1943–44 AHL season

The 1943–44 AHL season was the eighth season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played in a 54 game schedule. The Cleveland Barons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Buffalo Bisons won their second consecutive Calder Cup.

Team changes

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
Hershey Bears 543016868181133
Buffalo Bisons5425161363201168
Providence Reds†521136527126214
West GP W L T Pts GF GA
Cleveland Barons 54 33 14 773 224 176
Indianapolis Capitals 54 20 18 1656 156 156
Pittsburgh Hornets†52 12 31 933 140 181

†The final two regular season games between Providence and Pittsburgh had no effect in the standings, and were cancelled.

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Tom Burlington Cleveland Barons 5233498217
Fred Hunt Buffalo Bisons 5227538029
Les Cunningham Cleveland Barons 5226527813
Louis Trudel Cleveland Barons 5229477613
Fred Thurier Buffalo Bisons 3933407343
Earl Bartholomew Cleveland Barons 5220476719
Pete Horeck Cleveland Barons 5434296329
Larry Thibeault Buffalo Bisons 5118456346
Bill Thomson Indianapolis Capitals 45203858 6
Jim O'Neill Hershey Bears 5420335318

Calder Cup playoffs

League Semi-Finals Calder Cup Final
      
E1 Hershey 3
W1 Cleveland 4
W1 Cleveland 0
E2 Buffalo 4
E2 Buffalo 4
W2 Indianapolis 1

See also

References

Preceded by
1942–43 AHL season		 AHL seasons Succeeded by
1944–45 AHL season