IHL 1959/60

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The 1959/60 season was the 15th regular season of the International Hockey League . During the regular season, the eight teams played between 67 and 68 games. In the play-offs, the St. Paul Saints prevailed and won the first Turner Cup in their club's history.

Team changes

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

• the Troy Bruins stopped the game.
• the Milwaukee Falcons were added to the league as an expansion team.
• the Denver Mavericks were included as an expansion team in the league and moved to Minneapolis , Minnesota , during the season and played under the name Minneapolis Millers.
• the Omaha Knights were added to the league as an expansion team.
• the St. Paul Saints were added to the league as an expansion team.
• the Toledo Mercurys changed their name to Toledo-St. Louis 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

Eastern Division	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
Fort Wayne Comet	68	50	16	2	312	187	102
Louisville Rebels	68	37	30th	1	303	276	75
Toledo-St. Louis Mercurys	68	28	36	4th	266	298	60
Indianapolis Chiefs	68	25th	40	3	234	322	53

Western Division	GP	W.	L.	T	GF	GA	Pts
St. Paul Saints	68	41	21st	6th	261	188	88
Denver Mavericks / Minneapolis Millers	68	39	27	2	297	233	80
Milwaukee Falcons	67	24	42	1	251	314	49
Omaha Knights	67	15th	47	5	198	303	35

Turner Cup Playoffs

	Turner Cup semi-finals					Turner Cup Final
	E1	Fort Wayne Comet	4th
	E2	Louisville Rebels	2
						E1	Fort Wayne Comet	3
						W1	St. Paul Saints	4th
	W1	St. Paul Saints	4th
	W2	Minneapolis Millers	1

Awarded trophies

Team trophies

Award	team
Turner Cup winner of the IHL playoffs	St. Paul Saints
Fred A. Huber Trophy Best team of the regular season	Fort Wayne Comet

Individual trophies

Award	player	team
James Gatschene Memorial Trophy MVP of the regular season	Billy Reichart	Minneapolis Millers
George H. Wilkinson Trophy Best Scorer	Chick Chalmers	Louisville Rebels
James Norris Memorial Trophy Goalkeeper with the fewest goals against	Reno Zanier	Fort Wayne Comet

Web links

• 1959/60 season on hockeydb.com (English)