Calder Cup

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The Calder Cup — named after Frank Calder, first president of the National Hockey League — 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 current champions (2005/2006) are the Hershey Bears.

List of Winners:

Season Champion Series Runner-Up

2005-06 Hershey Bears 4-2 Milwaukee Admirals
2004-05 Philadelphia Phantoms 4-0 Chicago Wolves
2003-04 Milwaukee Admirals 4-0 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2002-03 Houston Aeros 4-3 Hamilton Bulldogs
2001-02 Chicago Wolves 4-1 Bridgeport Sound Tigers
2000-01 Saint John Flames 4-2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
1999-00 Hartford Wolf Pack 4-2 Rochester Americans
1998-99 Providence Bruins 4-1 Rochester Americans
1997-98 Philadelphia Phantoms 4-2 Saint John Flames
1996-97 Hershey Bears 4-1 Hamilton Bulldogs
1995-96 Rochester Americans 4-3 Portland Pirates
1994-95 Albany River Rats 4-0 Fredericton Canadiens
1993-94 Portland Pirates 4-2 Moncton Hawks
1992-93 Cape Breton Oilers 4-1 Rochester Americans
1991-92 Adirondack Red Wings 4-3 St. John's Maple Leafs
1990-91 Springfield Indians 4-2 Rochester Americans
1989-90 Springfield Indians 4-2 Rochester Americans
1988-89 Adirondack Red Wings 4-1 New Haven Nighthawks
1987-88 Hershey Bears 4-0 Fredericton Canadiens
1986-87 Rochester Americans 4-3 Sherbrooke Canadiens
1985-86 Adirondack Red Wings 4-2 Hershey Bears
1984-85 Sherbrooke Canadiens 4-2 Baltimore Skipjacks
1983-84 Maine Mariners 4-1 Rochester Americans
1982-83 Rochester Americans 4-0 Maine Mariners
1981-82 New Brunswick Hawks 4-1 Binghamton Whalers
1980-81 Adirondack Red Wings 4-2 Maine Mariners
1979-80 Hershey Bears 4-2 New Brunswick Hawks
1978-79 Maine Mariners 4-0 New Haven Nighthawks
1977-78 Maine Mariners 4-1 New Haven Nighthawks
1976-77 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4-2 Rochester Americans
1975-76 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4-1 Hershey Bears
1974-75 Springfield Kings 4-1 New Haven Nighthawks
1973-74 Hershey Bears 4-1 Providence Reds
1972-73 Cincinnati Swords 4-1 Nova Scotia Voyageurs
1971-72 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 4-2 Baltimore Clippers
1970-71 Springfield Kings 4-0 Providence Reds
1969-70 Buffalo Bisons 4-0 Springfield Kings
1968-69 Hershey Bears 4-1 Quebec Aces
1967-68 Rochester Americans 4-2 Quebec Aces
1966-67 Pittsburgh Hornets 4-0 Rochester Americans
1965-66 Rochester Americans 4-2 Cleveland Barons
1964-65 Rochester Americans 4-1 Hershey Bears
1963-64 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Quebec Aces
1962-63 Buffalo Bisons 4-3 Hershey Bears
1961-62 Springfield Indians 4-1 Buffalo Bisons
1960-61 Springfield Indians 4-0 Hershey Bears
1959-60 Springfield Indians 4-1 Rochester Americans
1958-59 Hershey Bears 4-2 Buffalo Bisons
1957-58 Hershey Bears 4-2 Springfield Indians
1956-57 Cleveland Barons 4-1 Rochester Americans
1955-56 Providence Reds 4-0 Cleveland Barons
1954-55 Pittsburgh Hornets 4-2 Buffalo Bison
1953-54 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey Bears
1952-53 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Pittsburgh Hornets
1951-52 Pittsburgh Hornets 4-2 Providence Reds
1950-51 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Buffalo Bisons
1949-50 Indianapolis Capitals 4-0 Cleveland Barons
1948-49 Providence Reds 4-3 Hershey Bears
1947-48 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Buffalo Bisons
1946-47 Hershey Bears 4-3 Pittsburgh Hornets
1945-46 Buffalo Bisons 4-3 Cleveland Bsrons
1944-45 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey Bears
1943-44 Buffalo Bisons 4-0 Cleveland Barons
1942-43 Buffalo Bisons 3-0 Indianapolis Capitals
1941-42 Indianapolis Capitals 3-2 Hershey Bears
1940-41 Cleveland Barons 3-2 Hershey Bears
1939-40 Providence Reds 3-0 Pittsburgh Hornets
1938-39 Cleveland Barons 3-1 Philadelphia Ramblers
1937-38 Providence Reds 3-1 Syracuse Stars
1936-37 Syracuse Stars 3-1 Philadelphia Ramblers

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