As part of the American Hockey League’s 70th anniversary this season, theahl.com will be taking a look at some of the legendary careers that have been carved in the AHL over the last seven decades.
A veteran of 434 games in the National Hockey League, mostly with the Boston Bruins, Bronco Horvath is best remembered in the American Hockey League as the leader of the Rochester Americans during their glory days in the 1960’s.
Horvath toiled for four seasons in the AHL with Springfield and Syracuse before making his NHL debut with the New York Rangers in 1955. A year later, he joined the Rochester Americans for their inaugural season in the AHL, leading the club in scoring and carrying them to a berth in the Calder Cup Finals while earning First Team AHL All-Star honors.
After spending most of the next six seasons in the NHL, Horvath was back in Rochester in 1963, and soon became an offensive leader on what remains the only team in AHL history to reach four consecutive Calder Cup Finals, winning championships in 1965, 1966 and 1968.
Horvath sits 17th on the AHL’s all-time scoring list with 747 points in 666 games over 13 seasons, and 10th all-time with 484 assists.
He sits third among point-getters in Rochester’s illustrious franchise history, and in 1986, was chosen as an inaugural member of the Amerks’ Hall of Fame.
| Career AHL Statistics – Bronco Horvath | |||||||||||
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| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1950-51 | Springfield Indians | 43 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1951-52 | Syracuse Warriors | 50 | 12 | 36 | 48 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1952-53 | Syracuse Warriors | 52 | 19 | 40 | 59 | 44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1953-54 | Syracuse Warriors | 46 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1956-57 | Rochester Americans | 56 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
| 1962-63 | Rochester Americans | 18 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963-64 | Rochester Americans | 70 | 25 | 59 | 84 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1964-65 | Rochester Americans | 72 | 38 | 68 | 106 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 1965-66 | Rochester Americans | 70 | 27 | 48 | 75 | 34 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 22 |
| 1966-67 | Rochester Americans | 72 | 29 | 49 | 78 | 54 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| 1967-68 | Rochester Americans | 44 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1968-69 | Rochester Americans | 66 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969-70 | Rochester Americans | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| AHL Totals | 666 | 263 | 484 | 747 | 416 | 62 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 58 | |
