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1939–40 AHL season
League American Hockey League
Sport Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Indianapolis Capitals
Playoffs
Champions Providence Reds
  Runners-up Pittsburgh Hornets
AHL seasons
←  1938–39
1940–41 →

The 1939–40 AHL season was the fourth season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. The league consisted of nine teams total. Four teams in the Eastern Division played a 54 game season, while five teams in the Western Division played a 56 game season. The Indianapolis Capitals won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Providence Reds won the Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

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 ( CHI) 54 27 19 8 62 161 157
New Haven Eagles ( MTL) 54 27 24 3 57 177 183
Springfield Indians ( NYA) 54 24 24 6 54 166 149
Philadelphia Ramblers ( NYR) 54 15 31 8 38 133 170
West GP W L T Pts GF GA
Indianapolis Capitals ( DET) 56 26 20 10 62 174 144
Hershey Bears ( BOS) 56 27 24 5 59 154 156
Pittsburgh Hornets ( TOR) 56 25 22 9 59 152 133
Cleveland Barons (independent) 56 24 24 8 56 127 130
Syracuse Stars (independent) 56 20 27 9 49 147 169

Scoring leaders

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Norm Locking Syracuse Stars 55 31 32 63 12
Fred Thurier Springfield Indians 54 28 32 60 27
Tony Hemmerling New Haven Eagles 51 26 31 57 4
Max Bennett Syracuse Stars 56 25 31 56 10
Ron Hudson Indianapolis Capitals 54 27 27 54 19
George Patterson New Haven Eagles 54 25 27 52 42
Eddie Convey Syracuse Stars 53 17 33 50 24
Jack Toupin Syracuse Stars 49 16 34 50 12
Marcel Tremblay New Haven Eagles 51 23 24 47 13
Norman Schultz Springfield Indians 54 21 25 46 6

Calder Cup playoffs

Preliminary RoundLeague Semi-FinalCalder Cup Final
E1 Providence3
W1 Indianapolis2
E1 Providence3
E2 New Haven1
W3 Pittsburgh0
W2 Hershey2
W2 Hershey1
W3 Pittsburgh2
E3 Springfield1
W3 Pittsburgh2

See also

References

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