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

West GP W L T Pts GF GASt. Louis Flyers (independent) 68 41 18 991 294 192Indianapolis Capitals (DET) 68 39 17 1290 288 209Cleveland Barons (independent) 68 41 21 688 286 251Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR) 68 39 19 1088 301 175Buffalo Bisons (MTL) 68 33 27 874 246 213

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Sid Smith Pittsburgh Hornets 685557112 4 Carl Liscombe Providence Reds 685547102 2 Roger Bedard Providence Reds 672961 9045 Harvey Fraser Providence Reds 683455 8916 Paul Gladu St. Louis Flyers 675134 8528 Murdo MacKay Buffalo Bisons 683252 8420 Fred Glover Indianapolis Capitals 683548 8359 Jackie Hamilton Providence Reds 592654 8032 Phil Maloney Hershey Bears 642950 7921 Pete Leswick Cleveland Barons 684435 7910 complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Providence Reds F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: St. Louis Flyers Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Carl Liscombe - Providence Reds Carl Liscombe TrophyTop point scorer: Sid Smith - Pittsburgh Hornets Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Terry Sawchuk - Indianapolis Capitals Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Baz Bastien - Pittsburgh Hornets

See also List of AHL seasons

References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB