1940–41 AHL season

The 1940–41 AHL season was the 5th season of the American Hockey League, which had operated the previous four seasons as the "International-American Hockey League." Nine teams played 56 games each in the schedule.
The Cleveland Barons won their second F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, and their second Calder Cup as league champions.
==Team changes==
*The Syracuse Stars moved to Buffalo, New York, becoming the second incarnation of the Buffalo Bisons.
==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 	56	31	21	4	66 	196	171
New Haven Eagles 	56	27	21	8	62 	179	153
Springfield Indians 	56	26	21	9	61 	157	149
Philadelphia Ramblers	56	25	25	6	56 	166	167
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cleveland Barons 	56	26	21	9 	61 	177	162
Hershey Bears 	56	24	23	9 	57 	193	189
Pittsburgh Hornets 	56	21	29	6 	48 	156	170
Buffalo Bisons 	56	19	27	10	48 	148	176
Indianapolis Capitals	56	17	28	11	45 	133	168
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	56	22	42	64 	10
Fred Thurier 	Springfield Indians 	41	29	31	60 	36
Glen Brydson 	Springfield Indians 	54	20	36	56 	28
Ab DeMarco 	Providence Reds 	55	20	34	54 	13
Wally Kilrea 	Hershey Bears 	55	17	37	54 	0
Lloyd Roubell 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	53	22	31	53 	14
George Patterson	New Haven Eagles 	45	19	33	52 	33
Lude Wareing 	Philadelphia Ramblers	55	24	25	49 	12
Bob Gracie 	Buffalo Bisons 	56	22	26	48 	2
Herb Foster 	Philadelphia Ramblers	53	24	22	46 	18
Pat McReavy 	Hershey Bears 	51	21	25	46 	2
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 3 games to 1.
*Hershey Bears defeated New Haven Eagles 2 games to 0.
*Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Springfield Indians 2 games to 1.
;Second round
*Cleveland Barons earned second round bye.
*Hershey Bears defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 1. 
;Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup.
* complete list of scores
==Team Photos==
40-41 Pittburgh Hornets.JPG|Pittsburgh Hornets
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1941 in hockey