1938–39 AHL season
LeagueAmerican Hockey League
SportIce hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyHershey Bears
Calder Cup playoffs
Finals championsCleveland Barons
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Ramblers

The 1938–39 AHL season was the third season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. It was also the first season that the I-AHL played as a fully unified league. For the previous two seasons, the International Hockey League and Canadian-American Hockey League had played as a "circuit of mutual convenience" with an interlocking schedule. However, on June 29, 1938, the IHL and C-AHL formally merged into a single circuit under the I-AHL name.

Eight teams played 54 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Cleveland Barons won the Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

  • One of the I-AHL's first acts as a fully merged league was to grant an expansion franchise to the Hershey Bears, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Bears transferred from the Eastern Amateur Hockey League to the I-AHL's West Division. The Bears have been in the I-AHL/AHL ever since, without relocating or renaming. As of the end of the 2016–17 season, they are the oldest team in the league, and the seventh oldest team in all of professional hockey (behind only the NHL's Original Six) still playing in its current city and under its current name.

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
Philadelphia Ramblers (NYR)543217569214161
Providence Reds (independent)5421221153136153
Springfield Indians (independent)541629941121179
New Haven Eagles (MTL)5414301038114174
West GP W L T Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears (BOS)543118567140110
Syracuse Stars (TOR)542619961152117
Cleveland Barons (independent)542322955145138
Pittsburgh Hornets (DET)542228446176166

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Don DeaconPittsburgh Hornets4624416541
Bill CarsePhiladelphia Ramblers5424335722
James MacDonaldPhiladelphia Ramblers4918375548
Murray ArmstrongSyracuse Stars5027275410
Joe KrolPhiladelphia Ramblers5424305434
Phil HergesheimerCleveland Barons5434195323
Lorne DuguidCleveland/Pittsburgh5419325123
Norm LockingSyracuse Stars5320305028
Bobby KirkPhiladelphia Ramblers4914365012
Cliff BartonPhiladelphia Ramblers5221284916

Calder Cup playoffs

Preliminary RoundLeague Semi-FinalCalder Cup Final
E1Philadelphia3
W1Hershey2
E1Philadelphia1
E2Providence2
W3Cleveland3
W2Syracuse1
E2Providence0
W3Cleveland2
E3Springfield1
W3Cleveland2

See also

References

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