1943–44 AHL season

The 1943–44 AHL season was the 8th season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played in a 54 game schedule. The Cleveland Barons won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Buffalo Bisons won their second consecutive Calder Cup.
==Team changes==
* The Washington Lions cease operations.
* The Buffalo Bisons switch divisions from West to East. 
==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 	54	30	16	8 	68 	181	133
Buffalo Bisons 	54	25	16	13	63 	201	168
Providence Reds†	52	11	36	5 	27 	126	214
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cleveland Barons 	54	33	14	7 	73 	224	176
Indianapolis Capitals	54	20	18	16	56 	156	156
Pittsburgh Hornets† 	52	12	31	9 	33 	140	181
†The final two regular season games between Providence and Pittsburgh had no effect in the standings, and were cancelled.
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Tom Burlington 	Cleveland Barons 	52	33	49	82 	17
Fred Hunt 	Buffalo Bisons 	52	27	53	80 	29
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	52	26	52	78 	13
Louis Trudel 	Cleveland Barons 	52	29	47	76 	13
Fred Thurier 	Buffalo Bisons 	39	33	40	73 	43
Earl Bartholomew	Cleveland Barons 	52	20	47	67 	19
Pete Horeck 	Cleveland Barons 	54	34	29	63 	29
Larry Thibeault 	Buffalo Bisons 	51	18	45	63 	46
Bill Thomson 	Indianapolis Capitals	45	20	38	58 	6
Jim O'Neill 	Hershey Bears 	54	20	33	53 	18
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;Semi-Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 3.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Indianapolis Capitals 4 games to 1.
;Finals
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. 
* complete list of scores
==Team Photos==
43-44BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
43-44IndCap.jpg|Indianapolis Capitals
==Game Ads==
43-44AHLPittGameAd.jpg|Pittsburgh
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1944 in hockey