1938–39 AHL season

August 2023 March 2026 1938–39 AHL season American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular season F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Hershey Bears Carl Liscombe Trophy Playoffs 1939 Calder Cup playoffs Cleveland Barons Philadelphia Ramblers 1937–38 1939–40 List of AHL seasons AHL The 1938–39 AHL season was the third season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. It was also the first season that the I-AHL played as a fully unified league. For the previous two seasons, the International Hockey League and Canadian-American Hockey League had played as a "circuit of mutual convenience" with an interlocking schedule. However, on June 29, 1938, the IHL and C-AHL formally merged into a single circuit under the I-AHL name. Eight teams played 54 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears won the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as the Western Division champions, while the Cleveland Barons won the Calder Cup as league champions. Team changes One of the I-AHL's first acts as a fully merged league was to grant an expansion franchise to the Hershey Bears, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Bears transferred from the Eastern Amateur Hockey League to the I-AHL's West Division. The Bears have been in the I-AHL/AHL ever since, without relocating or renaming. As of the end of the 2016–17 season, they are the oldest team in the league, and the seventh oldest team in all of professional hockey (behind only the NHL's Original Six) still playing in its current city and under its current name. Final standings Notes: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GP = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points; East GP W L T Pts GF GA Philadelphia Ramblers (NYR) 543217569214161 Providence Reds (independent) 5421221153136153 Springfield Indians (independent) 541629941121179 New Haven Eagles (MTL) 5414301038114174 West GP W L T Pts GF GA Hershey Bears (BOS) 543118567140110 Syracuse Stars (TOR) 542619961152117 Cleveland Barons (independent) 542322955145138 Pittsburgh Hornets (DET) 542228446176166 Scoring leaders Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Don Deacon Pittsburgh Hornets 4624416541 Bill Carse Philadelphia Ramblers 5424335722 James MacDonald Philadelphia Ramblers 4918375548 Murray Armstrong Syracuse Stars 5027275410 Joe Krol Philadelphia Ramblers 5424305434 Phil Hergesheimer Cleveland Barons 5434195323 Lorne Duguid Cleveland/Pittsburgh 5419325123 Norm Locking Syracuse Stars 5320305028 Bobby Kirk Philadelphia Ramblers 4914365012 Cliff Barton Philadelphia Ramblers 5221284916 Calder Cup playoffs 2 Preliminary Round League Semi-Final Calder Cup Final E2 Providence 2 W2 Syracuse 1 E3 Springfield 1 W3 Cleveland 2 E1 Philadelphia 3 W1 Hershey 2 E2 Providence 0 W3 Cleveland 2 E1 Philadelphia 1 W3 Cleveland 3 See also List of AHL seasons References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB hockeyleaguehistory.com 1937–38 AHL season 1939–40 AHL season AHL seasons Category:American Hockey League seasons 2