IHL 1956/57

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The 1956/57 season was the twelfth regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the six teams played 60 games each. In the play-offs, the Cincinnati Mohawks prevailed and won the fifth Turner Cup in their club's history.

Team changes

The following changes were made before the start of the season:

• The Grand Rapids Rockets were relocated to Huntington , West Virginia and henceforth played under the name Huntington Hornets .
• The Toledo-Marion Mercurys changed their name to Toledo Mercurys.

Regular season

Closing table

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeat after overtime , GF = goals scored, GA = goals conceded, Pts = points

	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Cincinnati Mohawks	60	50	9	1	245	113	101
Indianapolis Chiefs	60	26th	29	5	168	177	57
Fort Wayne Comet	60	25th	29	6th	170	177	56
Huntington Hornets	60	26th	30th	4th	180	188	56
Toledo Mercurys	60	26th	30th	4th	166	186	56
Troy Bruins	60	15th	41	4th	135	223	34

Turner Cup Playoffs

	Turner Cup semi-finals					Turner Cup Final
	1	Cincinnati Mohawks	3
	3	Huntington Hornets	1
						1	Cincinnati Mohawks	3
						2	Indianapolis Chiefs	0
	2	Indianapolis Chiefs	3
	4th	Toledo Mercurys	2

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Turner Cup winner of the IHL playoffs	Cincinnati Mohawks
Fred A. Huber Trophy Best team of the regular season	Cincinnati Mohawks

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy MVP of the regular season	Pierre Brillant	Indianapolis Chiefs
George H. Wilkinson Trophy Best Scorer	Pierre Brillant	Indianapolis Chiefs
James Norris Memorial Trophy Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against	Glenn Ramsay	Cincinnati Mohawks

Web links

• 1956/57 season on hockeydb.com (English)