AHL 1955/56

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The 1955/56 season was the 20th 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 .

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
Providence Reds 64 45 17th 2 263 193 92
Pittsburgh Hornets 64 43 17th 4th 271 186 90
Buffalo bison 64 29 30th 5 239 250 63
Cleveland Barons 64 26th 31 7th 225 231 59
Hershey Bears 64 19th 39 6th 218 271 44
Springfield Indians 64 17th 45 2 212 297 36

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
Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds 64 42 71 113 44
Willie Marshall Pittsburgh Hornets 58 45 52 97 47
Camille Henry Providence Reds 59 50 41 91 8th
Ken Wharram Buffalo bison 59 27 63 90 27
Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 60 40 43 83 73
Paul Larivée Providence Reds 54 27 53 80 38
Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 64 42 57 79 187
Larry Wilson Buffalo bison 62 39 39 78 74

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 Providence Reds 3    
3 Buffalo bison 2  
1 Providence Reds 4th
  4th Cleveland Barons 0
2 Pittsburgh Hornets 1
4th Cleveland Barons 3  

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

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

Individual trophies

Award player team
Les Cunningham Award
MVP of the regular season 		Johnny Bower Providence Reds
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Best Scorer 		Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie 		Bruce Cline Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded 		Gil Mayer Pittsburgh Hornets

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