2009–10 AHL season
| 2009–10 AHL season | |
|---|---|
| League | American Hockey League |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Regular season | |
| Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy | Hershey Bears |
| Season MVP | Keith Aucoin |
| Top scorer | Keith Aucoin |
| Calder Cup playoffs | |
| Calder Cup playoffs Playoffs MVP | Chris Bourque |
| Finals champions | Hershey Bears |
| Runners-up | Texas Stars |
The 2009–10 AHL season was the 74th season of the American Hockey League. Twenty-nine teams played 80 regular-season games each from October 2 to April 11. This season featured the addition of one new team, the relocation of two others, and the involuntary suspension of another.
On June 11, 2009, both the Hamilton Bulldogs and the Toronto Marlies were invited to participate in a four-team preseason tournament in Edinburgh, Scotland, to celebrate Scotland’s contribution to the game of ice hockey.
The Edinburgh Capitals, Scotland’s only Elite Ice Hockey team, hosted the tournament from September 24–27. The Bulldogs and Marlies played the Capitals and the Belfast Giants in order to win the Gardiner Cup. Hamilton defeated Toronto in the final.
The top four teams from each division played for the Calder Cup. The league's rules included one exception: if the fifth-place team in the Atlantic Division finishes better than the fourth-place team in the East Division, they assume the fourth playoff spot in the East Division. The Atlantic Division's Bridgeport Sound Tigers qualified for the playoffs under this proviso.
On April 28, 2009, it was announced that two teams would be relocated for the 2009–10 season and one expansion team would join:
The following players led the league in points at the conclusion of the regular season.
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/– = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes
^† = No longer with listed team
The following goaltenders with a minimum 1560 minutes played led the league in goals against average at the end of the regular season.
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