

; Trophy Emile Francis Like the Poile trophy, it was created at the time of the expansion of 2001. It rewarded the winners of Northern division during two years before rewarding those for Atlantic division.

; Trophy F.G. “Teddy” Oke It is the oldest trophy of the LAH. It is in fact, even older than the league itself having been created at the origin in the professional Canadian league of hockey in 1926. In 1929, it rewards the winner of the international Ligue of hockey then during the creation of the LAH, it becomes the trophy of Western division where the teams resulting from the LIH are gathered. When the league does not comprise any more that one division it will become the best trophy rewarding equips with the regular season. It will successively reward with the wire for the changes for the LAH divisions Northern, Is and New-England.
Nowadays, the winner of division Is in regular season receives the Oke trophy.

; Trophy Sam Pollock It is about one of the recent trophies of the LAH. Created for the season 1995-96, it was allotted to the winners of Atlantic divisions or Canadian (according to the organization of the LAH) before becoming since the season the 2003-04 trophy of the winners of Northern division.

; Trophy John D. Chick This reward has a long story in the LAH. Allotted for the first time in 1962 to the Barons de Cleveland, victorious of Western division, she then celebrated the winners of Southern divisions, Central, Empire, South (again), Central (still) and finally West at present.

Individual

; Trophy Aldege “Baz” Bastien Given to best the goalkeeper of the year, this trophy was founded for the first time at the time of the season 1983-84. ; Trophy Harry “Hap” Holmes Allotted for the first time in 1948, it rewarded in the beginning the goalkeeper having the smallest average for boxed goals. Since the season 1971-72, it honors to it (S) guard (S) with goal of the team having boxed less goal in regular season. Gil Mayer gained five times this trophy between 1951 and 1956. ; Trophy Eddie Shore It is given since the season 1958-59 to the player considered as the best defender of the league. The only player to have gained tois time this price is No5el Price. ; Trophy Dudley “Red” Garret The best player recruit of the year is honoured since 1948 by this trophy. The team which provided the most prizes winner is that of the Barons de Cleveland with seven gained trophies. ; Trophy John B. Sollenberger Since 1948, it rewards the player having registered the most points during the regular season. Only two players registered their name three times at this prize list: Peter White (1995, 1997 and 1998) and Bill Sweeney which consecutively gained it in 1961,1962 and 1963. ; Trophy Willie Marshall Allotted since the season 2003-04, it is the most recent trophy of the LAH, paradoxically rewarding one for the statistics most followed for a long time: the number of goals marked in one season. ; Trophy Cunningham It rewards the best player for the season (otherwise called the player most useful of the season for Quebec). Allotted for the first time in 1948, only a player gained it with three recoveries (which more is consecutive): Johnny Bower ; Trophy Jack A. Butterfield It is given, since 1984, with the best player of the eliminatory series. ; Trophy Fred T. Hunt Rewarding the player having the best sporting spirit, it is given since the season 1977-78. Only a player gained the trophy twice, it is about Murray Eaves (1989 and 1990). ; Trophy Yanick Dupre Just like the Trophy King Clancy distributed in National league of hockey, it puts forward extra-hockey qualities of a player who implied himself in his community. Given since 1997, only a player carried it twice: Mike Minard (2000 and 2001). ; Trophy Louis A.R. Pieri The only individual trophy which is not given to a player is that of the best trainer of the year. Four trainers received this reward twice: Bill Dineen (1984-85 and 1985-86), Robbie Ftorek (1994-95 and 1995-96), Al MacNeil (1971-72 and 1976-77) and Bob McCammon (1977-78 and 1980-81).

See too

External bonds

Official site of the American League of hockey

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