1959–60 AHL season explained

1959–60 AHL season
League:	American Hockey League
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
Season Champ Name:	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Season Champs:	Springfield Indians
Mvp:	Fred Glover
Mvp Link:	Les Cunningham Award
Top Scorer:	Fred Glover
Top Scorer Link:	John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Finals:	Playoffs
Finals Link:	1960 Calder Cup playoffs
Finals Champ:	Springfield Indians
Seasonslistnames:	AHL

The 1959–60 AHL season was the 24th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Quebec Aces become the first Canada-based team in the league. The Springfield Indians finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

The Quebec Aces, based in Quebec City, transfer to the AHL as an expansion team, from the defunct Quebec 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
Springfield Indians (NYR)	72	43	23	6	92	280	219
Rochester Americans (MTL/TOR)	72	40	27	5	85	285	211
Providence Reds (BOS)	72	38	32	2	78	251	237
Cleveland Barons (independent)	72	34	30	8	76	267	229
Buffalo Bisons (CHI)	72	33	35	4	70	251	271
Hershey Bears (DET)	72	28	37	7	63	226	238
Quebec Aces (independent)	72	19	51	2	40	178	333

Scoring leaders

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

GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
72	38	69	107	143
67	37	59	96	14
71	31	51	82	26
65	23	57	80	60
72	38	40	78	99
64	33	45	78	18
72	27	50	77	22
67	40	36	76	18
70	25	50	75	9
71	32	42	74	10

complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

First round

Springfield Indians defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 1.
Rochester Americans defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3.

Finals

Springfield Indians defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores

All Star Classic

The 7th AHL All-Star Game was played on December 10, 1959, at the Eastern States Coliseum, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Indians defeated the AHL All-Stars by an 8-3 score.https://web.archive.org/web/20090819073132/http://www.theahl.com/allstar/events/

Trophy and award winners

Team awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Springfield Indians
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions:	Springfield Indians

Individual awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Stan Baluik - Providence Reds
Eddie Shore Award Defenceman of the year:
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Ed Chadwick - Rochester Americans