Calder Cup

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 oldest continuous professional ice hockey championship in North America, having first been awarded in 1937 following the 1936-37 AHL season, and continuously being awarded every year.

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The current champions (2004/2005) are the Philadelphia Phantoms.

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Season Champion Series Runner-Up

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• 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
• 1999-2000 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
• 1993-94 Portland Pirates 4-2 Moncton
• 1992-93 Cape Breton 4-1 Rochester Americans
• 1991-92 Adirondack 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 4-1 New Haven
• 1987-88 Hershey Bears 4-0 Fredericton
• 1986-87 Rochester Americans 4-3 Sherbrooke
• 1985-86 Adirondack 4-2 Hershey Bears
• 1984-85 Sherbrooke 4-2 Baltimore
• 1983-84 Maine 4-1 Rochester Americans
• 1982-83 Rochester Americans 4-0 Maine
• 1981-82 New Brunswick 4-1 Binghamton
• 1980-81 Adirondack 4-2 Maine
• 1979-80 Hershey Bears 4-2 New Brunswick
• 1978-79 Maine 4-0 New Haven
• 1977-78 Maine 4-1 New Haven
• 1976-77 Nova Scotia 4-2 Rochester Americans
• 1975-76 Nova Scotia 4-1 Hershey Bears
• 1974-75 Springfield Kings 4-1 New Haven
• 1973-74 Hershey Bears 4-1 Providence
• 1972-73 Cincinnati 4-1 Nova Scotia
• 1971-72 Nova Scotia 4-2 Baltimore
• 1970-71 Springfield Kings 4-0 Providence
• 1969-70 Buffalo Bisons 4-0 Springfield
• 1968-69 Hershey Bears 4-1 Quebec
• 1967-68 Rochester 4-2 Quebec
• 1966-67 Pittsburgh 4-0 Rochester
• 1965-66 Rochester 4-2 Cleveland Barons
• 1964-65 Rochester 4-1 Hershey
• 1963-64 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Quebec
• 1962-63 Buffalo 4-3 Hershey
• 1961-62 Springfield Indians 4-1 Buffalo
• 1960-61 Springfield Indians 4-0 Hershey
• 1959-60 Springfield Indians 4-1 Rochester
• 1958-59 Hershey 4-2 Buffalo
• 1957-58 Hershey 4-2 Springfield
• 1956-57 Cleveland Barons 4-1 Rochester
• 1955-56 Providence 4-0 Cleveland
• 1954-55 Pittsburgh 4-2 Buffalo
• 1953-54 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey
• 1952-53 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Pittsburgh
• 1951-52 Pittsburgh 4-2 Providence
• 1950-51 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Buffalo
• 1949-50 Indianapolis 4-0 Cleveland Barons
• 1948-49 Providence 4-3 Hershey
• 1947-48 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Buffalo
• 1946-47 Hershey 4-3 Pittsburgh
• 1945-46 Buffalo 4-3 Cleveland
• 1944-45 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey
• 1943-44 Buffalo 4-0 Cleveland Barons
• 1942-43 Buffalo 3-0 Indianapolis
• 1941-42 Indianapolis 3-2 Hershey
• 1940-41 Cleveland Barons 3-2 Hershey
• 1939-40 Providence 3-0 Pittsburgh
• 1938-39 Cleveland Barons 3-1 Philadelphia
• 1937-38 Providence 3-1 Syracuse
• 1936-37 Syracuse 3-1 Philadelphia

Frank Calder: : See also Frank Arthur Calder, Canadian politician...

National Hockey League: :NHL is also an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark, National Hurling League in the GAA and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma....

American Hockey League: The American Hockey League (AHL) is regarded as the top professional hockey league outside the National Hockey League (NHL). It serves as a developmental league for the NHL, and all of its 27 teams have affiliation agreements with NHL clubs....

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