1945–46 AHL season

The 1945–46 AHL season was the 10th season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 62 games each in the schedule. The Indianapolis Capitals won their third F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Buffalo Bisons won their third Calder Cup in a four year span.

Team changes

• The New Haven Eagles resume operations.

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
Buffalo Bisons	62	38	16	8	84	270	196
Hershey Bears	62	26	26	10	62	213	221
Providence Reds	62	23	33	6	52	221	254
New Haven Eagles	62	14	38	10	38	199	263

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Indianapolis Capitals	62	33	20	9	75	286	238
Pittsburgh Hornets	62	30	22	10	70	262	226
Cleveland Barons	62	28	26	8	64	269	254
St. Louis Flyers	62	21	32	9	51	198	266

Scoring leaders

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

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	20
Tom Burlington	Cleveland Barons	59	36	46	82	14
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	26
Les Cunningham	Cleveland Barons	62	33	44	77	10
Maurice Rimstad	St. Louis Flyers	62	34	43	77	15
Wally Wilson	Pittsburgh Hornets	57	34	41	75	32
Gino Rozzini	Hershey Bears	56	31	40	71	63

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Buffalo Bisons defeated Indianapolis Capitals 4 games to 1.
• Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 0.
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 2 games to 1.

Second round

• Buffalo Bisons earned second round bye.
• Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 1.

Finals

• Buffalo Bisons defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup.

• complete list of scores

Team Photos

Indianapolis Capitals

Providence Reds

St. Louis Flyers

Pittsburgh Hornets

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Shawinigan, Quebec

Pre-season @ Barrie, Ontario

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1944–45 AHL season

AHL seasons

Succeeded by 1946–47 AHL season