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	9 	91 	294	192
Indianapolis Capitals	68	39	17	12	90 	288	209
Cleveland Barons 	68	41	21	6 	88 	286	451
Pittsburgh Hornets 	68	39	19	10	88 	301	175
Buffalo Bisons 	68	33	27	8 	74 	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 	68	55	57	112	4
Carl Liscombe 	Providence Reds 	68	55	47	102	2
Roger Bedard 	Providence Reds 	67	29	61	90 	45
Harvey Fraser 	Providence Reds 	68	34	55	89 	16
Paul Gladu 	St. Louis Flyers 	67	51	34	85 	28
Murdo MacKay 	Buffalo Bisons 	68	32	52	84 	20
Fred Glover 	Indianapolis Capitals	68	35	48	83 	59
Jackie Hamilton	Providence Reds 	59	26	54	80 	32
Phil Maloney 	Hershey Bears 	64	29	50	79 	21
Pete Leswick 	Cleveland Barons 	68	44	35	79 	10
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Providence Reds defeated St. Louis Flyers 4 games to 3.
*Hershey Bears defeated Indianapolis Capitals 2 games to 0.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Springfield Indians 2 games to 1.
;Second round
*Providence Reds earned second round bye.
*Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 2 games to 0.
;Finals
*Providence Reds defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Providence Reds
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division:	St. Louis Flyers
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Carl Liscombe - Providence Reds
Carl Liscombe TrophyTop point scorer: 	Sid Smith - Pittsburgh Hornets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Terry Sawchuk - Indianapolis Capitals
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Baz Bastien - Pittsburgh Hornets
==Team Photos==
48-49CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
48-49ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
48-49PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
48-49BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
48-49SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
48-49SLFly.jpg|St. Louis Flyers
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1949 in hockey