The 1960–61 AHL season was the 25th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The All-Star Game was not played, and put on hold until resurrected in the 1994–95 AHL season. The Springfield Indians finished first overall again in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.

Final standings Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

Overall GP W L T Pts GF GASpringfield Indians (NYR) 724922 1 99344206Hershey Bears (DET) 723632 4 76218210Cleveland Barons (MTL) 723635 1 73231234Buffalo Bisons (CHI) 723534 3 73259261Rochester Americans (TOR) 723236 4 68261244Quebec Aces (independent) 723039 3 63217267Providence Reds (BOS) 722646 0 52225333

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Bill Sweeney Springfield Indians 704068108 26 Phil Maloney Buffalo Bisons 713765102 27 Bruce Cline Springfield Indians 724052 92 13 Brian Kilrea Springfield Indians 702067 87 47 Bill McCreary Springfield Indians723354 87 26 Larry Wilson Buffalo Bisons 723054 84 62 Jim Anderson Springfield Indians 724338 81 18 Dick Gamble Buffalo Bisons 724036 76 18 Billy Dea Buffalo Bisons 723539 74 10 Hank Ciesla Rochester Americans 703044 74 23 complete list

Calder Cup playoffs First round Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0. Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 1. Finals Springfield Indians defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. list of scores

Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Springfield Indians F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions: Springfield Indians Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Phil Maloney - Buffalo Bisons John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Bill Sweeney - Springfield Indians Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Chico Maki - Buffalo Bisons Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: Bob McCord - Springfield Indians Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Marcel Paille - Springfield Indians

See also List of AHL seasons

References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB