1944–45 AHL season

The 1944–45 AHL season was the 9th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 60 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their third F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their third Calder Cup as league champions.
==Team changes==
* The St. Louis Flyers transfer to the AHL from the defunct American Hockey Association, as an expansion team based in St. Louis, Missouri, 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
Buffalo Bisons 	60	31	8 	21	70 	200	182
Hershey Bears 	60	28	24	8 	64 	197	186
Providence Reds	60	23	6 	31	52 	241	249
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cleveland Barons 	60	34	10	16	78 	256	199
Indianapolis Capitals	60	25	11	24	61 	169	167
Pittsburgh Hornets 	60	26	7 	27	59 	267	247
St. Louis Flyers 	60	14	38	8 	36 	157	257
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bob Walton 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	58	37	58	95 	17
Bob Gracie 	Pittsburgh Hornets 	58	40	55	95 	4
Louis Trudel 	Cleveland Barons 	60	45	48	93 	25
Tom Burlington 	Cleveland Barons 	56	30	60	90 	7
Earl Bartholomew	Cleveland Barons 	60	38	43	81 	26
Les Cunningham 	Cleveland Barons 	56	35	45	80 	4
Paul Courteau 	Providence Reds 	45	32	70	72 	45
Jack Lavoie 	Providence Reds 	60	28	41	69 	6
Billy Gooden 	Hershey Bears 	59	27	41	68 	12
Pete Leswick 	Indianapolis Capitals	53	29	39	68 	12
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;Semi-Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2.
*Hershey Bears defeated Indianapolis Capitals 4 games to 1.
;Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. 
* complete list of scores
==Team Photos==
44-45CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
44-45HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
44-45indcap.jpg|Indianapolis Capitals
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1945 in hockey