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The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). [2] The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Canada. As of the 2024–25 AHL season, all 32 NHL teams held affiliations with an AHL team ...
After the 1939–40 season, the league became known as the American Hockey League. The 1938–39 season —the IAHL's first as a fully merged league—saw the two-time defending Eastern Amateur Hockey League champion Hershey Bears added as an eighth member club to replace the Buffalo Bisons that had been forced to fold 11 games into the 1936 ...
American Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-05-26 "Jack A. Butterfield Trophy". American Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17 "Calder Cup Winners". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013 "Calder Cup–History". LegendsofHockey.net.
The Cleveland Barons were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League.They played in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Cleveland Arena.At the time they folded, they were the most successful team in AHL history, the original incarnation of the Barons played in the AHL from 1937 to 1973.
This category is about ice hockey teams in the American Hockey League that moved, renamed, or suspended operations. Subcategories This category has the following 70 subcategories, out of 70 total.
The team ceased operations after the 1969–70 season due to the awarding of a National Hockey League expansion team, the Buffalo Sabres, to begin play in 1970–71. Like the Pittsburgh Hornets three years earlier (also shut down because of NHL expansion), the Bisons closed out their existence with one final championship.
The league's first black player, Willie O'Ree, came up during that era; he played for the Bruins between 1958 and 1961 but turned out to be the only black player until the 1970s. After World War II, all six NHL owners consistently rejected any bids for expansion, namely a bid for the American Hockey League's Cleveland Barons team in 1952
The Admirals, along with five other IHL franchises, joined the American Hockey League for the 2001–02 [7] season when the IHL ceased operations. The team was allowed to keep their nickname despite the presence of the Norfolk Admirals in the AHL, as Milwaukee had used the nickname since 1970, well before the Norfolk team was established as the ...