AHL 1954/55

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The 1954/55 season was the 19th regular season of the American Hockey League (AHL). During the regular season, the six 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
Pittsburgh Hornets 64 31 25th 8th 187 180 70
Cleveland Barons 64 32 29 3 254 222 67
Springfield Indians 64 32 29 3 251 233 67
Buffalo bison 64 31 28 5 248 228 67
Hershey Bears 64 29 28 7th 217 225 65
Providence Reds 64 21st 37 6th 194 263 48

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 60 41 47 88 48
Ken Wharram Buffalo bison 63 33 49 82 15th
Ross Lowe Springfield Indians 60 32 50 82 91
Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 58 33 42 75 108
Walt Atanas Springfield Indians 62 29 45 74 66
Paul Larivée Providence Reds 62 29 45 74 19th
Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds 62 21st 53 74 12
Arnie Kullman Hershey Bears 62 23 48 71 67
Jim Anderson Springfield Indians 63 39 32 71 40
Ellard O'Brien Hershey Bears 62 31 38 69 28

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 Pittsburgh Hornets 3    
3 Springfield Indians 1  
1 Pittsburgh Hornets 4th
  4th Buffalo bison 2
2 Cleveland Barons 1
4th Buffalo bison 3  

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

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

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Ross Lowe Springfield Indians
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Jimmy Anderson Springfield Indians
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Gil Mayer Pittsburgh Hornets

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