1957–58 AHL season

1957–58 AHL season
1957–58 AHL season
League	American Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy	Hershey Bears
Season MVP	Johnny Bower
Top scorer	Willie Marshall
Calder Cup playoffs
Finals champions	Hershey Bears
Runners-up	Springfield Indians
AHL seasons
	← 1956–57 1958–59 →

The 1957–58 AHL season was the 22nd season of the American Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games in their schedules. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.

Final standings[edit]

Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points;

Bisons

Barons

Bears

Americans

Reds

Indians

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1957-58 AHL Teams

Overall	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Hershey Bears (BOS/DET)	70	39	24	7	85	241	198
Cleveland Barons (independent)	70	39	28	3	81	232	163
Providence Reds (NYR)	70	33	32	5	71	237	220
Springfield Indians (BOS)	70	29	33	8	66	231	246
Rochester Americans (MTL/TOR)	70	29	35	6	64	205	242
Buffalo Bisons (CHI)	70	25	42	3	53	224	301

Scoring leaders[edit]

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Willie Marshall	Hershey Bears	68	40	64	104	56
Dunc Fisher	Hershey Bears	70	41	47	88	56
Jimmy Moore	Cleveland Barons	70	25	58	83	44
Cal Gardner	Springfield Indians	69	24	57	81	49
Gerry Ehman	Springfield Indians	68	40	39	79	32
Larry Wilson	Buffalo Bisons	70	26	53	79	48
Bill Sweeney	Providence Reds	70	31	46	77	24
Bruce Carmichael	Providence Reds	70	22	55	77	26
Fred Glover	Cleveland Barons	64	28	48	76	147
Floyd Smith	Springfield Indians	70	25	50	75	60

complete list

Calder Cup playoffs[edit]

First round

Hershey Bears defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 1.
Springfield Indians defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3.

Finals

Hershey Bears defeated Springfield Indians 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores

All Star Classic[edit]

The 5th AHL All-Star game was played on October 6, 1957, at the Rochester Community War Memorial in Rochester, New York. The defending Calder Cup champions Cleveland Barons lost 5-2 to the AHL All-Stars.[1]

Trophy and Award winners[edit]

Team Awards

Calder Cup Playoff champions:	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Regular Season champions:	Hershey Bears

Individual Awards

Les Cunningham Award Most valuable player:	Johnny Bower – Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger Trophy Top point scorer:	Willie Marshall – Hershey Bears
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award Rookie of the year:	Bill Sweeney – Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Johnny Bower – Cleveland Barons

References[edit]

Preceded by 1956–57 AHL season	AHL seasons	Succeeded by 1958–59 AHL season