List of Winners: Season Champion Series Runner-Up 2002-03 Houston Aeros 4-3 Hamilton Bulldogs 2001-02 Chicago Wolves 4-1 Bridgeport 2000-01 Saint John 4-2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1999-00 Hartford 4-2 Rochester Americans 1998-99 Providence 4-1 Rochester Americans 1997-98 Philadelphia 4-2 Saint John 1996-97 Hershey 4-1 Hamilton 1995-96 Rochester 4-3 Portland Winter Hawks 1994-95 Albany River Rats 4-0 Fredericton 1993-94 Portland Winter Hawks 4-2 Moncton 1992-93 Cape Breton 4-1 Rochester Americans 1991-92 Adirondack 4-3 St. John's 1990-91 Springfield 4-2 Rochester 1989-90 Springfield 4-2 Rochester 1988-89 Adirondack 4-1 New Haven 1987-88 Hershey 4-0 Fredericton 1986-87 Rochester 4-3 Sherbrooke 1985-86 Adirondack 4-2 Hershey 1984-85 Sherbrooke 4-2 Baltimore 1983-84 Maine 4-1 Rochester 1982-83 Rochester 4-0 Maine 1981-82 New Brunswick 4-1 Binghamton 1980-81 Adirondack 4-2 Maine 1979-80 Hershey 4-2 New Brunswick 1978-79 Maine 4-0 New Haven 1977-78 Maine 4-1 New Haven 1976-77 Nova Scotia 4-2 Rochester 1975-76 Nova Scotia 4-1 Hershey 1974-75 Springfield 4-1 New Haven 1973-74 Hershey 4-1 Providence 1972-73 Cincinnati 4-1 Nova Scotia 1971-72 Nova Scotia 4-2 Baltimore 1970-71 Springfield 4-0 Providence 1969-70 Buffalo 4-0 Springfield 1968-69 Hershey 4-1 Quebec 1967-68 Rochester 4-2 Quebec 1966-67 Pittsburgh 4-0 Rochester 1965-66 Rochester 4-2 Cleveland Barons 1964-65 Rochester 4-1 Hershey 1963-64 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Quebec 1962-63 Buffalo 4-3 Hershey 1961-62 Springfield 4-1 Buffalo 1960-61 Springfield 4-0 Hershey 1959-60 Springfield 4-1 Rochester 1958-59 Hershey 4-2 Buffalo 1957-58 Hershey 4-2 Springfield 1956-57 Cleveland Barons 4-1 Rochester 1955-56 Providence 4-0 Cleveland 1954-55 Pittsburgh 4-2 Buffalo 1953-54 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey 1952-53 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Pittsburgh 1951-52 Pittsburgh 4-2 Providence 1950-51 Cleveland Barons 4-3 Buffalo 1949-50 Indianapolis 4-0 Cleveland Barons 1948-49 Providence 4-3 Hershey 1947-48 Cleveland Barons 4-0 Buffalo 1946-47 Hershey 4-3 Pittsburgh 1945-46 Buffalo 4-3 Cleveland 1944-45 Cleveland Barons 4-2 Hershey 1943-44 Buffalo 4-0 Cleveland Barons 1942-43 Buffalo 3-0 Indianapolis 1941-42 Indianapolis 3-2 Hershey 1940-41 Cleveland Barons 3-2 Hershey 1939-40 Providence 3-0 Pittsburgh 1938-39 Cleveland Barons 3-1 Philadelphia 1937-38 Providence 3-1 Syracuse 1936-37 Syracuse 3-1 Philadelphia
Season Champion Series Runner-Up