1948–49 AHL season

The 1948–49 AHL season was the 13th season of the American Hockey League. Eleven teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Wally Kilrea Trophy for the league's "top point scorer," is renamed the Carl Liscombe Trophy. The St. Louis Flyers won their first F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Providence Reds and won their third Calder Cup as league champions.

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
Providence Reds 68 44 18 6 94 347 219
Hershey Bears 68 28 35 5 61 256 261
Springfield Indians 68 22 37 9 53 240 276
New Haven Ramblers 68 20 40 8 48 223 286
Philadelphia Rockets 68 15 48 5 35 230 407
Washington Lions 68 11 53 4 26 179 401
West GP W L T Pts GF GA
St. Louis Flyers 68 41 18 991 294 192
Indianapolis Capitals 68 39 17 1290 288 209
Cleveland Barons 68 41 21 688 286 251
Pittsburgh Hornets 68 39 19 1088 301 175
Buffalo Bisons 68 33 27 874 246 213

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Sid Smith Pittsburgh Hornets 685557112 4
Carl Liscombe Providence Reds 685547102 2
Roger Bedard Providence Reds 672961 9045
Harvey Fraser Providence Reds 683455 8916
Paul Gladu St. Louis Flyers 675134 8528
Murdo MacKay Buffalo Bisons 683252 8420
Fred Glover Indianapolis Capitals 683548 8359
Jackie Hamilton Providence Reds 592654 8032
Phil Maloney Hershey Bears 642950 7921
Pete Leswick Cleveland Barons 684435 7910

Calder Cup playoffs

  Preliminary Round League Semi-Final Calder Cup Final
                           
  E1  Providence 4  
  W2  St. Louis 3  
    E1  Providence 4
  E2  Hershey 3
  E2  Hershey 2  
W2  Indianapolis 0  
  E2  Hershey 2
  W3  Cleveland 0  
E3  Springfield 1
  W3  Cleveland 2  

Trophy and award winners

Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions:
Providence Reds
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, West Division:
St. Louis Flyers
Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:
Carl Liscombe - Providence Reds
Carl Liscombe Trophy
Top point scorer:
Sid Smith - Pittsburgh Hornets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:
Terry Sawchuk - Indianapolis Capitals
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:
Baz Bastien - Pittsburgh Hornets

See also

References

Preceded by
1947–48 AHL season
AHL seasons Succeeded by
1949–50 AHL season
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