1947–48 AHL season

The 1947–48 AHL season was the 12th season of the American Hockey League. Eleven teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their sixth F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and won their fourth Calder Cup as league champions.
It was the first season, the AHL awarded individual trophies for players. The awards would be, the Les Cunningham Award for the league's "most valuable player," the Wally Kilrea Trophy for the league's "top point scorer," the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award" for the league's rookie of the year," and the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for the goaltender with the "lowest Goals against average" in the league.
==Team changes==
* The Washington Lions resume operations, playing in the East 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
Providence Reds 	68	41	23	4 	86 	342	277
New Haven Ramblers 	68	31	30	7 	69 	254	242
Hershey Bears 	68	25	30	13	63 	240	273
Philadelphia Rockets	68	22	41	5 	49 	260	331
Springfield Indians 	68	19	42	7 	45 	237	308
Washington Lions 	68	17	45	6 	40 	241	369
West 	GP	W 	L 	T 	Pts	GF 	GA
Cleveland Barons 	68	43	13	12	98 	332	197
Pittsburgh Hornets 	68	38	18	12	88 	238	170
Buffalo Bisons 	68	41	23	4 	86 	277	238
Indianapolis Capitals	68	32	30	6 	70 	293	260
St. Louis Flyers 	68	22	36	10	54 	242	291
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Carl Liscombe 	Providence Reds 	68	50	68	118	10
Cliff Simpson 	Indianapolis Capitals	68	48	62	110	31
Harvey Fraser 	Providence Reds 	64	45	52	97 	12
John Chad 	Providence Reds 	67	41	53	94 	8
Paul Courteau 	Springfield Indians 	68	28	64	92 	36
Wally Stefaniw 	Philadelphia Rockets 	67	15	72	87 	22
Johnny Holota 	Cleveland Barons 	68	48	38	86 	11
Johnny Mahaffey	Philadelphia Rockets 	60	26	57	83 	6
Chuck Scherza 	Providence Reds 	68	18	65	83 	72
Eldred Kobussen	Springfield Indians 	67	40	42	82 	24
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 1.
*New Haven Ramblers defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 0.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Hershey Bears 2 games to 1.
;Second round
*Cleveland Barons earned second round bye.
*Buffalo Bisons defeated New Haven Ramblers 2 games to 0.
;Finals
*Cleveland Barons defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==Trophy and Award winners==
;Team Awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Cleveland Barons
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division:	Cleveland Barons
;Individual Awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Carl Liscombe - Providence Reds
Wally Kilrea TrophyTop point scorer: 	Carl Liscombe - Providence Reds
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Bob Solinger - Cleveland Barons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Baz Bastien - Pittsburgh Hornets
==Team Photos==
47-48BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
47-48CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
47-48IndCap.jpg|Indianapolis Capitals
47-48NHRam.jpg|New Haven Ramblers
47-48PhiRoc.jpg|Philadelphia Rockets
47-48PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
47-48ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
==Game Ads==
47-48USHLExhBarrieGameAd.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:1948 in hockey