1946–47 AHL season

The 1946–47 AHL season was the 11th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their fifth F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Hershey Bears won their first Calder Cup.

Team changes

• The New Haven Eagles are renamed the New Haven Ramblers.
• The Springfield Indians resume operations, playing in the East Division.
• The Philadelphia Rockets resume operations, playing in the East Division.
• The Buffalo Bisons switch from the East Division to the West Division.

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	64	36	16	12	84	276	174
Springfield Indians	64	24	29	11	59	202	220
New Haven Ramblers	64	23	31	10	56	199	218
Providence Reds	64	21	33	10	52	226	281
Philadelphia Rockets	64	5	52	7	17	188	400

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Cleveland Barons	64	38	18	8	84	272	215
Buffalo Bisons	64	36	17	11	83	257	173
Pittsburgh Hornets	64	35	19	10	80	260	188
Indianapolis Capitals	64	33	18	13	79	285	215
St. Louis Flyers	64	17	35	12	46	211	292

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Phil Hergesheimer	Philadelphia Rockets	64	48	44	92	20
Bob Carse	Cleveland Barons	62	27	61	88	16
Johnny Holota	Cleveland Barons	64	52	35	87	28
Les Douglas	Indianapolis Capitals	51	26	57	83	26
Cliff Simpson	Indianapolis Capitals	54	42	36	78	28
John Chad	Providence Reds	63	32	43	75	12
Pete Leswick	Cleveland Barons	64	32	41	73	35
Frank Mario	Hershey Bears	64	24	47	71	65

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0.
• Buffalo Bisons defeated Springfield Indians 2 games to 0.
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated New Haven Ramblers 2 games to 1.

Second round

• Hershey Bears earned second round bye.
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Buffalo Bisons 2 games to 0.

Finals

• Hershey Bears defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup.

• list of scores

Team Photos

Cleveland Barons

Hershey Bears

Providence Reds

St. Louis Flyers

Pittsburgh Hornets

Springfield Indians

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Shawinigan, Quebec

Pre-season @ Shawinigan

Pre-season @ Shawinigan

Pre-season @ Quebec City

Pre-season @ Ottawa

Pre-season @ Winnipeg

Pre-season @ Barrie, Ontario

Pre-season @ Barrie

Pre-season @ Montreal

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1945–46 AHL season

AHL seasons

Succeeded by 1947–48 AHL season