AHL 1952/53

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The 1952/53 season was the 17th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the seven teams in the league played 64 games each. The four best teams in the AHL then played in a play-off round for the Calder Cup .

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

Regular season

Closing tables

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points
Explanations: The placement within the conference is shown in brackets;     = Playoff qualification,     = division winner,     = conference winner

Regular season

GP W. L. T GF GA Pts
Cleveland Barons 64 42 20th 2 248 164 86
Pittsburgh Hornets 64 37 21st 6th 223 149 80
Syracuse Warriors 64 31 31 2 213 201 64
Hershey Bears 64 31 32 1 208 217 63
Providence Reds 64 27 36 1 215 254 55
St. Louis Flyers 64 26th 37 1 212 258 53
Buffalo bison 64 22nd 39 3 160 236 47

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , PIM = penalty minutes; Bold: Season best

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons 61 32 54 86 33
Guyle Fielder St. Louis Flyers 62 22nd 61 83 12
Jack Gordon Cleveland Barons 64 20th 58 78 6th
Kelly Burnett Syracuse Warriors 56 23 53 76 16
Ike Hildebrand Cleveland Barons 64 38 34 72 40
Calum MacKay Buffalo bison 64 28 42 70 65
Steve Wochy Cleveland Barons 64 37 31 68 16
Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds 64 35 32 67 23
Lorne Davis Buffalo bison 64 33 34 67 49
Willie Marshall Pittsburgh Hornets 62 27 39 66 58

Calder Cup playoffs

mode

The four best teams in the American Hockey League qualified for the play-offs. In the semifinals and finals, these played the Calder Cup winner. The semi-finals were held in best-of-five mode, while the final was held in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Semifinals final
                 
1 Cleveland Barons 3    
3 Syracuse Warriors 1  
1 Cleveland Barons 4th
  2 Pittsburgh Hornets 3
2 Pittsburgh Hornets 3
4th Hershey Bears 0  

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award team
Calder Cup
winners of the AHL playoffs 		Cleveland Barons
FG “Teddy” Oke Trophy
Best team of the regular season 		Cleveland Barons

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons
Carl Liscombe Trophy
Best Scorer 		Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Guyle Fielder St. Louis Flyers
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Gil Mayer Pittsburgh Hornets

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