Main event: American Hockey League, by the numbers

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10--Number of championships won by the Hershey Bears, the most in AHL history. Teams from 25 different cities have won the Calder Cup.

114--Number of different teams that have competed in the AHL since 1936. Three more (Adirondack, Texas and Abbotsford) teams will begin in 2009-10.

71--Number of years Hershey has been in existence, easily the longest-running franchise. The next closest is 53 with Rochester.

27--Number of teams that have entered the AHL since 2000. Five teams have relocated to other cities, while Edmonton also has a dormant franchise and Iowa has a suspended franchise.

29--Number of teams currently in the AHL.

80--Number of games played in an AHL regular season. Forty at home and 40 on the road.

3--Number of times an NHL team and its AHL affiliate have won the championship in the same season, most recently in 1995 with the New Jersey Devils of the NHL and Albany River Rats of the AHL.