1944–45 AHL season

The 1944–45 AHL season was the ninth season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 60 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their third F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their third Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

• The St. Louis Flyers transfer to the AHL from the defunct American Hockey Association, as an expansion team based in St. Louis, Missouri, playing in 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
Buffalo Bisons	60	31	21	8	70	200	182
Hershey Bears	60	28	24	8	64	197	186
Providence Reds	60	23	31	6	52	241	249

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Cleveland Barons	60	34	16	10	78	256	199
Indianapolis Capitals	60	25	24	11	61	169	167
Pittsburgh Hornets	60	26	27	7	59	267	247
St. Louis Flyers	60	14	38	8	36	157	257

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bob Walton	Pittsburgh Hornets	58	37	58	95	17
Bob Gracie	Pittsburgh Hornets	58	40	55	95	4
Louis Trudel	Cleveland Barons	60	45	48	93	25
Tom Burlington	Cleveland Barons	56	30	60	90	7
Earl Bartholomew	Cleveland Barons	60	38	43	81	26
Les Cunningham	Cleveland Barons	56	35	45	80	4
Paul Courteau	Providence Reds	45	32	40	72	45
Jack Lavoie	Providence Reds	60	28	41	69	6
Billy Gooden	Hershey Bears	59	27	41	68	12
Pete Leswick	Indianapolis Capitals	53	29	39	68	12

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

	League Semi-Finals					Calder Cup Final
	E1	Buffalo	2
	W1	Cleveland	4
						W1	Cleveland	4
						E2	Hershey	2
	E2	Hershey	4
	W2	Indianapolis	1

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB