Primary Owner:
John H. Harris

General Managers:
Jim Balmer
John Mitchell

Head Coach:
Bob Davidson

Captain:
Pete Langelle


• The Hornets were a minor league affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1945 to 1956.

The Hornets played their home games at the Duquesne Gardens

1948-49 Pittsburgh Hornets Season Capsule
(39-19-10) Finished 4th in the Western Division
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
• Sid Smith became the first - and only - Hornets' player to score 50 goals in one season, finishing with 55 goals and 57 assists, the highest in the AHL, earning the John B. Sollenberger Trophy for leading scorer. His 112-point total was also the highest in the league and the highest in Hornets' history.

• The Hornets set the team all-time best record for goals scored in one season with 301 goals.

• A 126-goal differential (301 goals - 175 goals against) was the best in team history.

• Baz Bastien's 2.57 GAA was the AHL's best for the third consecutive season.

• Bastien won the Harry "Hap" Holmes Trophy for being the best goalie in the AHL for the second consecutive season.

• Bob Davidson's last season as coach. Davidson finished with a record of 77-37-22 in 136 games, a winning percentage of .647.

• Bastien, Smith, Pete Backor & Bud Kemp were selected to the All-Star team.
UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
12
Sid Smith
68
55
57
112
4
-
-
-
-
-
19
Fleming Mackell
52
38
38
76
65
-
-
-
-
-
18
Rudy Migay
64
21
31
52
38
-
-
-
-
-
5
Peter Backor
68
10
42
52
64
-
-
-
-
-
20
Robert Dawes
55
16
35
51
31
-
-
-
-
-
17
John O'Flaherty
67
24
25
49
22
-
-
-
-
-
16
Rene Trudell*
60
18
31
49
22
-
-
-
-
-
3
Stan Kemp
68
13
34
47
90
-
-
-
-
-
14
Eldred Kobussen
67
19
27
46
36
-
-
-
-
-
10
Bill Benson
67
18
22
40
24
-
-
-
-
-
8
Ray Ceresino
47
22
16
38
14
-
-
-
-
-
11
Pete Langelle
68
10
26
36
13
-
-
-
-
-
7
Tod Sloan
35
18
16
34
23
-
-
-
-
-
15
Les Costello
46
13
19
32
63
-
-
-
-
-
6, 20
Frank Mathers
46
7
23
30
50
-
-
-
-
-
4
Harry Psutka
63
3
15
18
121
-
-
-
-
-
7
Eric Pogue
17
4
11
15
6
-
-
-
-
-
9
Don Metz
17
5
7
12
4
-
-
-
-
-
2
Phil Samis
60
3
7
10
91
-
-
-
-
-
15
Harry Taylor
16
2
8
10
15
-
-
-
-
-
Bill Juzda
7
0
3
3
4
-
-
-
-
-
* = spent part of season with another team
#
Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
0, 1
Aldege Bastien
68
0
0
0
-
39
19
10
4,080
175
2.57
6
-
-
1, 23
Ed Rafferty
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
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