AHL 1942/43

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The 1942/43 season was the seventh regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the eight teams in the league should each play 56 games, but the New Haven Eagles stopped playing after 32 games for financial reasons. The six best teams in the AHL then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Regular season

East Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Hershey Bears 56 35 13 8th 240 166 78
Providence Reds 56 27 27 2 211 216 56
Washington Lions 56 14th 34 8th 184 272 36
New Haven Eagles 32 9 18th 5 85 116 23
West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Buffalo bison 56 28 21st 7th 189 143 63
Indianapolis Capitals 56 29 23 4th 211 181 62
Pittsburgh Hornets 56 26th 24 6th 183 203 58
Cleveland Barons 56 21st 29 6th 190 196 48

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Wally Kilrea Hershey Bears 56 31 68 99 8th
Adam Brown Indianapolis Capitals 55 34 51 85 47
Harry Frost Hershey Bears 56 43 40 83 6th
Les Cunningham Cleveland Barons 55 35 47 82 24
Norman Mann Pittsburgh / Cleveland 55 31 45 76 83
Fred Hergerts Hershey Bears 56 30th 45 75 33
Jim O'Neill Washington / Hershey 55 19th 50 69 52
Bill Summerhill Buffalo bison 56 41 27 68 64
From DeMarco Providence Reds 39 27 39 66 9
Standard locking Cleveland Barons 56 26th 40 66 14th

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The six best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. The two winners from the duels between the teams in places two to four met in the second round, while the winner from the duel between the two division winners was automatically qualified for the final by a bye . The first two play-off rounds took place in the best-of-three mode, with the two division winners playing for the finals in the best-of-seven mode. The final itself was played in the best-of-five mode.

Play-off overview

First round

Second round

  • (W1) BYE for the Buffalo Bison
  • (W2) Indianapolis Capitals - (W4) Cleveland Barons 2-0

final

  • (W1) Buffalo Bison - (W2) Indianapolis Capitals 3-0

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Buffalo bison
FG “Teddy” Oke Trophy
Best team in the West Division, regular season 		Buffalo bison

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