The 1985–86 AHL season was the 50th season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season. The Adirondack Red Wings won their second Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

indicates team clinched division and a playoff spot indicates team clinched a playoff spot indicates team was eliminated from playoff contention

North Division y–Adirondack Red Wings (DET) 80 41 31 8 90 339 298 x–Maine Mariners (NJD) 80 40 31 9 89 274 285 x–Moncton Golden Flames (BOS/CGY) 80 34 34 12 80 294 307 x–Fredericton Express (QUE/VAN) 80 35 37 8 78 319 311 e–Sherbrooke Canadiens (MTL/WIN) 80 33 38 9 75 340 341 e–Nova Scotia Oilers (CHI/EDM) 80 29 43 8 66 314 353

South Division y–Hershey Bears (PHI) 80 48 29 3 99 346 292 x–Binghamton Whalers (HFD/WSH) 80 41 34 5 87 316 290 x–St. Catharines Saints (TOR) 80 38 37 5 81 304 308 x–New Haven Nighthawks (LAK/NYR) 80 36 37 7 79 340 343 e–Springfield Indians (MNS/NYI) 80 36 39 5 77 301 309 e–Rochester Americans (BUF) 80 34 39 7 75 320 337 e–Baltimore Skipjacks (PIT) 80 28 44 8 64 271 304

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Paul Gardner Rochester Americans 71 61 51 112 16 Jody Gage Rochester Americans 73 42 57 99 56 Ross Fitzpatrick Hershey Bears 77 50 47 97 28 Tim Tookey Hershey Bears 69 35 62 97 66 Wes Jarvis St. Catharines Saints 74 36 60 96 38 Daryl Evans Binghamton Whalers 69 40 52 92 50 Geordie Robertson Adirondack Red Wings 79 36 56 92 99 Paul Fenton Binghamton Whalers 75 53 35 88 87 Serge Boisvert Sherbrooke Canadiens 69 40 48 88 18 Larry Floyd Maine Mariners 80 29 58 87 25 Tom Roulston Baltimore Skipjacks 73 38 49 87 38 complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Adirondack Red Wings F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, North Division: Adirondack Red Wings John D. Chick TrophyRegular Season champions, South Division: Hershey Bears Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Paul Gardner - Rochester Americans Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Ron Hextall - Hershey Bears Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: Jim Wiemer - New Haven Nighthawks Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial AwardBest Goaltender: Sam St. Laurent - Maine Mariners Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Sam St. Laurent & Karl Friesen - Maine Mariners Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial AwardCoach of the year: Bill Dineen - Adirondack Red Wings Fred T. Hunt Memorial AwardSportsmanship / Perseverance: Steve Tsujiura - Maine Mariners Jack A. Butterfield TrophyMVP of the playoffs: Tim Tookey - Hershey Bears Other awards James C. Hendy Memorial AwardMost outstanding executive: George Guilbault James H. Ellery Memorial Awards Outstanding media coverage: Jerry Crasnick, Maine, (newspaper)Jim Gagliardi, Adirondack, (radio)Rich Funke, Rochester, (television) Ken McKenzie AwardOutstanding marketing executive: Randy Scott, Rochester Americans

See also List of AHL seasons

References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB