Sub Menu

American Hockey Association (1926-1942)

The American Hockey Association (1926-1942) was minor pro league that operated between 1926 and 1942. A league of the same name operated for a short time in the early 1990's. The American Hockey Association was disbanded after 1941-42 season due to World War II. It was re-organized as the United States Hockey League in 1945-46.

American Hockey Association (1926-1942) Franchises

Buffalo Majors (1930-32)
Chicago Cardinals (1926-27)
Chicago Shamrocks (1930-33)
Dallas Texans (1941-42)
Detroit Greyhounds (1926-27)
Duluth Hornets (1926-33)
Fort Worth Rangers (1941-42)
Kansas City Pla-Mors (1927-32)
Kansas City Greyhounds (1932-40)
Kansas City Americans (1940-42)
Minneapolis Millers (1926-31) and (1936-42)
Omaha Knights (1939-42)
Oklahoma City Warriors (1933-36)
Tulsa Oilers (1928-42)
Wichita Blue Jays (1932-33)
Wichita Skyhawks (1935-40)
Wichita Vikings (1933-34 folded after 3 games)
Winnipeg Maroons (1926-28)

American Hockey Association (1926-1942) Championships

The Harry F. Sinclair Trophy was awarded to the league champions.

Year	Champion
1927	Duluth Hornets defeated Minneapolis Millers 3 games to 0
1928	Minneapolis Millers defeated Duluth Hornets 1 game to 0 - 4 tied
1929	Tulsa Oilers defeated St. Paul Saints 2 games to 0 - 2 tied
1930	Best-of-5 Championship Series tied at 2-2, 1 tie. Kansas City Pla-mors awarded series 8 goals to 6
1931	Tulsa Oilers defeated Kansas City Pla-mors 3 games to 1
1932	Chicago Shamrocks defeated Duluth Hornets 3 games to 1
1933	Kansas City Pla-mors (3-1) eliminated St. Louis Flyers (2-2) and Tulsa Oilers (1-3) to win the 1932-33 American Hockey Association Championship.
1934	Kansas City Greyhounds defeated St. Louis Flyers 3 games to 0
1935	St. Louis Flyers defeated Tulsa Oilers 3 games to 0 American Hockey Association vs Central Hockey League, championship series. Apr. 3 at St. Paul St. Paul 3 St. Louis 2 Apr. 7 at St. Paul St. Paul 3 St. Louis 2 Apr. 9 at St. Paul St. Paul 8 St. Louis 2 St. Paul Saints defeated St. Louis Flyers 3 games to 0
1936	St. Louis Flyers defeated St. Paul Saints 3 games to 2
1937	Minneapolis Millers defeated St. Louis Flyers 3 games to 0
1938	St. Louis Flyers defeated Minneapolis Millers 3 games to 0
1939	St. Louis Flyers defeated Tulsa Oilers 3 games to 1
1940	St. Paul Saints defeated Omaha Knights 3 games to 1
1941	St. Louis Flyers defeated Kansas City Americans 3 games to 2
1942	Omaha Knights defeated Kansas City Americans 3 games to 0

American Hockey Association (1926-1942) Seasons

(Note ties not calculated in season totals until 1939)

1927	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Duluth Hornets	38	20	10	8	90	46	48
Minneapolis Millers	38	17	11	10	60	51	44
Winnipeg Maroons	38	19	14	5	83	77	43
St. Paul Saints	37	17	15	5	46	67	39
Chicago Cardinals	37	11	24	2	52	73	24
Detroit Greyhounds	10	0	10	0	5	22	0
Detroit withdrew from league after six games. St. Paul and Winnipeg both awarded two wins each. Four losses added to Detroit's total. Chicago renamed "Americans" Mar. 8, 1927.
1928	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Duluth Hornets	40	18	9	13	63	49	49
Kansas City Pla-mors	40	18	14	8	61	53	44
Minneapolis Millers	40	18	17	5	65	51	41
St. Paul Saints	40	14	17	9	76	87	37
Winnipeg Maroons	40	11	22	7	68	93	29
1929	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Tulsa Oilers	40	23	9	8	125	63	54
Minneapolis Millers	40	18	12	10	77	51	46
St. Paul Saints	40	20	17	3	85	98	43
Kansas City Pla-mors	40	17	16	7	66	73	41
Duluth Hornets	40	15	21	4	67	70	34
St. Louis Flyers	40	40	28	2	73	138	22
1930	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Kansas City Pla-mors	48	21	13	14	65	56	56
Duluth Hornets	48	18	13	17	86	83	53
Tulsa Oilers	48	18	14	16	94	79	52
St. Paul Saints	48	18	16	14	93	90	50
Minneapolis Millers	48	15	21	12	82	82	42
St. Louis Flyers	48	12	25	11	98	129	35
1931	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Tulsa Oilers	48	30	15	3	152	112	60
Kansas City Pla-mors	48	28	16	4	99	63	56
Duluth Hornets	48	28	19	1	119	92	56
Buffalo Americans	46	25	17	4	116	90	50
Chicago Shamrocks	47	24	21	2	118	98	48
Minneapolis Millers	46	11	33	2	65	136	22
St. Louis Flyers	47	11	36	0	84	162	22
Buffalo changed name to "Majors" Feb. 3, 1931. Minneapolis folded Feb. 12, 1931 and finished season playing remaining games on the road.
1932	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Chicago Shamrocks	48	30	13	5	121	72	60
Kansas City Pla-mors	48	28	18	2	62	56	56
Duluth Hornets	48	21	24	3	97	97	42
St. Louis Flyers	48	18	22	8	80	97	36
Tulsa Oilers	48	16	27	3	85	121	32
Buffalo Majors	24	7	14	3	28	57	14
Buffalo ceased operations Jan. 29, 1932.
First Half - 1933	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Kansas City Pla-mors	22	14	8	0	48	46	28
St. Louis Flyers	21	11	9	1	48	43	22
St. Paul Greyhounds	21	8	12	1	46	51	16
Duluth Hornets	18	7	11	0	42	44	14
Second Half - 1933
Tulsa Oilers	24	13	11	0	68	69	26
St. Louis Flyers	24	13	11	0	64	47	26
Kansas City Pla-mors	24	11	12	1	58	58	22
Wichita Blue Jays	24	10	13	1	70	86	20
St. Paul transferred to Tulsa for second half. Duluth transferred to Wichita for second half.
1934	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	26	18	4	106	87	52
St. Louis Flyers	48	26	18	4	97	84	52
Tulsa Oilers	48	23	25	0	107	110	46
Oklahoma City Warriors	48	16	30	2	86	115	32
Wichita Blue Jays disbanded Dec. 10, 1933. Three games played by Wichita not included in official league records.
1935	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	29	15	4	151	102	58
Tulsa Oilers	48	23	21	4	111	98	46
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	23	25	0	82	102	46
Oklahoma City Warriors	48	15	28	5	88	133	30
Played interlocking schedule with Central Hockey League.
1936	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Paul Saints	48	32	13	3	153	99	64
St. Louis Flyers	48	27	17	4	115	90	54
Tulsa Oilers	48	21	27	0	99	140	42
Oklahoma City Warriors	48	21	22	5	92	86	42
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	21	26	2	94	105	40
Wichita Skyhawks	48	16	32	0	81	114	32
Oklahoma City Warriors franchise transferred to Minneapolis Mar. 12, 1936.
1937	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	32	13	3	143	90	64
Minneapolis Millers	48	23	21	4	102	105	46
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	21	23	4	78	95	42
St. Paul Saints	48	21	24	3	90	102	42
Wichita Skyhawks	48	18	27	3	84	87	36
Tulsa Oilers	48	17	24	7	67	85	34
1938	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	29	14	5	143	102	58
Minneapolis Millers	48	24	15	9	140	100	48
Wichita Skyhawks	48	23	21	4	125	133	46
Tulsa Oilers	48	22	21	5	111	93	44
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	21	22	5	120	120	42
St. Paul Saints	48	10	36	2	87	178	20
1939	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	36	12	0	183	95	72
Minneapolis Millers	48	31	17	0	214	139	62
Tulsa Oilers	48	25	23	0	137	153	50
St. Paul Saints	48	24	24	0	149	142	48
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	15	33	0	133	225	30
Wichita Skyhawks	48	13	35	0	113	175	26
1940	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	37	11	0	195	99	74
St. Paul Saints	47	29	18	0	159	121	58
Minneapolis Millers	48	26	22	0	170	140	52
Omaha Knights	48	25	23	0	149	131	50
Kansas City Greyhounds	48	20	28	0	129	175	40
Tulsa Oilers	46	16	30	0	141	180	32
Wichita Skyhawks	45	12	33	0	97	194	24
Wichita vs St. Paul Mar. 8th worth 4 pts. Tulsa vs Wichita games cancelled.
1941	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
St. Louis Flyers	48	31	17	0	139	99	62
Kansas City Americans	48	25	23	0	150	152	50
Minneapolis Millers	48	25	23	0	136	106	50
St. Paul Saints	48	25	23	0	113	116	50
Omaha Knights	48	24	24	0	138	130	48
Tulsa Oilers	48	14	34	0	121	194	28
1942	GP	Win	Lose	Tie	GF	GA	Points
Northern Division
St. Louis Flyers	50	30	15	5	141	103	65
St. Paul Saints	50	28	17	5	141	99	61
Omaha Knights	50	24	20	6	171	149	54
Minneapolis Millers	50	22	25	3	141	158	47
Southern Division
Kansas City Americans	50	31	17	2	185	157	64
Ft. Worth Rangers	50	25	23	2	190	176	52
Tulsa Oilers	50	13	34	3	120	188	29
Dallas Texans	50	12	34	4	131	190	28

American Hockey Association (1926-1942) Awards

Year by Year Scoring Leaders

Season	Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
1926-27	Cece Browne	Winnipeg Maroons	35	24	6	30
1927-28	Vic Desjardins	St. Paul Saints	40	20	8	28
1928-29	Duke Keats Tommy Cook	Tulsa Oilers Tulsa Oilers	38 39	22 22	11 11	33 33
1929-30	Larry Goyer	St. Louis Flyers	48	28	10	38
1930-31	Gord Brydson	Chicago Shamrocks	47	35	12	47
1931-32	Eddie Wiseman	Chicago Shamrocks	44	17	17	34
1932-33	Jack Leswick	Duluth - Wichita	41	22	18	40
1933-34	Pat Paddon	St. Louis Flyers	48	22	14	36
1934-35	Alex McPherson (AHA) Oscar Hanson (CHL)	St. Louis Flyers St. Paul Saints	48 47	21 29	34 30	55 59
1935-36	Oscar Hanson	St. Paul Saints	47	30	30	60
1936-37	Oscar Hanson	St. Louis Flyers	47	33	29	62
1937-38	George Patterson	Minneapolis Millers	48	25	34	59
1938-39	Oscar Hanson	Minneapolis Millers	48	37	52	89
1939-40	Fred Hergert	St. Louis Flyers	48	23	48	71
1940-41	Ron Hudson	Omaha Knights	47	23	29	52
1941-42	Bert Peer	Ft. Worth Rangers	50	38	40	78

Year by Year Leading Goaltenders

Season	Player	Team	GP	W	L	T	GA	Avg	SO
1926-27	Vern Turner	Duluth Hornets	37	20	9	8	42	1.10	8
1927-28	Vern Turner	Duluth Hornets	39	18	9	12	48	1.16	14
1928-29	Hal Winkler	Minneapolis Millers	34	17	7	10	35	0.98	14
1929-30	Paddy Byrne	Kansas City Greyhounds	48	21	13	14	65	1.28	13
1930-31	Paddy Byrne	Kansas City Greyhounds	48	28	16	4	63	1.26	17
1931-32	Sam Levine	Kansas City Greyhounds	46	28	16	2	57	1.21	16
1932-33	Mike Karakas	St. Louis Flyers	43	23	19	1	85	1.89	5
1933-34	Mickey Murray	St. Louis Flyers	48	26	18	4	84	1.67	7
1934-35	Mike Karakas Oscar Almquist	Tulsa Oilers St. Paul Saints	41 47	20 28	17 10	4 9	77 88	1.75 1.80	4 8
1935-36	Herb Nelson	Okla. City - Minn.	48	21	22	5	86	1.70	0
1936-37	Mickey Murray	Kansas City Greyhounds	36	21	13	2	54	1.48	11
1937-38	Herb Nelson	St. Louis Flyers	46	29	12	5	88	1.84	12
1938-39	Herb Nelson	St. Louis Flyers	48	36	12	0	95	1.91	8
1939-40	John Mowers	Omaha Knights	21	16	5	0	41	1.93	3
1940-41	Alex Wood	St. Louis Flyers	47	31	16	0	98	2.02	7
1941-42	Ben Grant	St. Paul Saints	50	28	17	5	99	1.94	10

Career Leaders Games Played

Player	Games Played
Millard Wakeford	580
Emil Hanson	526
Leo Carbol	507
Sam Levine	503
Mike Goodman	496
Bobby Burns	442
Clarence MacKenzie	416
Joe Matte	407
Pete Palangio	404
Pat Shea	398

Career Leading Scorers

Player	Games	G	A	Pts
Oscar Hanson	356	225	215	440
Millard Wakeford	580	217	193	410
Pete Palangio	404	181	183	364
Cliff Purpur	311	157	164	321
Alex McPherson	394	138	156	294
Bobby Burns	442	148	127	275
Nakina Smith	237	102	173	275
Joe Papike	297	121	124	245
Fred Hergert	227	81	152	233
Bill Kendall	346	129	99	228

Career Goal Leaders

Player	Games Played	Goals
Oscar Hanson	356	225
Millard Wakeford	580	217
Pete Palangio	404	181
Cliff Purpur	311	157
Bobby Burns	442	148
Alex McPherson	394	138
Bill Kendall	346	129
Vic Desjardins	326	125
Joe Papike	297	121
George Mulvihill	325	109

Career Assist Leaders

Player	Games Played	Assists
Oscar Hanson	356	215
Millard Wakeford	580	193
Pete Palangio	404	183
Nakina Smith	237	173
Cliff Purpur	311	164
Alex McPherson	394	156
Fred Hergert	227	152
Clarence MacKenzie	416	142
Bobby Burns	442	127
Joe Papike	297	124

Career Goals Against Leading Goaltenders

Player	GP	W	L	T	GA	Avg	SO
Paddy Byrne	181	87	61	33	263	1.39	50
Vern Turner	312	138	127	47	554	1.70	63
Mike Karakas	183	99	73	10	349	1.86	25
Mickey Murray	229	125	86	18	462	1.94	34
Oscar Almquist	141	81	45	15	283	1.94	21
Red McCusker	215	94	87	34	436	1.95	40
Joe Starke	229	107	91	31	500	2.10	41
Herb Nelson	372	215	137	20	816	2.13	52
Alex Wood	241	142	85	14	580	2.33	34
Sam Levine	503	216	261	26	1229	2.34	72

Goaltenders Career Games Played

Player	Games Played
Sam Levine	503
Herb Nelson	372
Vern Turner	312
Alex Wood	241
Mickey Murray	229
Joe Starke	229

Goaltenders Career Wins

Player	Games Played	Wins
Sam Levine	503	216
Herb Nelson	372	215
Alex Wood	241	142
Vern Turner	312	138
Mickey Murray	229	125

Goaltender Career Losses

Player	Games Played	Wins
Sam Levine	503	261
Herb Nelson	372	137
Vern Turner	312	127
Paul Goodman	188	111
Joe Starke	229	91

Goaltender Career Shutouts

Player	Games Played	Shut Outs
Sam Levine	503	72
Vern Turner	312	63
Herb Nelson	372	52
Paddy Byrne	181	50
Joe Starke	229	41