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The Pittsburgh Hornets were a minor-league professional men's ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The franchise started play in 1935, playing their first season as the Pittsburgh Shamrocks. The team continued play in Pittsburgh as the Hornets until 1956, when the team relocated to Rochester to become the Rochester Americans.
A revival of the Hornets started played from 1961 to 1967. The second Hornets ceased operations, when the expansion Pittsburgh Penguins played their first season in the National Hockey League. The Hornets were three-time winners of the American Hockey League's Calder Cup.

History

The team started as the Pittsburgh Shamrocks in 1935-36 playing home games at the Duquesne Gardens. The Shamrocks played one season in the International Hockey League. When the IHL merged into the International-American Hockey League, the Pittsburgh changed their name to the Hornets for the 1936-37 season.
After four seasons, the I-AHL was renamed the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1940-41. The Hornets played in the AHL until 1955-56. At that time due to the disrepair of the arena, the team moved to Rochester, New York becoming the Rochester Americans.
A revival of the Hornets played in the AHL from 1961 to 1967, playing home games at the Civic Arena. The team was the Toronto Maple Leafs minor league affiliate. It ceased operations after the 1966-67 season to make way for the National Hockey League expansion team Pittsburgh Penguins which began play in 1967-68 at the Civic Arena.

Season-by-season results

Pittsburgh Shamrocks 1935–1936 (International Hockey League)
Pittsburgh Hornets 1936–1940 (International-American Hockey League)
Pittsburgh Hornets 1940–1956 (American Hockey League)

Pittsburgh Hornets 1961–1967 (American Hockey League)

Regular season

Season	Games	on	ost	ied	oints	inning Pct (%)	Goals for	Goals against	tanding
1935–36	46	18	27	1	37	0.402	137	170	4th, West
1936–37	48	22	23	3	47	0.490	122	124	2nd, West
1937–38	48	22	18	8	52	0.542	100	104	2nd, West
1938–39	54	22	28	4	48	0.444	176	166	4th, West
1939–40	56	25	22	9	59	0.527	152	133	3rd, West
1940–41	56	21	29	6	48	0.429	156	170	3rd, West
1941–42	56	23	28	5	51	0.455	210	223	5th, West
1942–43	56	26	24	6	58	0.518	183	203	3rd, West
1943–44	52	12	31	9	33	0.317	140	181	3rd, West
1944–45	60	26	7	27	59	0.658	267	247	3rd, West
1945–46	62	30	22	10	70	0.565	262	226	2nd, West
1946–47	64	35	19	10	80	0.625	260	188	3rd, West
1947–48	68	38	18	12	88	0.647	238	170	2nd, West
1948–49	68	39	19	10	88	0.647	301	175	4th, West
1949–50	70	29	26	15	73	0.521	215	185	4th, West
1950–51	71	31	33	7	69	0.486	212	177	3rd, West
1951–52	68	46	19	3	95	0.699	267	179	1st, West
1952–53	64	37	21	6	80	0.625	223	149	2nd, AHL
1953–54	70	34	31	5	73	0.521	250	222	4th, AHL
1954–55	64	31	25	8	70	0.547	187	180	1st, AHL
1955–56	64	43	17	4	90	0.703	271	186	2nd, AHL
Season	Games	on	ost	ied	oints	inning Pct (%)	Goals for	Goals against	tanding
1961–62	70	10	58	2	22	0.157	177	367	4th, West
1962–63	72	20	48	4	44	0.306	200	317	4th, West
1963–64	72	40	29	3	83	0.576	242	196	1st, West
1964–65	72	29	36	7	65	0.451	228	256	3rd, West
1965–66	72	38	33	1	77	0.535	236	218	3rd, West
1966–67	72	41	21	10	92	0.639	282	209	1st, West

Playoffs

Season	st round	nd round	inals
1935–36	Out of playoffs.
1936–37	Data unavailable.
1937–38	Data unavailable.
1938–39	Data unavailable.
1939–40	??	??	L, 0-3, Providence
1940–41	W, 2-1, Springfield	L, 1-2, Hershey	—
1941–42	Out of playoffs.
1942–43	L, 0-2, Indianapolis	—	—
1943–44	Out of playoffs.
1944–45	Out of playoffs.
1945–46	W, 2-1, Hershey	L, 1-2, Cleveland	—
1946–47	W, 2-1, New Haven	W, 2-0, Buffalo	L, 3-4, Hershey
1947–48	L, 0-2, New Haven	—	—
1948–49	Out of playoffs.
1949–50	Out of playoffs.
1950–51	W, 3-0, Springfield	W, 3-0, Hershey	L, 3-4, Cleveland
1951–52	W, 4-1, Hershey	bye	W, 4-2, Providence
1952–53	W, 3-0, Hershey	—	L, 3-4, Cleveland
1953–54	L, 2-3, Hershey	—	—
1954–55	W, 3-1, Springfield	—	W, 4-2, Buffalo
1955–56	L, 1-3, Cleveland	—	—
Season	st round	nd round	inals
1961–62	Out of Playoffs
1962–63	Out of Playoffs
1963–64	L, 1-4, Quebec	—	—
1964–65	L, 1-3, Buffalo	—	—
1965–66	L, 0-3, Cleveland	—	—
1966–67	W, 4-1, Hershey	bye	W, 4-0, Rochester

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