1948–49 AHL season

Sports season

1948–49 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| St. Louis Flyers
Season MVP| Carl Liscombe
Top scorer| Sid Smith
Playoffs
Champions| Providence Reds
Runners-up| Hershey Bears
AHL seasons

← 1947–48

1949–50 →

The 1948–49 AHL season was the 13th season of the American Hockey League. Eleven teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Wally Kilrea Trophy for the league's "top point scorer," is renamed the Carl Liscombe Trophy. The St. Louis Flyers won their first F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions. The Providence Reds and won their third Calder Cup as league champions.

## Final standings

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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

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Providence Reds (independent) | 68 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 94 | 347 | 219
Hershey Bears (BOS) | 68 | 28 | 35 | 5 | 61 | 256 | 261
Springfield Indians (independent) | 68 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 53 | 240 | 276
New Haven Ramblers (NYR) | 68 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 48 | 223 | 286
Philadelphia Rockets (independent) | 68 | 15 | 48 | 5 | 35 | 230 | 407
Washington Lions (independent) | 68 | 11 | 53 | 4 | 26 | 179 | 401
West  | GP  | W  | L  | T  | Pts  | GF  | GA

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St. Louis Flyers (independent) | 68 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 91 | 294 | 192
Indianapolis Capitals (DET) | 68 | 39 | 17 | 12 | 90 | 288 | 209
Cleveland Barons (independent) | 68 | 41 | 21 | 6 | 88 | 286 | 251
Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR) | 68 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 88 | 301 | 175
Buffalo Bisons (MTL) | 68 | 33 | 27 | 8 | 74 | 246 | 213

## Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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Sid Smith | Pittsburgh Hornets | 68 | 55 | 57 | 112 | 4
Carl Liscombe | Providence Reds | 68 | 55 | 47 | 102 | 2
Roger Bedard | Providence Reds | 67 | 29 | 61 | 90 | 45
Harvey Fraser | Providence Reds | 68 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 16
Paul Gladu | St. Louis Flyers | 67 | 51 | 34 | 85 | 28
Murdo MacKay | Buffalo Bisons | 68 | 32 | 52 | 84 | 20
Fred Glover | Indianapolis Capitals | 68 | 35 | 48 | 83 | 59
Jackie Hamilton | Providence Reds | 59 | 26 | 54 | 80 | 32
Phil Maloney | Hershey Bears | 64 | 29 | 50 | 79 | 21
Pete Leswick | Cleveland Barons | 68 | 44 | 35 | 79 | 10

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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| Preliminary Round| | | League Semi-Final| | | Calder Cup Final
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| E1| Providence| 4
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| W1| St. Louis| 3| | |
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| | E1| Providence| 4
| E2| Hershey| 2| | |
| | | | | E2| Hershey| 3
| W2| Indianapolis| 0| | | | |
| | | E2| Hershey| 2|
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| | | W3| Cleveland| 0| | |
| E3| Springfield| 1| | | |
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| W3| Cleveland| 2| | |
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## Trophy and award winners

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Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Providence Reds

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F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions, West Division: | St. Louis Flyers

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Carl Liscombe \- Providence Reds

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Carl Liscombe Trophy
Top point scorer: | Sid Smith \- Pittsburgh Hornets
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Terry Sawchuk \- Indianapolis Capitals
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Baz Bastien \- Pittsburgh Hornets

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

Preceded by

1947–48 AHL season

|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

1949–50 AHL season

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