John D. Chick Trophy

The John D. Chick Trophy is presented annually to the American Hockey League team that has the best record in the Pacific Division.

John D. Chick Trophy

Sport	Ice hockey
Awarded for	Pacific Division champions of the American Hockey League
History
First award	1961–62 AHL season
Most recent	Coachella Valley Firebirds

The award is named after John D. Chick, who served as vice president and treasurer of the American Hockey League.

Previously the trophy was awarded to the Western Division from 1962 to 1973, the Southern Division from 1974 to 1995, the Central and Empire Divisions from 1996 to 2003, the South Division in 2013, and the West Division in 2004–2012 and 2014–2015.

Winners

Total awards won

Wins	Team
11	Rochester Americans
5	Hershey Bears
4	Milwaukee Admirals
3	Baltimore Clippers
	Binghamton Rangers
	Buffalo Bisons
	Chicago Wolves
2	Albany River Rats
	Bakersfield Condors
	Binghamton Whalers
	New Haven Nighthawks
	Pittsburgh Hornets
	Texas Stars
	Tucson Roadrunners
1	Adirondack Red Wings
	Baltimore Skipjacks
	Calgary Wranglers
	Cincinnati Swords
	Cleveland Barons
	Coachella Valley Firebirds
	Grand Rapids Griffins
	Kentucky Thoroughblades
	Oklahoma City Barons
	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights
	Ontario Reign
	San Antonio Rampage
	San Jose Barracuda
	Stockton Heat
	Syracuse Crunch
	Virginia Wings

Winner by season

Key

• ‡ = Eventual Calder Cup champions

Awarded for	Season	Team	Win
West Division champions	1961–62	Cleveland Barons	1
	1962–63	Buffalo Bisons‡	1
	1963–64	Pittsburgh Hornets	1
	1964–65	Rochester Americans‡	1
	1965–66	Rochester Americans‡	2
	1966–67	Pittsburgh Hornets‡	2
	1967–68	Rochester Americans‡	3
	1968–69	Buffalo Bisons	2
	1969–70	Buffalo Bisons‡	3
	1970–71	Baltimore Clippers	1
	1971–72	Baltimore Clippers	2
	1972–73	Cincinnati Swords‡	1
South Division champions	1973–74	Baltimore Clippers	3
	1974–75	Virginia Wings	1
	1975–76	Hershey Bears	1
	1976–77	Not awarded	—
	1977–78	Rochester Americans	4
	1978–79	New Haven Nighthawks	1
	1979–80	New Haven Nighthawks	2
	1980–81	Hershey Bears	2
	1981–82	Binghamton Whalers	1
	1982–83	Rochester Americans‡	5
	1983–84	Baltimore Skipjacks	1
	1984–85	Binghamton Whalers	2
	1985–86	Hershey Bears	3
	1986–87	Rochester Americans‡	6
	1987–88	Hershey Bears‡	4
	1988–89	Adirondack Red Wings‡	1
	1989–90	Rochester Americans	7
	1990–91	Rochester Americans	8
	1991–92	Binghamton Rangers	1
	1992–93	Binghamton Rangers	2
	1993–94	Hershey Bears	5
	1994–95	Binghamton Rangers	3
Central Division champions	1995–96	Albany River Rats	1
Empire State Division champions	1996–97	Rochester Americans	9
	1997–98	Albany River Rats	2
	1998–99	Rochester Americans	10
	1999–00	Rochester Americans	11
South Division champions	2000–01	Kentucky Thoroughblades	1
Central Division champions	2001–02	Syracuse Crunch	1
	2002–03	Grand Rapids Griffins	1
West Division champions	2003–04	Milwaukee Admirals‡	1
	2004–05	Chicago Wolves	1
	2005–06	Milwaukee Admirals	2
	2006–07	Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights	1
	2007–08	Chicago Wolves‡	2
	2008–09	Milwaukee Admirals	3
	2009–10	Chicago Wolves	3
	2010–11	Milwaukee Admirals	4
	2011–12	Oklahoma City Barons	1
South Division champions	2012–13	Texas Stars	1
West Division champions	2013–14	Texas Stars‡	2
	2014–15	San Antonio Rampage	1
Pacific Division champions	2015–16	Ontario Reign	1
	2016–17	San Jose Barracuda	1
	2017–18	Tucson Roadrunners	1
	2018–19	Bakersfield Condors	1
	2019–20	Tucson Roadrunners	2
Pacific Division tournament champions	2020–21	Bakersfield Condors	2
Pacific Division champions	2021–22	Stockton Heat	1
	2022–23	Calgary Wranglers	1
	2023–24	Coachella Valley Firebirds	1

External links

• Official AHL website
• AHL Hall of Fame Trophies