AHL 1943/44

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The 1943/44 season was the eighth regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the six teams of the league should play 54 games each, but the last two games of the Providence Reds and Pittsburgh Hornets were omitted because they could no longer reach the playoffs at this time. The four 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 54 30th 16 8th 181 133 68
Buffalo bison 54 25th 16 13 201 168 63
Providence Reds 52 11 36 5 126 214 27
West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Cleveland Barons 54 33 14th 7th 224 176 73
Indianapolis Capitals 54 20th 18th 16 156 156 56
Pittsburgh Hornets 52 12 31 9 140 181 33

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
Tom Burlington Cleveland Barons 52 33 49 82 17th
Fred Hunt Buffalo bison 52 27 53 80 29
Les Cunningham Cleveland Barons 52 26th 52 78 13
Louis Trudel Cleveland Barons 52 29 47 76 13
Fred Thurier Buffalo bison 39 33 40 73 43
Earl Bartholomew Cleveland Barons 52 20th 47 67 19th
Pete Horeck Cleveland Barons 54 34 29 63 29
Larry Thibeault Buffalo bison 51 18th 45 63 46
Bill Thomson Indianapolis Capitals 45 20th 38 58 6th
Jim O'Neill Hershey Bears 54 20th 33 53 18th

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the semifinals and finals, these played the Calder Cup winner. Both the semifinals and the finals were played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Semifinals final
                 
E1 Hershey Bears 3    
W1 Cleveland Barons 4th  
E2 Buffalo bison 4th
  W1 Cleveland Barons 0
E2 Buffalo bison 4th
W2 Indianapolis Capitals 1  

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 		Cleveland Barons

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