(21-29-6) Finished 3rd in West Division

RELATED LINKS

• The Hornets were a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings and played home games at Duquesne Garden.

• An overview of the 26-year history of the franchise.

• Pittsburgh Hornets: Season by season at a glance.

• Pittsburgh Hornets: All-time Alphabetical roster.

• Individual player records and milestones.

• All-time uniform numbers of the Pittsburgh Hornets.

• Pittsburgh Hornets: Uniform history.

• Visit the Hornets gallery.

• The International-American Hockey League (IAHL) becomes the American Hockey League (AHL) and the Hornets finished with their lowest win total – 21.

• Lloyd Roubell scored the second-fastest goal in the AHL history, scoring :11 seconds into the game.

• Chuck Shannon led the league defensemen with ten goals.

• Goaltender Harvey Teno led the playoffs with a 1.69 GAA.

• The Hornets used three goalies for the first time in team history.

February 8, 1941 – Eddie Convey, John O’Flaherty, and Lloyd Roubell scored in 1:26 to set an AHL record for the fastest four goals.

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1940-41 Pittsburgh Hornets

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# Player GP G A PTS PIM . GP G A PTS PIM
8 Lloyd Roubell 53 22 31 53 14   6 0 0 0 0
6 Eddie Convey 56 15 28 43 22   6 2 0 2 4
14 & 15 Vincent Hellyer 50 17 19 36 8   6 0 1 1 2
11 John Sherf 54 21 14 35 31   6 1 3 4 2
3 Mickey Blake 56 18 14 32 28   6 0 2 2 0
9 John O'Flaherty 24 12 20 32 4   6 1 2 3 4
12 Hugh Gustafson 50 10 20 30 26   - - - - -
5 Lorne Duguid 48 7 21 28 12   6 1 0 1 4
17 Larry Archambeault 48 5 16 21 21   6 1 1 2 0
7 Harry Currie 45 9 9 18 8   6 3 3 6 0
14, 15 & 19 William Knott 30 7 11 18 20   6 2 3 5 6
2 & 15 Ralph Bowman 48 1 4 5 14   5 0 0 0 0
6, 9 & 19 Larry Aurie 6 0 3 3 2   - - - - -
2 Pete Bessone 17 0 3 3 22   - - - - -
16 Bob Heron 2 2 0 2 0   - - - - -
4 Art Lesieur 32 2 0 2 22   - - - - -
16 Urban Tackney 10 0 2 2 6   - - - - -
16 Lex Chisholm 2 0 1 1 2   - - - - -
15 Bill Thomson 1 0 0 0 0   - - - - -
9 Mickey Drouillard 31 6 13 19 6   - - - - -
4 John Howard 36 0 8 8 24   6 0 0 0 8
10 Pete Kelly 44 10 30 40 14   - - - - -
16 Larry Molyneaux 34 1 5 6 22   - - - - -
10 Norm Schultz 50 5 18 23 6   6 0 4 4 0
7 & 12 Clarence Steele 38 10 8 18 20   6 0 1 1 2
  Modere Bruneteau - - - - -   - - - - -

1940-41 Pittsburgh Hornets Goaltending

# Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
1 Harvey Teno 23 0 0 0 - 9 12 2 1,408 75 2.5 2 - -
                               
1 Phil McAtee 36 0 0 0 - 12 17   2,163 106 2.94 4    
1 Nick Damore 1 0 0 0 2 0       183 3.26 3    

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LEADERSHIP

Primary Owners:
John H. Harris

General Manager:
Jim Balmer

Head Coach:
Larry Aurie

Captain:
Lorne Duguid, Wally Kilrea & Lloyd Roubell

Scoring Leader:
Lloyd Roubell (53)

Penalty Leader:
Eddie Convey (32)

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