F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy

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F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Sport Ice hockey
Awarded forNorth Division champions of the American Hockey League
History
First award1926–27
Most recent Hershey Bears

The F.G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is awarded to the regular season champion of the American Hockey League's North Division. It is the oldest trophy awarded by the AHL, but it passed through two leagues previously. It is one of the oldest trophies in professional hockey. It is named after Teddy Oke, one of the founders of the Canadian Professional Hockey League (CPHL) in 1926, who presented it to the inaugural CPHL champion –the London Panthers.

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The 1928–29 CPHL champions, the Windsor Bulldogs, took the trophy with them when they defected to the International Hockey League (IHL) in 1929–30. The Oke Trophy remained the championship trophy of the IHL until 1936, when the league played an interlocking schedule with the Can-Am League, maintaining the two leagues while forming the umbrella of the International-American Hockey League (I-AHL), the precursor of the AHL.

The I-AHL operated as this "circuit of mutual convenience" for the IHL and Can-Am for its first two years, with the IHL's four surviving teams comprising the I-AHL's West Division. They continued the trophy's tradition in the new league when it was awarded to the West Division champions, the Syracuse Stars. The Stars went on to become the I-AHL's first champions by winning the Calder Cup.

The Oke Trophy remained the West Division championship through to the 1951–52 season. In the 1952–53 season, the AHL lost two teams, bringing an end to East and West divisions, making the Oke the trophy for the AHL team with the best regular-season record for a stretch of nine seasons (note that this would happen again in 1976–77, when the AHL contracted for a single season). When the AHL again expanded to East and West divisions in the 1961–62 season, the 1960–61 Oke Trophy champions, the Springfield Indians, took the trophy with them to the East Division, while a newly created John D. Chick Trophy became the West Division's trophy that same year. The AHL has realigned divisions several times since 1961–62, with the Oke Trophy following the previous winning team to the new division; this ended in the 2011–12 season, when the AHL expanded to six divisions and the Oke moved to a newly created division despite the 2010–11 winner not moving. This was repeated in the 2015–16 season, when the Oke did not follow the 2014–15 winner when the divisions contracted to four.

Canadian Professional Hockey League champions (1927–1929)

SeasonTeamWin
1926–27 London Panthers 1
1927–28Stratford Nationals1
1928–29Windsor Bulldogs1

International Hockey League champions (1930–1936)

SeasonTeamWin
1929–30 Cleveland Indians 1
1930–31Windsor Bulldogs2
1931–32 Buffalo Bisons 1
1932–33 Buffalo Bisons 2 [upper-alpha 1]
1933–34 London Tecumsehs 2 [upper-alpha 2]
1934–35 Detroit Olympics 1
1935–36 Detroit Olympics 2
  1. ↑ The IHL's Buffalo Bisons are unrelated to the team of the same name that later won the Oke Trophy in the AHL –these two wins do not follow to the AHL Bisons.
  2. ↑ The London Tecumsehs are the renamed London Panthers, the same team that was the first ever winner of the Oke Trophy, in the CPHL.

American Hockey League (since 1937)

Total awards won (CPHL/IHL/AHL)
WinsTeam
9 Hershey Bears
8 Cleveland Barons
5 Maine Mariners
Providence Reds
Springfield Indians
4 Springfield Falcons
3 Buffalo Bisons (AHL)
Indianapolis Capitals
Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Quebec Aces
Sherbrooke Canadiens
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
2 Adirondack Red Wings
Binghamton Senators
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Buffalo Bisons (IHL)
Detroit Olympics
Fredericton Express
Hartford Wolf Pack
London Panthers/Tecumsehs
New Brunswick Hawks
Pittsburgh Hornets
Providence Bruins
Syracuse Crunch
Toronto Marlies
Worcester IceCats
1 Albany River Rats
Belleville Senators
Boston Braves
Cleveland Indians
Montreal Voyageurs
Philadelphia Phantoms
Rochester Americans
St. Louis Flyers
Syracuse Stars
Key
Awarded forSeasonTeamWin
West Division champions 1936–37 Syracuse Stars ‡1
1937–38 Cleveland Barons 1
1938–39 Hershey Bears 1
1939–40 Indianapolis Capitals 1
1940–41 Cleveland Barons‡2
1941–42 Indianapolis Capitals‡2
1942–43 Buffalo Bisons ‡1
1943–44 Cleveland Barons2
1944–45 Cleveland Barons‡3
1945–46 Indianapolis Capitals3
1946–47 Cleveland Barons4
1947–48 Cleveland Barons‡5
1948–49 St. Louis Flyers 1
1949–50 Cleveland Barons6
1950–51 Cleveland Barons‡7
1951–52 Pittsburgh Hornets ‡1
AHL regular season champions 1952–53 Cleveland Barons‡8
1953–54 Buffalo Bisons2
1954–55 Pittsburgh Hornets‡2
1955–56 Providence Reds ‡1
1956–57 Providence Reds2
1957–58 Hershey Bears‡2
1958–59 Buffalo Bisons3
1959–60 Springfield Indians ‡1
1960–61 Springfield Indians‡2
East Division champions 1961–62 Springfield Indians‡3
1962–63 Providence Reds3
1963–64 Quebec Aces 1
1964–65 Quebec Aces2
1965–66 Quebec Aces3
1966–67 Hershey Bears3
1967–68 Hershey Bears4
1968–69 Hershey Bears‡5
1969–70 Montreal Voyageurs 1
1970–71 Providence Reds4
1971–72 Boston Braves 1
1972–73 Nova Scotia Voyageurs 1
North Division champions 1973–74 Rochester Americans 1
1974–75 Providence Reds5
1975–76 Nova Scotia Voyageurs‡2
AHL regular season champions 1976–77 Nova Scotia Voyageurs‡3
North Division champions 1977–78 Maine Mariners ‡1
1978–79 Maine Mariners‡2
1979–80 New Brunswick Hawks 1
1980–81 Maine Mariners3
1981–82 New Brunswick Hawks‡2
1982–83 Fredericton Express 1
1983–84 Fredericton Express2
1984–85 Maine Mariners4
1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings ‡1
1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens 1
1987–88 Maine Mariners5
1988–89 Sherbrooke Canadiens2
1989–90 Sherbrooke Canadiens3
1990–91 Springfield Indians‡4
1991–92 Springfield Indians5
1992–93 Providence Bruins 1
1993–94 Adirondack Red Wings2
1994–95 Albany River Rats ‡1
1995–96 Springfield Falcons 1
New England Division champions 1996–97 Worcester IceCats 1
1997–98 Springfield Falcons2
1998–99 Providence Bruins‡2
1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack ‡1
2000–01 Worcester IceCats2
East Division champions 2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers 1
2002–03 Binghamton Senators 1
2003–04 Philadelphia Phantoms 1
2004–05 Binghamton Senators2
2005–06 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 1
2006–07 Hershey Bears6
2007–08 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins2
2008–09 Hershey Bears‡7
2009–10 Hershey Bears‡8
2010–11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins3
Northeast Division champions 2011–12 Bridgeport Sound Tigers2
2012–13 Springfield Falcons3
2013–14 Springfield Falcons4
2014–15 Hartford Wolf Pack2
North Division champions 2015–16 Toronto Marlies 1
2016–17 Syracuse Crunch 1
2017–18 Toronto Marlies‡2
2018–19 Syracuse Crunch2
2019–20 Belleville Senators 1
2020–21 Hershey Bears9

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Teddy Oke Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and team owner

Frederick Gilmore "Teddy" Oke was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, referee and team owner. Oke played for the Toronto Tecumsehs and Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Halifax Crescents of the Maritime Professional Hockey League (MPHL). He was the owner of the minor-league Kitchener Flying Dutchmen of the Canadian Professional Hockey League.

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