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

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Cleveland Barons defeated Providence Reds 3 games to 1 (1:4, 2:1, 4:2, 6:5).
• Hershey Bears defeated New Haven Eagles 2 games to 0 (2:1, 1:0).
• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Springfield Indians 2 games to 1 (2:1, 1:4, 2:1).

Second round

• Cleveland Barons earned second round bye.
• Hershey Bears defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 2 games to 1 (1:4, 2:1, 3:1).

Finals

• Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 2 (4:3, 3:1, 0:4, 3:4, 3:2), to win the Calder Cup.

Team Photos

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  Pittsburgh Hornets

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1939–40 AHL season

AHL seasons

Succeeded by 1941–42 AHL season