1939–40 AHL season

The 1939–40 AHL season was the 4th season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. The league consisted of nine teams total. Four teams in the Eastern Division played a 54 game season, while five teams in the Western Division played a 56 game season. The Indianapolis Capitals won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Providence Reds won the Calder Cup as league champions.
== Team changes ==
* The Indianapolis Capitals joined the IAHL as an expansion team, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the West Division.
== 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 	54	27	19	8	62 	161	157
New Haven Eagles 	54	27	24	3	57 	177	183
Springfield Indians 	54	24	24	6	54 	166	149
Philadelphia Ramblers	54	15	31	8	38 	133	170
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Indianapolis Capitals	56	26	20	10	62 	174	144
Hershey Bears 	56	27	24	5 	59 	154	156
Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	25	22	9 	59 	152	133
Cleveland Barons 	56	24	24	8 	56 	127	130
Syracuse Stars 	56	20	27	9 	49 	147	169
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Norm Locking 	Syracuse Stars 	55	31	32	63 	12
Fred Thurier 	Springfield Indians 	54	28	32	60 	27
Tony Hemmerling 	New Haven Eagles 	51	26	31	57 	4
Max Bennett 	Syracuse Stars 	56	25	31	56 	10
Ronnie Hudson 	Indianapolis Capitals	54	27	27	54 	19
George Patterson	New Haven Eagles 	54	25	27	52 	42
Eddie Convey 	Syracuse Stars 	53	17	33	50 	24
Jack Toupin 	Syracuse Stars 	49	16	34	50 	12
Marcel Tremblay 	New Haven Eagles 	51	23	24	47 	13
Norman Schultz 	Springfield Indians 	54	21	25	46 	6
==Calder Cup playoffs==
===Quarter Finals===
Best of 3
*Springfield 5 Pittsburgh 1
*Pittsburgh 3 Springfield 1
*Pittsburgh 4 Springfield 1
Pittsburgh Hornets beat Springfield Indians 2 wins to 1.
*Hershey 4 New Haven 2
*New Haven 3 Hershey 1
*Hershey 5 New Haven 4
Hershey Bears beat New Haven Eagles 2 wins to 1.
===Semi Finals===
Best of 5
*Providence 2 Indianapolis 1
*Providence 4 Indianapolis 2
*Indianapolis 3 Providence 2
*Indianapolis 8 Providence 2
*Providence 2 Indianapolis 0
Providence Reds beat Indianapolis Capitals 3 wins to 2.
Best of 3
*Hershey 3 Pittsburgh 0
*Pittsburgh 4 Hershey 2
*Pittsburgh 2 Hershey 0
Pittsburgh Hornets beat Hershey Bears 2 wins to 1.
===Final===
Best of 5
*Providence 4 Pittsburgh 3
*Providence 4 Pittsburgh 3
*Providence 4 Pittsburgh 3
The Providence Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Hornets 3 wins to none to win the Calder Cup.
==Team Photos==
39-40PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
39-40ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
39-40IndCap.jpg|Indianapolis Capitals
39-40NHEag.jpg|New Haven Eagles
== See also ==
* List of AHL seasons
== References ==
* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB
* hockeyleaguehistory.com
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1940 in hockey