1949–50 AHL season

The 1949–50 AHL season was the 14th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their seventh F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Indianapolis Capitals and won their second Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

• The Philadelphia Rockets cease operations.
• The Washington Lions move to Cincinnati, Ohio becoming the Cincinnati Mohawks.
• The Cincinnati Mohawks then switch divisions with the Buffalo Bisons.

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	70	32	29	9	73	226	208
Providence Reds	70	34	33	3	71	268	267
Springfield Indians	70	28	34	8	64	245	258
New Haven Ramblers	70	24	36	10	58	196	250
Hershey Bears	70	21	39	10	52	229	310

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Cleveland Barons	70	45	15	10	100	357	230
Indianapolis Capitals	70	35	24	11	81	267	231
St. Louis Flyers	70	34	28	8	76	258	250
Pittsburgh Hornets	70	29	26	15	73	215	185
Cincinnati Mohawks	70	19	37	14	52	185	257

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Les Douglas	Cleveland Barons	67	32	68	100	27
Ab DeMarco	Buffalo Bisons	70	40	54	94	16
John Chad	Providence Reds	70	36	54	90	4
Pete Leswick	Cleveland Barons	64	36	50	86	18
Jack Gordon	New Haven Ramblers	70	23	60	83	2
Cliff Simpson	St. Louis Flyers	56	31	52	83	8
Fred Thurier	Cleveland Barons	57	30	52	82	22
Bob Carse	Cleveland Barons	69	30	52	82	23
Jack McGill	Providence Reds	66	24	58	82	67
Bill McComb	St. Louis Flyers	61	32	49	81	43

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Cleveland Barons defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 1.
• Providence Reds defeated Springfield Indians 2 games to 0.
• Indianapolis Capitals defeated St. Louis Flyers 2 games to 0.

Second round

• Cleveland Barons earned second round bye.
• Indianapolis Capitals defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 0.

Finals

• Indianapolis Capitals defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup.

• list of scores

1950 Calder Cup champions Indianapolis Capitals

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Indianapolis Capitals
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Cleveland Barons

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Les Douglas - Cleveland Barons
Carl Liscombe Trophy Top point scorer:	Les Douglas - Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Paul Meger - Buffalo Bisons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Connie Dion - Buffalo Bisons

Team Photos

Buffalo Bisons

Cincinnati Mohawks

Indianapolis Capitals

Providence Reds

Pittsburgh Hornets

New Haven Ramblers

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Montreal

Pre-season @ Montreal

Pre-season @ Montreal

Pre-season @ Valleyfield

Media Ads

Cleveland

Pittsburgh

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1948–49 AHL season

AHL seasons

Succeeded by 1950–51 AHL season