1945–46 AHL season

The 1945–46 AHL season was the 10th season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 62 games each in the schedule. The Indianapolis Capitals won their third F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Buffalo Bisons won their third Calder Cup in a four year span.
==Team changes==
* The New Haven Eagles resume operations. 
==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
Buffalo Bisons 	62	38	16	8 	84 	270	196
Hershey Bears 	62	26	26	10	62 	213	221
Providence Reds 	62	23	33	6 	52 	221	254
New Haven Eagles	62	14	38	10	38 	199	263
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Indianapolis Capitals	62	33	20	9 	75 	286	238
Pittsburgh Hornets 	62	30	22	10	70 	262	226
Cleveland Barons 	62	28	26	8 	64 	269	254
St. Louis Flyers 	62	21	32	9 	51 	198	266
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Les Douglas 	Indianapolis Capitals	62	44	46	90 	35
Norm Larson 	New Haven / Hershey 	64	36	53	89 	20
Tom Burlington 	Cleveland Barons 	59	36	46	82 	14
Pete Leswick 	Indianapolis Capitals	61	29	52	81 	10
Louis Trudel 	Cleveland Barons 	61	33	46	79 	24
Joe Bell 	New Haven / Hershey 	62	46	31	77 	26
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	62	33	44	77 	10
Maurice Rimstad	St. Louis Flyers 	62	34	43	77 	15
Wally Wilson 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	57	34	41	75 	32
Gino Rozzini 	Hershey Bears 	56	31	40	71 	63
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Indianapolis Capitals 4 games to 1.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 2 games to 0.
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 2 games to 1.
;Second round
*Buffalo Bisons earned second round bye.
*Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 1.
;Finals
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup. 
* complete list of scores
==Team Photos==
45-46IndCap.jpg|Indianapolis Capitals
45-46ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
45-46SLFly.jpg|St. Louis Flyers
45-46PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
==Game Ads==
45-46AHLExhProRedShawiniganGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Shawinigan, Quebec
45-46AHLExhBarrieGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Barrie, Ontario
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1946 in hockey