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1955–56 AHL season
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1955–56 AHL season American Hockey League Ice hockey Regular season F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Providence Reds Johnny Bower Les Cunningham Award Zellio Toppazzini John B. Sollenberger Trophy Playoffs 1956 Calder Cup playoffs Providence Reds Cleveland Barons
1954–55
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The 1955–56 AHL season was the 20th season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season, and won their fourth 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 GAProvidence Reds (NYR) 644517 2 92263193Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR) 644317 4 90271186Buffalo Bisons (CHI) 642930 5 63239250Cleveland Barons (independent) 642631 7 59225231Hershey Bears (BOS) 641939 6 44218271Springfield Indians (independent) 641745 2 36212297
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds644271113 44 Willie Marshall Pittsburgh Hornets 584552 97 47 Camille Henry Providence Reds 595041 91 8 Ken Wharram Buffalo Bisons 592763 90 27 Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 604043 83 73 Paul Larivee Providence Reds 542753 80 38 Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 643148 79187 Larry Wilson Buffalo Bisons 623939 78 74
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Calder Cup playoffs
First round
Providence Reds defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 2.
Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 1.
Finals
Providence Reds defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 0, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores
All Star Classic
The 3rd AHL All-Star game was played on January 10, 1956, at the Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The defending Calder Cup champions Pittsburgh Hornets tied 4–4 with the AHL All-Stars.
Trophy and Award winners
Team Awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: Providence Reds F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions: Providence Reds
Individual Awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Johnny Bower - Providence Reds John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Zellio Toppazzini - Providence Reds Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Bruce Cline - Providence Reds Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets
See also
List of AHL seasons
References
AHL official site
AHL Hall of Fame
HockeyDB
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