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| Buffalo Bisons | |
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| City | Buffalo, New York |
| League | American Hockey League |
| Operated | 1940–1970 |
| Home arena | Memorial Auditorium |
| Colors | Red, white, blue |
| Affiliates | Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks New York Rangers |
| Franchise history | |
| 1926–1930 | Hamilton Tigers (CPHL, IHL) |
| 1930–1940 | Syracuse Stars (IHL, IAHL) |
| 1940–1970 | Buffalo Bisons |
| Championships | |
| Regular season titles | 5 (1945–46, 1953–54, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1968–69) |
| Division titles | 8 (1942–43, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1962–63, 1968–69, 1969–70) |
| Calder Cups | 5 (1942–43, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1962–63, 1969–70) |
The Buffalo Bisons were an American Hockey League ice hockey franchise that played from 1940 to 1970 in Buffalo, New York. They replaced the original Buffalo Bisons hockey team, which left the area in 1936 after its arena collapsed. They were the second professional hockey team to play their games in the Buffalo city proper, after the short-lived Buffalo Majors of the early 1930s; the previous Bisons team had played across the border at an arena in Fort Erie, Ontario.