AHL 1953/54

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The 1953/54 season was the 18th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the six teams in the league played 70 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
Buffalo bison 70 39 24 7th 283 217 85
Hershey Bears 70 37 29 4th 274 243 78
Cleveland Barons 70 38 32 0 269 227 76
Pittsburgh Hornets 70 34 31 5 250 222 73
Providence Reds 70 26th 40 4th 211 276 56
Syracuse Warriors 70 24 42 4th 215 317 52

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
George Sullivan Hershey Bears 69 30th 89 119 54
Jack Gordon Cleveland Barons 70 31 71 102 20th
Don Marshall Buffalo bison 70 39 57 96 8th
Gaye Stewart Buffalo bison 70 42 53 95 38
Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons 70 40 54 94 50
Lorne Ferguson Hershey Bears 70 45 42 87 34
Danny Lewicki Pittsburgh Hornets 60 36 45 81 19th
Arnie Kullman Hershey Bears 69 40 41 81 35
Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 69 41 39 80 24
Ed Slowinski Buffalo bison 67 38 41 79 16

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 Buffalo bison 0    
3 Cleveland Barons 3  
2 Hershey Bears 2
  3 Cleveland Barons 4th
2 Hershey Bears 3
4th Pittsburgh Hornets 2  

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 		Buffalo bison

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		George Sullivan Hershey Bears
Carl Liscombe Trophy
Best Scorer 		George Sullivan Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Don Marshall Buffalo bison
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Gil Mayer Pittsburgh Hornets

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