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 GAHershey Bears (BOS) 683528 5 75256215Providence Reds (independent) 683233 3 67263270Buffalo Bisons (MTL) 682836460230298Syracuse Warriors (independent) 682542 1 51211272

West GP W L T Pts GF GAPittsburgh Hornets (TOR) 684619 3 95267179Cleveland Barons (independent) 684419 5 93265166Cincinnati Mohawks (NYR) 682933 6 64183228St. Louis Flyers (CHI) 682839 1 57256262Indianapolis Capitals (DET) 682240 6 50232273

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 67356297 6 Steve Wochy Cleveland Barons 6837417842 Jackie Hamilton St. Louis Flyers 6727507734 Ab DeMarco Buffalo Bisons 6728497734 Barry Sullivan Providence Reds 6125477212 Kelly Burnett Syracuse Warriors 6825436810 Earl Reibel Indianapolis Capitals 68333467 8 Grant Warwick Buffalo Bisons 5524416535 Paul Gladu Providence Reds 6631336464 Bob Hassard Pittsburgh Hornets 6718466436 complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

Round 1 Pittsburgh Hornets 4, Hershey Bears 1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series Arena Attendance 1 March 18 Hershey Bears 1-2 OT Pittsburgh Hornets 1–0 Duquesne Gardens N/A 2 March 20 Hershey Bears 1-3 Pittsburgh Hornets 2-0 Duquesne Gardens N/A 3 March 22 Pittsburgh Hornets 4-1 Hershey Bears 3-0 Hersheypark Arena N/A 4 March 25 Pittsburgh Hornets 1-3 Hershey Bears 3–1 Hersheypark Arena N/A 5 March 27 Hershey Bears 3-4 OT Pittsburgh Hornets 4–1 Duquesne Gardens N/A

Providence Reds 3, Cleveland Barons 2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series Arena Attendance 1 March 20 Providence Reds 2-3 Cleveland Barons 1–0 Cleveland Arena N/A 2 March 22 Providence Reds 2-7 Cleveland Barons 2-0 Cleveland Arena N/A 3 March 23 Cleveland Barons 1-5 Providence Reds 2-1 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A 4 March 25 Cleveland Barons 0-4 Providence Reds 2-2 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A 5 March 27 Providence Reds 4-2 Cleveland Barons 3-2 Cleveland Arena N/A

Cincinnati Mohawks 3, Buffalo Bisons 0 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series Arena Attendance 1 March 18 Buffalo Bisons 1-2 OT Cincinnati Mohawks 1–0 Cincinnati Gardens 3,532 2 March 20 Buffalo Bison 1-2 Cincinnati Mohawks 2-0 Cincinnati Gardens 4,672 3 March 22 Cincinnati Mohawks 6-4 OT Buffalo Bisons 3-0 Memorial Auditorium 5,009

Round 2 Providence Reds 3, Cincinnati Mohawks 1 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series Arena Attendance 1 March 30 Cincinnati Mohawks 1-3 Providence Reds 1–0 Rhode Island Auditorium 5,859 2 April 1 Cincinnati Mohawks 2-3 Providence Reds 2-0 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A 3 April 3 Providence Reds 1-3 Cincinnati Mohawks 2-1 Cincinnati Gardens 4,910 4 April 5 Providence Reds 6-2 Cincinnati Mohawks 3–1 Cincinnati Gardens 7,103

Calder Cup Finals Pittsburgh Hornets 4, Providence Reds 2 Game Date Visitor Score Home Series Arena Attendance 1 April 8 Providence Reds 1-4 Pittsburgh Hornets 1–0 Duquesne Gardens N/A 2 April 10 Providence Reds 0-5 Pittsburgh Hornets 2-0 Duquesne Gardens N/A 3 April 13 Pittsburgh Hornets 1-5 Providence Reds 2-1 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A 4 April 15 Pittsburgh Hornets 3-2OT Providence Reds 2-2 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A 5 April 17 Providence Reds 5-1 Pittsburgh Hornets 3-2 Duquesne Gardens N/A 6 April 20 Pittsburgh Hornets 3-2OT Providence Reds 4-2 Rhode Island Auditorium N/A

Trophy and Award winners Team Awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Pittsburgh Hornets F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions, West Division: Pittsburgh Hornets Individual Awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Ray Powell - Providence Reds Carl Liscombe TrophyTop point scorer: Ray Powell - Providence Reds Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Earl Reibel - Indianapolis Capitals Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Johnny Bower - Cleveland Barons

See also List of AHL seasons

References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB

Newspapers

Attendance Figures - Cincinnati Enquirer 03-19-1952, 03-21-1952, 04-04-1952, and 04-06-1952