1941–42 AHL season

The 1941–42 AHL season was the 6th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams played 56 games each in the schedule. The Indianapolis Capitals won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, and the Calder Cup as league champions.
==Team changes==
*The Philadelphia Ramblers are renamed the Philadelphia Rockets.
* The Washington Lions join the AHL as an expansion team, based in Washington, D.C., playing in the East Division.
==Pre-Season Training Camps==
*Hershey Bears - Hershey, Pennsylvania
*New Haven Eagles - Shawinigan, Quebec
*Providence Reds - Cornwall, Ontario
*Springfield Indians - Port Arthur, Ontario
*Washington Lions - Lake Placid, New York
==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
Springfield Indians 	56	31	20	5	67 	213	167
New Haven Eagles 	56	26	26	4	56 	182	219
Washington Lions 	56	20	30	6	46 	160	172
Providence Reds 	56	17	32	7	41 	205	237
Philadelphia Rockets	56	11	41	4	26 	157	254
West 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA
Indianapolis Capitals	56	34	15	7	75 	204	144
Hershey Bears 	56	33	17	6	72 	207	169
Cleveland Barons 	56	33	19	4	70 	174	152
Buffalo Bisons 	56	25	25	6	56 	182	157
Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	23	28	5	51 	210	223
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Pete Kelly 	Springfield Indians	46	33	44	77 	11
Louis Trudel 	Washington Lions 	54	37	29	66 	11
John O'Flaherty	Springfield Indians	42	18	44	62 	24
Ab DeMarco 	Providence Reds 	39	27	39	61 	9
Norman Schultz 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	27	34	61 	16
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	56	25	35	60 	23
Norm Burns 	New Haven Eagles 	35	27	32	59 	13
James MacDonald	Hershey / Buffalo 	58	28	30	58 	18
John Sherf 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	19	37	56 	10
Norm Calladine 	Providence Reds 	56	32	33	54 	6
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Indianapolis Capitals defeated Springfield Indians 3 games to 2.
*Hershey Bears defeated New Haven Eagles 2 games to 0.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Washington Lions 2 games to 0.
;Second round
*Indianapolis Capitals earned second round bye.
*Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 2 games to 1. 
;Finals
*Indianapolis Capitals defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup.
* complete list of scores
==All Star Classic==
The first AHL All-Star game was played on February 3, 1942 at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The East division All-Stars defeated the West division All-Stars 5-4. 
==Team Photos==
41-42ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
41-42NHEag.jpg|New Haven Eagles
41-42SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
41-42PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
==Game Ads==
41-42QSHLExhShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1942 in hockey