1938–39 AHL season

The 1938–39 AHL season was the 3rd season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. 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==
*The Hershey Bears, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania, transfer from the Eastern Amateur Hockey League to the I-AHL as an expansion team, playing in the West Division. The Bears have been in the I-AHL/AHL ever since, without relocating or renaming, and are currently the oldest team in the league to do so.
==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	54	32	17	5 	69 	214	161
Providence Reds 	54	21	22	11	53 	136	153
Springfield Indians 	54	16	29	9 	41 	121	179
New Haven Eagles 	54	14	30	10	38 	114	174
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Hershey Bears 	54	31	18	5	67 	140	110
Syracuse Stars 	54	26	19	9	61 	152	117
Cleveland Barons 	54	23	22	9	55 	145	138
Pittsburgh Hornets	54	22	28	4	46 	176	166
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Don Deacon 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	46	24	41	65 	41
Bill Carse 	Philadelphia Ramblers	54	24	33	57 	22
James MacDonald 	Philadelphia Ramblers	49	18	37	55 	48
Murray Armstrong 	Syracuse Stars 	50	27	27	54 	10
Joe Krol 	Philadelphia Ramblers	54	24	30	54 	34
Phil Hergesheimer	Cleveland Barons 	54	34	19	53 	23
Lorne Duguid 	Cleveland/Pittsburgh 	54	19	32	51 	23
Norm Locking 	Syracuse Stars 	53	20	30	50 	28
Bobby Kirk 	Philadelphia Ramblers	49	14	36	50 	12
Cliff Barton 	Philadelphia Ramblers	52	21	28	49 	16
==Calder Cup playoffs==
==Team Photos==
38-39ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
38-39CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
38-39HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
38-39NHEag.jpg|New Haven Eagles
==Game Ads==
38-39AHLNewhavenGameAd.jpg|New Haven
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
*hockeyleaguehistory.com
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1939 in hockey