AHL 1958/59

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The 1958/59 season was the 23rd 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 .

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	38	28	4th	233	201	80
Cleveland Barons	70	37	30th	3	261	252	77
Rochester Americans	70	34	31	5	242	209	73
Hershey Bears	70	32	32	6th	200	202	70
Springfield Indians	70	30th	38	2	253	282	62
Providence Reds	70	28	40	2	222	265	58

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
Bill Hicke	Rochester Americans	69	41	56	97	41
Ken Schinkel	Springfield Indians	70	43	42	85	19th
Rudy Migay	Rochester Americans	51	24	58	82	100
Harry Pidhirny	Springfield Indians	70	21st	60	81	26th
Gary Aldcorn	Rochester Americans	66	37	42	79	52
Eddie Mazur	Cleveland Barons	70	34	44	78	54
Kind of Stratton	Cleveland Barons	62	29	47	76	40
Bill Sweeney	Buffalo bison	70	31	44	75	12

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	Buffalo bison	4th
	3	Rochester Americans	1
						1	Buffalo bison	2
						4th	Hershey Bears	4th
	2	Cleveland Barons	3
	4th	Hershey Bears	4th

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Calder Cup winners of the AHL playoffs	Hershey Bears
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	Bill Hicke	Rochester Americans
	Rudy Migay
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Best Scorer	Bill Hicke	Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Best Rookie	Bill Hicke	Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore Award Best Defender	Steve Kraftcheck	Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Goalkeeper with the fewest goals conceded	Bobby Perreault	Hershey Bears

Web links

• Official website of the AHL