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1968–69 AHL season

Field	Value
title	1968–69 AHL season
league	American Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
season_champs	Hershey Bears
MVP	Gilles Villemure
MVP_link	Les Cunningham Award
top_scorer	Jeannot Gilbert
top_scorer_link	John B. Sollenberger Trophy
finals	Playoffs
finals_link	1969 Calder Cup playoffs
finals_champ	Hershey Bears
finals_runner-up	Quebec Aces
prevseason_year	[1967–68](1967-68-ahl-season)
nextseason_year	[1969–70](1969-70-ahl-season)
seasonslist	List of AHL seasons
seasonslistnames	AHL

| finals_runner-up = Quebec Aces

The 1968–69 AHL season was the 33rd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 74 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season, and the Hershey Bears won their fourth Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

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

East	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hershey Bears (BOS)	74	41	27	6	88	307	234
Baltimore Clippers (DET/PHI/PIT)	74	33	34	7	73	266	257
Providence Reds (STL)	74	32	36	6	70	242	284
Springfield Kings (LAK)	74	27	36	11	65	257	274

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Buffalo Bisons (NYR)	74	41	18	15	97	282	192
Cleveland Barons (MTL/OAK)	74	30	32	12	72	213	245
Quebec Aces (PHI)	74	26	34	14	66	235	258
Rochester Americans (TOR)	74	25	38	11	61	237	295

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jeannot Gilbert	Hershey Bears	71	35	65	100	13
Michel Harvey	Hershey Bears	74	41	52	93	29
Guy Trottier	Buffalo Bisons	72	45	37	82	21
Ron Ward	Rochester Americans	73	35	43	78	18
Willie Marshall	Baltimore Clippers	74	26	52	78	18
Jean-Marie Cossette	Baltimore Clippers	64	27	48	75	48
Chuck Hamilton	Hershey Bears	74	28	46	74	46
Don McKenney	Providence Reds	74	26	48	74	12
Rene Drolet	Quebec Aces	61	30	42	72	14
Norm Beaudin	Buffalo Bisons	74	32	39	71	10

complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

;First round

Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2.
Providence Reds defeated Baltimore Clippers 3 games to 1.
Quebec Aces defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2. ;Second round
Hershey Bears earned second round bye.
Quebec Aces defeated Providence Reds 3 games to 2. ;Finals
Hershey Bears defeated Quebec Aces 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores

Trophy and award winners

;Team awards

John D. Chick Trophy
Regular Season champions, West Division:	Buffalo Bisons

;Individual awards

Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award
Coach of the year:	Frank Mathers - Hershey Bears

;Other awards

James H. Ellery Memorial Award
Outstanding media coverage:	John Travers, Hershey

References

before = 1967–68 AHL season | after = 1969–70 AHL season | title = AHL seasons | years = |

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