1957–58 AHL season

The 1957–58 AHL season was the 22nd season of the American Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games in their schedules. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

Overall GP W L T Pts GF GA
Hershey Bears 703924 7 85241198
Cleveland Barons 703928 3 81232163
Providence Reds 703332 5 71237220
Springfield Indians 702933 8 66231246
Rochester Americans 702935 6 64205242
Buffalo Bisons 702542 3 53224301

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty Minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Willie Marshall Hershey Bears 684064104 56
Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 704147 88 56
Jimmy Moore Cleveland Barons 702558 83 44
Cal Gardner Springfield Indians 692457 81 49
Gerry Ehman Springfield Indians 684039 79 32
Larry Wilson Buffalo Bisons 702653 79 48
Bill Sweeney Providence Reds 703146 77 24
Bruce Carmichael Providence Reds 702255 77 26
Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 642848 76147
Floyd Smith Springfield Indians 702550 75 60

Calder Cup playoffs

First round
Finals

All Star Classic

The 5th AHL All-Star game was played on October 6, 1957 at the Rochester Community War Memorial in Rochester, New York. The defending Calder Cup champions Cleveland Barons lost 5-2 to the AHL All-Stars.

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions:
Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions:
Hershey Bears
Individual Awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player:
Johnny Bower - Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer:
Willie Marshall - Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year:
Bill Sweeney - Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:
Johnny Bower - Cleveland Barons

See also

References

Preceded by
1956–57 AHL season
AHL seasons Succeeded by
1958–59 AHL season
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, December 03, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.