AHL 1945/46

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The 1945/46 season was the tenth regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the eight teams in the league played 62 games each. 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
Buffalo bison 62 38 16 8th 270 196 84
Hershey Bears 62 26th 26th 10 213 221 62
Providence Reds 62 23 33 6th 221 254 52
New Haven Eagles 62 14th 38 10 199 263 38
West Division GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Indianapolis Capitals 62 33 20th 9 286 238 75
Pittsburgh Hornets 62 30th 22nd 10 262 226 70
Cleveland Barons 62 28 26th 8th 269 254 64
St. Louis Flyers 62 21st 32 9 198 266 51

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
Les Douglas Indianapolis Capitals 62 44 46 90 35
Norm Larson New Haven / Hershey 64 36 53 89 20th
Tom Burlington Cleveland Barons 59 36 46 82 14th
Pete Leswick Indianapolis Capitals 61 29 52 81 10
Louis Trudel Cleveland Barons 61 33 46 79 24
Joe Bell New Haven / Hershey 62 46 31 77 26th
Les Cunningham Cleveland Barons 62 33 44 77 10
Maurice Rimstad St. Louis Flyers 62 34 43 77 15th
Wally Wilson Pittsburgh Hornets 57 34 41 75 32
Gino Rozzini Hershey Bears 56 31 40 71 63

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The six best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the first play-off round, the first of the Eastern Division played against the first of the Western Division, the second of the Eastern Division against the second of the Western Division, and the third of the Eastern Division against the third of the Western Division. The two winners from the duels between the teams in places two and three then 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 also played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

First round

Second round

  • (E1) BYE to the Buffalo Bison
  • (W3) Cleveland Barons - (W2) Pittsburgh Hornets 2-1

final

  • (E1) Buffalo Bisons - (W3) Cleveland Barons 4: 3

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 		Indianapolis Capitals

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