1951–52 AHL season

The 1951–52 AHL season was the 16th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets won their first F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.
==Team changes==
* The Springfield Indians move to Syracuse, New York, becoming the Syracuse Warriors.
==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
Hershey Bears 	68	35	28	5	75 	256	215
Providence Reds 	68	32	33	3	67 	263	270
Buffalo Bisons 	68	28	36	4	60 	230	298
Syracuse Warriors	68	25	42	1	51 	211	272
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Pittsburgh Hornets 	68	46	19	3	95 	267	179
Cleveland Barons 	68	44	19	5	93 	265	166
Cincinnati Mohawks 	68	29	33	6	64 	183	228
St. Louis Flyers 	68	28	39	1	57 	256	262
Indianapolis Capitals	68	22	40	6	50 	232	273
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Ray Powell 	Providence Reds 	67	35	62	97 	6
Steve Wochy 	Cleveland Barons 	68	37	41	78 	42
Jackie Hamilton	St. Louis Flyers 	67	27	50	77 	34
Ab DeMarco 	Buffalo Bisons 	67	28	49	77 	34
Barry Sullivan 	Providence Reds 	61	25	47	72 	12
Kelly Burnett 	Syracuse Warriors 	68	25	43	68 	10
Earl Reibel 	Indianapolis Capitals	68	33	34	67 	8
Grant Warwick 	Buffalo Bisons 	55	24	41	65 	35
Paul Gladu 	Providence Reds 	66	31	33	64 	64
Bob Hassard 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	67	18	46	64 	36
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1.
*Providence Reds defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2.
*Cincinnati Mohawks defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 0.
;Second round
*Pittsburgh Hornets earned second round bye.
*Providence Reds defeated Cincinnati Mohawks 3 games to 1.
;Finals
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and Award winners==
;Team Awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Pittsburgh Hornets
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division:	Pittsburgh Hornets
;Individual Awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Ray Powell - Providence Reds
Carl Liscombe TrophyTop point scorer: 	Ray Powell - Providence Reds
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Earl Reibel - Indianapolis Capitals
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Johnny Bower - Cleveland Barons
==Team Photos==
51-52HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
51-52BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
51-52PittHornets.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
51-52SLFly.jpg|St. Louis Flyers
==Pre-season Game Ads==
51-52ExhProvAHLShawQSHL.jpg|Providence @ Shawinigan (QSHL)
51-52ExhProvAHLQueQSHL.jpg|Providence @ Quebec City (QSHL)
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1952 in hockey