1942–43 AHL season
The 1942–43 AHL season was the seventh season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 56 games each in the schedule, while an eighth team, the New Haven Eagles ceased operations 32 games into the season, in January 1943. The Buffalo Bisons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.
1942–43 AHL season | |
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League | American Hockey League |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Regular season | |
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy | Buffalo Bisons |
Calder Cup playoffs | |
Finals champions | Buffalo Bisons |
Runners-up | Indianapolis Capitals |
Team changes
- The Philadelphia Rockets cease operations.
- The Springfield Indians cease operations.
- The Hershey Bears switch divisions from West to East.
- The New Haven Eagles ceased operations midseason.
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;
East | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Hershey Bears (independent) | 56 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 78 | 240 | 166 |
Providence Reds (TOR) | 56 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 56 | 211 | 216 |
Washington Lions (MTL) | 56 | 14 | 34 | 8 | 36 | 184 | 272 |
New Haven Eagles† (independent) | 32 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 85 | 116 |
West | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA |
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Buffalo Bisons (independent) | 56 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 63 | 189 | 143 |
Indianapolis Capitals (DET) | 56 | 29 | 23 | 4 | 62 | 211 | 181 |
Pittsburgh Hornets (independent) | 56 | 26 | 24 | 6 | 58 | 183 | 203 |
Cleveland Barons (independent) | 56 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 48 | 190 | 196 |
† New Haven Eagles ceased operations midseason.
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Wally Kilrea | Hershey Bears | 56 | 31 | 68 | 99 | 8 |
Adam Brown | Indianapolis Capitals | 55 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 47 |
Harry Frost | Hershey Bears | 56 | 43 | 40 | 83 | 6 |
Les Cunningham | Cleveland Barons | 55 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 24 |
Norman Mann | Pittsburgh / Cleveland | 55 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 83 |
Fred Hergerts | Hershey Bears | 56 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 33 |
Jim O'Neill | Washington / Hershey | 55 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 52 |
Bill Summerhill | Buffalo Bisons | 56 | 41 | 27 | 68 | 64 |
Ab DeMarco | Providence Reds | 39 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 9 |
Norm Locking | Cleveland Barons | 56 | 26 | 40 | 66 | 14 |
Calder Cup playoffs
Preliminary Round | League Semi-Final | Calder Cup Final | |||||||||||
1 | Hershey | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Buffalo | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Buffalo | 3 | |||||||||||
3 | Indianapolis | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Indianapolis | 0 | |||||||||||
4 | Pittsburgh | 0 | |||||||||||
3 | Indianapolis | 2 | |||||||||||
6 | Cleveland | 0 | |||||||||||
5 | Providence | 0 | |||||||||||
6 | Cleveland | 2 | |||||||||||
See also
References
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