1955–56 AHL season explained

1955–56 AHL season
League:	American Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Season Champs:	Providence Reds
Mvp:	Johnny Bower
Mvp Link:	Les Cunningham Award
Top Scorer:	Zellio Toppazzini
Top Scorer Link:	John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Finals:	Playoffs
Finals Link:	1956 Calder Cup playoffs
Finals Champ:	Providence Reds
Seasonslistnames:	AHL

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	GA
Providence Reds (NYR)	64	45	17	2	92	263	193
Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR)	64	43	17	4	90	271	186
Buffalo Bisons (CHI)	64	29	30	5	63	239	250
Cleveland Barons (independent)	64	26	31	7	59	225	231
Hershey Bears (BOS)	64	19	39	6	44	218	271
Springfield Indians (independent)	64	17	45	2	36	212	297

Scoring leaders

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

Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Providence Reds	64	42	71	113	44
	58	45	52	97	47
	59	50	41	91	8
	59	27	63	90	27
	60	40	43	83	73
	54	27	53	80	38
	64	31	48	79	187
	62	39	39	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.https://web.archive.org/web/20090819073132/http://www.theahl.com/allstar/events/

Trophy and Award winners

Team Awards

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

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Johnny Bower - Providence Reds
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Zellio Toppazzini - Providence Reds
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets