1951–52 AHL season

The 1951–52 AHL season was the 16th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 68 games each in the schedule. The Pittsburgh Hornets won their first F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy as West Division champions, and their first Calder Cup as league champions.

Team changes

• The Springfield Indians move to Syracuse, New York, becoming the Syracuse Warriors.

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
Hershey Bears	68	35	28	5	75	256	215
Providence Reds	68	32	33	3	67	263	270
Buffalo Bisons	68	28	36	4	60	230	298
Syracuse Warriors	68	25	42	1	51	211	272

West	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Pittsburgh Hornets	68	46	19	3	95	267	179
Cleveland Barons	68	44	19	5	93	265	166
Cincinnati Mohawks	68	29	33	6	64	183	228
St. Louis Flyers	68	28	39	1	57	256	262
Indianapolis Capitals	68	22	40	6	50	232	273

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ray Powell	Providence Reds	67	35	62	97	6
Steve Wochy	Cleveland Barons	68	37	41	78	42
Jackie Hamilton	St. Louis Flyers	67	27	50	77	34
Ab DeMarco	Buffalo Bisons	67	28	49	77	34
Barry Sullivan	Providence Reds	61	25	47	72	12
Kelly Burnett	Syracuse Warriors	68	25	43	68	10
Earl Reibel	Indianapolis Capitals	68	33	34	67	8
Grant Warwick	Buffalo Bisons	55	24	41	65	35
Paul Gladu	Providence Reds	66	31	33	64	64
Bob Hassard	Pittsburgh Hornets	67	18	46	64	36

• complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 1.
• Providence Reds defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 2.
• Cincinnati Mohawks defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 0.

Second round

• Pittsburgh Hornets earned second round bye.
• Providence Reds defeated Cincinnati Mohawks 3 games to 1.

Finals

• Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup.
• list of scores

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Pittsburgh Hornets
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions, West Division:	Pittsburgh Hornets

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Ray Powell - Providence Reds
Carl Liscombe Trophy Top point scorer:	Ray Powell - Providence Reds
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Earl Reibel - Indianapolis Capitals
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Johnny Bower - Cleveland Barons

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB

Preceded by 1950–51 AHL season

AHL seasons

Succeeded by 1952–53 AHL season