1950–51 AHL season

The 1950–51 AHL season was the 15th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 70 games each, however the New Haven Eagles folded midseason. The Cleveland Barons won their eighth F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their fifth Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

• The New Haven Ramblers revert to their previous name, the New Haven Eagles.
• The New Haven Eagles cease operations 28 games into the season.

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	40	26	4	84	309	284
Hershey Bears	70	38	28	4	80	256	242
Springfield Indians	70	27	37	6	60	268	254
Providence Reds	70	24	41	5	53	247	303
New Haven Eagles^†	28	5	23	0	10	74	154

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Cleveland Barons	71	44	22	5	93	281	221
Indianapolis Capitals	70	38	29	3	79	287	255
Pittsburgh Hornets	71	31	33	7	69	212	177
St. Louis Flyers	70	32	34	4	68	233	252
Cincinnati Mohawks	70	28	34	8	64	203	228

^†New Haven Eagles folded midseason.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ab DeMarco	Buffalo Bisons	64	37	76	113	35
Grant Warwick	Buffalo Bisons	65	34	65	99	43
Jack McGill	Providence Reds	69	29	69	98	58
Fred Thurier	Cleveland Barons	64	32	63	95	19
George Sullivan	Hershey Bears	70	28	56	84	36
Max McNab	Indianapolis Capitals	70	36	48	84	8
Fred Glover	Indianapolis Capitals	69	48	36	84	106
Wally Hergesheimer	Cleveland Barons	71	42	41	83	8

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Cleveland Barons defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 0.
• Hershey Bears defeated Indianapolis Capitals 3 games to 0.
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Springfield Indians 3 games to 0.

Second round

• Cleveland Barons earned second round bye.
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 0.

Finals

• Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup.
• list of scores

Trophy and award winners

Team Awards

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

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Ab DeMarco - Buffalo Bisons
Carl Liscombe Trophy Top point scorer:	Ab DeMarco - Buffalo Bisons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Wally Hergesheimer - Cleveland Barons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB