1952–53 AHL season explained

1952–53 AHL season
League:	American Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Season Champs:	Cleveland Barons
Mvp:	Eddie Olson
Mvp Link:	Les Cunningham Award
Top Scorer:	Eddie Olson
Top Scorer Link:	Carl Liscombe Trophy
Finals:	Playoffs
Finals Link:	1953 Calder Cup playoffs
Finals Champ:	Cleveland Barons
Seasonslistnames:	AHL

The 1952–53 AHL season was the 17th season of the American Hockey League. The league loses two teams, bringing an end to East & West Divisions. The F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy is now awarded to the regular season champions. Seven teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their ninth Oke Trophy, and their sixth Calder Cup.

Team changes

The Indianapolis Capitals cease operations.
The Cincinnati Mohawks transfer to the International Hockey League.

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
Cleveland Barons (independent)	64	42	20	2	86	248	164
Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR)	64	37	21	6	80	223	149
Syracuse Warriors (independent)	64	31	31	2	64	213	201
Hershey Bears (BOS)	64	31	32	1	63	208	217
Providence Reds (independent)	64	27	36	1	55	215	254
St. Louis Flyers (CHI/DET)	64	26	37	1	53	212	258
Buffalo Bisons (MTL)	64	22	39	3	47	160	236

Scoring leaders

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

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
61	32	54	86	33
62	22	61	83	12
64	20	58	78	6
56	23	53	76	16
64	38	34	72	40
64	28	42	70	65
64	37	31	68	16
64	35	32	67	23
64	33	34	67	49
62	27	39	66	58

complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

Cleveland Barons defeated Syracuse Warriors 3 games to 1.
Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 3 games to 0.

Finals

Cleveland Barons defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 4 games to 3, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Cleveland Barons
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions:	Cleveland Barons

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Eddie Olson - Cleveland Barons
Carl Liscombe Trophy Top point scorer:	Eddie Olson - Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets