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
;Key- –Number of Calder Cups won at the time
- Player was a member of the defeated team in the Calder Cup Finals
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 teamTeam | Championships | Runner Up | PCT. |
Hershey Bears | 11 | 12 | |
Cleveland Barons | 9 | 5 | |
Springfield Indians | 7 | 2 | |
Rochester Americans | 6 | 10 | |
Buffalo Bisons | 5 | 4 | |
Adirondack Red Wings | 4 | 0 | |
Providence Reds | 4 | 3 | |
Maine Mariners | 3 | 2 | |
Nova Scotia Voyageurs | 3 | 1 | |
Pittsburgh Hornets | 3 | 4 | |
Chicago Wolves | 2 | 2 | |
Grand Rapids Griffins | 2 | 0 | |
Indianapolis Capitals | 2 | 1 | |
Philadelphia Phantoms | 2 | 0 | |
Albany River Rats | 1 | 0 | |
Binghamton Senators | 1 | 0 | |
Cape Breton Oilers | 1 | 0 | |
Charlotte Checkers | 1 | 0 | |
Cincinnati Swords | 1 | 0 | |
Hamilton Bulldogs | 1 | 1 | |
Hartford Wolf Pack | 1 | 0 | |
Houston Aeros | 1 | 1 | |
Cleveland Monsters | 1 | 0 | |
Manchester Monarchs | 1 | 0 | |
Milwaukee Admirals | 1 | 0 | |
New Brunswick Hawks | 1 | 1 | |
Norfolk Admirals | 1 | 0 | |
Portland Pirates | 1 | 1 | |
Providence Bruins | 1 | 0 | |
Saint John Flames | 1 | 1 | |
Sherbrooke Canadiens | 1 | 1 | |
Syracuse Stars | 1 | 1 | |
Texas Stars | 1 | 2 | |
Toronto Marlies | 1 | 1 | |
New Haven Nighthawks | 0 | 4 | |
Quebec Aces | 0 | 3 | |
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | 0 | 3 | |
Syracuse Crunch | 0 | 2 | |
Manitoba Moose | 0 | 1 |