title: 1929–30 IHL season
text: # 1929–30 IHL season
  
  The 1929–30 IHL season was the first season of the International Hockey League, a minor professional ice hockey league in the Midwestern United States and Canada. Eight teams participated in the league, and the Cleveland Indians won the championship.
  
  ## Regular season
  
  | | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Cleveland Indians | 42 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 125 | 78 | 57 |
  | Buffalo Bisons | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | 102 | 68 | 56 |
  | London Tecumsehs | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 117 | 93 | 53 |
  | Detroit Olympics | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 120 | 74 | 51 |
  | Windsor Bulldogs | 42 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 123 | 93 | 48 |
  | Hamilton Tigers | 42 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 95 | 128 | 26 |
  | Toronto Millionaires | 42 | 10 | 28 | 4 | 84 | 172 | 24 |
  | Niagara Falls Cataracts | 42 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 72 | 133 | 21 |
  
  ## Playoffs
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  Best of 3
  
  Buffalo beat Detroit 2 wins to 1.
  
  Cleveland beat London 2 wins to none.
  
  ### Final
  
  Best of 5
  
  Cleveland beat Buffalo 3 wins to 1.
  
  