1948-49 Pittsburgh Hornets (AHL)

(39-19-10) Finished 4th in Western Division

• 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.
• February 20, 1949 – Eldie Kobussen became the fifth Hornets player to score his 100th goal with Pittsburgh.

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Front: Ed Rafferty, Sid Smith, Stan Kemp, Bob Davidson, Pete Langelle, John “Peanuts” O’Flaherty  & Baz Bastien

Middle: Socko McCarey, Bill Benson, Harry Psutka, Bob Dawes, Pete Backor, Frank Mathers, Eldy Kobussen, & John Mitchell

Back: Phil Samis, Les Costello, Felmming Mackell, Rudy Migay, Eric Pogue & Ray Ceresino

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