1942–43 AHL season

The 1942–43 AHL season was the 7th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 56 games each in the schedule, while an eighth team, the New Haven Eagles ceased operations 32 games into the season, in January 1943. The Buffalo Bisons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.
==Team changes==
* The Philadelphia Rockets cease operations.
* The Springfield Indians cease operations.
* The Hershey Bears switch divisions from West to East.
* The New Haven Eagles ceased operations midseason.
==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 	56	35	13	8	78 	240	166
Providence Reds 	56	27	27	2	56 	211	216
Washington Lions 	56	14	34	8	36 	184	272
New Haven Eagles†	32	9 	18	5	23 	85 	116
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Buffalo Bisons 	56	28	21	7	63 	189	143
Indianapolis Capitals	56	29	23	4	62 	211	181
Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	26	24	6	58 	183	203
Cleveland Barons 	56	21	29	6	48 	190	196
† New Haven Eagles ceased operations midseason.
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Wally Kilrea 	Hershey Bears 	56	31	68	99 	8
Adam Brown 	Indianapolis Capitals 	55	34	51	85 	47
Harry Frost 	Hershey Bears 	56	43	40	83 	6
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	55	35	47	82 	24
Norman Mann 	Pittsburgh / Cleveland	55	31	45	76 	83
Fred Hergerts 	Hershey Bears 	56	30	45	75 	33
Jim O'Neill 	Washington / Hershey 	55	19	50	69 	52
Bill Summerhill	Buffalo Bisons 	56	41	27	68 	64
Ab DeMarco 	Providence Reds 	39	27	39	66 	9
Norm Locking 	Cleveland Barons 	56	26	40	66 	14
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 2.
*Indianapolis Capitals defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 0.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 0.
;Second round
*Buffalo Bisons earned second round bye.
*Indianapolis Capitals defeated Cleveland Barons 2 games to 0. 
;Finals
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Indianapolis Capitals 3 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup.
* complete list of scores
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1943 in hockey