1978–79 AHL season


The 1978–79 AHL season was the 43rd season of the American Hockey League. The league inaugurates the Ken McKenzie Award, for the most outstanding marketing executive, showing its commitment to marketing and public relations.
Nine teams were scheduled to play 80 games each. The Maine Mariners repeated as first overall in the regular season, and won their second consecutive Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

''Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;
NorthGPWLTPtsGFGA
Maine Mariners80452213103350252
New Brunswick Hawks8041291092315288
Nova Scotia Voyageurs803937482313302
Springfield Indians803338975289290

SouthGPWLTPtsGFGA
New Haven Nighthawks8046259101346271
Hershey Bears793536878311324
Binghamton Dusters793242569300320
Rochester Americans8026421264289349
Philadelphia Firebirds802349854230347

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Bernie JohnstonMaine Mariners7029669540
Wayne SchaabMaine Mariners8041509143
Kirk BowmanNew Brunswick Hawks8026568244
Bobby SheehanNew Haven Nighthawks7033488126
Rick MeagherNova Scotia Voyageurs7935468157
Dave LumleyNova Scotia Voyageurs61225880160
Claude NoelHershey Bears7630508027
Dale LewisNew Haven Nighthawks7629518020
Rocky SaganiukNew Brunswick Hawks6147297691
Andre PeloffySpringfield Indians77284876138

Trophy and award winners

;Team awards
;Individual awards
;Other awards