1936–37 AHL season

The 1936-37 AHL season was the 1st season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. The IAHL was formed following a merger between the International Hockey League and the Canadian-American Hockey League.
The league consisted of eight teams in two divisions, scheduled to play a 48 game season. The four teams in the West Division came from the International Hockey League, and the four teams in the East Division came from the Canadian-American Hockey League. The Buffalo Bisons were forced to suspend operations on December 6, 1936, due to financial woes. 
The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy was carried over by the West Division from the International Hockey League, and was awarded to the Syracuse Stars as West Division champions. The Syracuse Stars also won the inaugural Calder Cup by defeating the Philadelphia Ramblers for the championship. 
==Final standings==
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; 
East Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Philadelphia Ramblers	48	26	15	8	60 	149	106
Springfield Indians 	48	22	17	9	53 	117	125
Providence Reds 	48	21	20	7	49 	122	125
New Haven Eagles 	48	14	28	6	34 	107	142
West Division 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Syracuse Stars 	48	27	16	5	59 	173	129
Pittsburgh Hornets	48	22	23	3	47 	122	124
Cleveland Falcons 	48	13	27	8	34 	113	152
Buffalo Bisons† 	11	3 	8 	0	6 	22 	30
†Suspended operations. 
==Scoring Leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Jack Markle 	Syracuse Stars 	48	21	39	60 	2
Clint Smith 	Philadelphia Ramblers	47	25	29	54 	15
Bryan Hextall 	Philadelphia Ramblers	48	29	23	52 	34
Eddie Convey 	Syracuse Stars 	48	12	37	49 	82
Jackie Keating	Providence Reds 	48	12	31	43 	22
Lorne Duguid 	Providence Reds 	47	20	21	41 	16
Norman Mann 	Syracuse Stars 	46	17	24	41 	47
Charlie Mason 	Philadelphia Ramblers	48	25	15	40 	17
Bazel Doran 	Syracuse Stars 	48	24	15	39 	42
Art Jackson 	Syracuse Stars 	29	17	21	38 	38
==Calder Cup Playoffs==
===Quarter Final===
Best of 3
*Springfield Indians beat Providence Reds 2 wins to 1.
===Semi Finals===
Best of 3
*Philadelphia Ramblers beat Springfield Indians 2 wins to 0.
Best of 5
*Syracuse Stars beat Pittsburgh Hornets 3 wins to 2.
===Final===
The Syracuse Stars defeated the Philadelphia Ramblers 3 games to 1 to win the inaugural Calder Cup.
==Team Photos==
36-37SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
36-37ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
36-37CleFal.jpg|Cleveland Falcons
==Game Ads==
36-37PittsburghGameAd.jpg|Pittsburgh
36-37IAHLExhOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
36-37NHLExhNYRWinnipegGameAd.jpg|Pre-season Winnipeg
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
*hockeyleaguehistory.com
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1937 in hockey