List of Calder Cup champions


The Calder Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the playoff champion of the American Hockey League. First awarded in the 1937–38 season, it is named after Frank Calder, first president of the National Hockey League. The Calder Cup is distinct from the Calder Memorial Trophy, which is awarded annually to the Rookie of the Year in the National Hockey League.
Teams from 28 different cities have won the Calder Cup. The Hershey Bears have won eleven championships, the most of any team currently in the AHL, and have competed in 23 finals, the most of any team in AHL history, compiling an 11–12 record in the finals. Teams representing Cleveland, Ohio are second, with ten championships, with the Barons franchise, which competed in the league until 1973, won nine titles, and the current iteration, the Cleveland Monsters, winning the tenth in 2016. On May 11, 2020, the AHL cancelled the remainder of the 2019–20 AHL season and the 2020 Calder Cup playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time that a Calder Cup champion was not awarded in the trophy's history.
The Most Valuable Player of the playoffs is awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy. It was first awarded in 1984 and is named after the former president of the AHL, Jack Butterfield. The trophy has been won by 34 different players, with none having won it more than once.

List of winners

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Note: All Jack A. Butterfield Trophy winners played for the winning team, unless otherwise noted.
celebrate winning the 2008 Calder Cup
A. Calder Cup won by second franchise known as the Pittsburgh Hornets. Previous franchise became the Rochester Americans.

B. Tim Tookey, Butterfield Trophy winner in 1985–86, played for the Hershey Bears, and is the only Butterfield Trophy winner to date to have played for a losing team in the Calder Cup finals.

C. This marks the only time in the trophy's history that a Calder Cup champion has never been awarded.

Number of Calder Cups won by team

Bold denates an active AHL team
TeamChampionshipsRunner UpPCT.
Hershey Bears1112
Cleveland Barons95
Springfield Indians72
Rochester Americans610
Buffalo Bisons54
Adirondack Red Wings40
Providence Reds43
Maine Mariners32
Nova Scotia Voyageurs31
Pittsburgh Hornets34
Chicago Wolves22
Grand Rapids Griffins20
Indianapolis Capitals21
Philadelphia Phantoms20
Albany River Rats10
Binghamton Senators10
Cape Breton Oilers10
Charlotte Checkers10
Cincinnati Swords10
Hamilton Bulldogs11
Hartford Wolf Pack10
Houston Aeros11
Cleveland Monsters10
Manchester Monarchs10
Milwaukee Admirals10
New Brunswick Hawks11
Norfolk Admirals10
Portland Pirates11
Providence Bruins10
Saint John Flames11
Sherbrooke Canadiens11
Syracuse Stars11
Texas Stars12
Toronto Marlies11
New Haven Nighthawks04
Quebec Aces03
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins03
Syracuse Crunch02
Manitoba Moose01