The Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers folded. The parent New York Rangers moved the team to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League, The Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds were moved to Syracuse where they were not successful. The team was then moved by the parent Chicago Blackhawks to St. Louis. The league folded at the end of the season and then was moved to the central United States and became the Central Professional Hockey League.