1956-57 AHL season Totally Explained

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The 1956-57 AHL season was the 21st season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The Providence Reds repeated their first overall finish in the regular season. The Cleveland Barons won their eighth Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

The Pittsburgh Hornets move to Rochester, New York becoming the Rochester Americans.

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

Providence Reds 64 34 22 8 76 236 168

Cleveland Barons 64 35 26 3 73 249 210

Rochester Americans 64 34 25 5 73 224 199

Hershey Bears 64 32 28 4 68 223 237

Buffalo Bisons 64 25 37 2 52 209 270

Springfield Indians 64 19 41 4 42 217 274

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM

Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 64 42 57 99 111

Willie Marshall Hershey Bears 64 35 59 94 18

Jimmy Moore Cleveland Barons 64 23 66 89 31

Paul Larivee Providence Reds 64 46 43 89 24

Bronco Horvath Rochester Americans 56 37 44 81 39

Boris Elik Cleveland Barons 61 40 40 80 82

Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 64 40 38 78 59

Ken Wharram Buffalo Bisons 64 28 49 77 18

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Calder Cup playoffs
First round
Rochester Americans defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 1.
Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 3.
Finals
Cleveland Barons defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores
All Star Classic
The 4th AHL All-Star game was played on October 23, 1956 at the Rhode Island Auditorium in Providence, Rhode Island. The defending Calder Cup champions Providence Reds won 4-0 versus the AHL All-Stars.(External Link)
Trophy and Award winners
Team Awards

Calder Cup
Playoff champions: Cleveland Barons

F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions: Providence Reds

Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: Johnny Bower - Providence Reds

John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons

Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: Boris Elik - Cleveland Barons

Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: Johnny Bower - Providence Reds

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