The 1967–68 AHL

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was the 32nd season of the

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. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the

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which was a repeat of the experiment two seasons earlier. The Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award is first awarded to the "outstanding coach" in the league's regular season. The

Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans (colloquially known as the Amerks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Rochester, New York. They are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home g ...

finished first overall in the regular season, and won their third

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championship in four years.

Team changes

* The

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cease operations, when the

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join the

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as an expansion team. * The

Quebec Aces The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. History The Aces were founded in 1928 by Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Mills, the name Aces stan ...

switch divisions from East to West. * The

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are renamed the Springfield Kings.

Final standings

''indicates team has clinched division and a playoff spot''
''indicates team has clinched a playoff spot''
''indicates team has been eliminated from playoff contention'' Standings as of April 2, 1968

Scoring leaders

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

Calder Cup playoffs

list of scores

Trophy and award winners

;Team awards ;Individual awards ;Other awards

References