AHL 1956/57

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The 1956/57 season was the 21st 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
Providence Reds 64 34 22nd 8th 236 168 76
Cleveland Barons 64 35 26th 3 249 210 73
Rochester Americans 64 34 25th 5 224 199 73
Hershey Bears 64 32 28 4th 223 237 68
Buffalo bison 64 25th 37 2 209 270 52
Springfield Indians 64 19th 41 4th 217 274 42

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
Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 64 42 57 99 111
Willie Marshall Hershey Bears 64 35 59 94 18th
Jimmy Moore Cleveland Barons 64 23 66 89 31
Paul Larivée Providence Reds 64 46 43 89 24
Bronco Horvath Rochester Americans 56 37 44 81 39
Boris Elik Cleveland Barons 61 40 40 80 82
Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 64 40 38 78 59
Ken Wharram Buffalo bison 64 28 49 77 18th

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. Both the semifinals and the finals were played in best-of-seven mode.

Play-off overview

  Semifinals final
                 
1 Providence Reds 1    
3 Rochester Americans 4th  
2 Cleveland Barons 4th
  3 Rochester Americans 1
2 Cleveland Barons 4th
4th Hershey Bears 3  

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
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
Fred Glover Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Best Rookie
Boris Elik Cleveland Barons
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded
Johnny Bower Providence Reds

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