1956–57 IHL season

The 1956–57 IHL season was the 12th season of the International Hockey League (IHL), a North American minor professional ice hockey league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Cincinnati Mohawks won the Turner Cup.

## Contents

* 1 Regular season
* 2 Turner Cup-Playoffs
* 3 Turner Cup playoffs
* 3.1 Semifinals
* 3.2 Turner Cup Finals
* 4 Awards
* 5 Coaches
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Regular season[edit]

| GP  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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Cincinnati Mohawks | 60 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 245 | 113 | 101
Indianapolis Chiefs | 60 | 26 | 29 | 5 | 168 | 177 | 57
Toledo Mercurys | 60 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 166 | 186 | 56
Huntington Hornets | 60 | 26 | 30 | 4 | 180 | 188 | 56
Fort Wayne Komets | 60 | 25 | 29 | 6 | 170 | 177 | 56
Troy Bruins | 60 | 15 | 41 | 4 | 135 | 223 | 34

## Turner Cup-Playoffs[edit]

| Turner Cup-Semifinals | | | Turner Cup-Final |

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| 1 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 3 | |
| 4 | Huntington Hornets | 1 |
| | 1 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 3 |
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| | | 2 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 0 |
| 2 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 3 |

| 3 | Toledo Mercurys | 2 |

## Turner Cup playoffs[edit]

### Semifinals[edit]

Cincinnati Mohawks 3, Huntington Hornets 1

Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Series | Arena | Attendance

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1 | March 12 | Huntington Hornets | 4-5 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 1–0 | Cincinnati Gardens | 705
2 | March 15 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 1-6 | Huntington Hornets | 1-1 | Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse | 2,467
3 | March 17 | Huntington Hornets | 2-4 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 2–1 | Cincinnati Gardens | 1,535
4 | March 19 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 6-1 | Huntington Hornets | 3–1 | Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse | N/A

Toledo Mercurys 3, Indianapolis Chiefs 2

Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Series | Arena | Attendance

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1 | March 13 | Toledo Mercurys | 3-1 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 1–0 | Indiana State Fair Coliseum | 1,420
2 | March 16 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 2-1 | Toledo Mercurys | 1-1 | Toledo Sports Arena | NA
3 | March 17 | Toledo Mercurys | 1-2 |  Indianapolis Chiefs | 2-1 | Indiana State Fair Coliseum | NA
4 | March 19 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 2-3 |  Toledo Mercurys | 2-2 | Toledo Sports Arena | 1,878
5 | March 20 | Toledo Mercurys | 3-2 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 3-2 | Indiana State Fair Coliseum | NA

### Turner Cup Finals[edit]

Cincinnati Mohawks 3, Indianapolis Chiefs 0

Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Series | Arena | Attendance

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1 | March 23 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 1-4 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 1–0 | Cincinnati Gardens | 1,655
2 | March 24 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 7-1 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 2-0 | Indiana State Fair Coliseum | 1,895
3 | March 26 | Cincinnati Mohawks | 5-0 | Indianapolis Chiefs | 3-0 | Indiana State Fair Coliseum | 1,255

## Awards[edit]

Award Name | Accomplishment | Player | Team

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James Gatschene Memorial Trophy | Most Valuable Player | Pierre Brillant | Indianapolis Chiefs
George H. Wilkinson Trophy | Top Scorer | Pierre Brillant | Indianapolis Chiefs
James Norris Memorial Trophy | Fewest Goals Against | Glenn Ramsay | Cincinnati Mohawks

## Coaches[edit]

* Cincinnati Mohawks: Rollie McLenahan
* Fort Wayne Komets: Doug McCaig
* Huntington Hornets: Eddie Olson
* Indianapolis Chiefs Leo Lamoureux
* Toledo Mercurys: Butch Stahan
* Troy Bruins: Nels Podolsky

## References[edit]

Attendance Figures - Cincinnati Enquirer 03-13-1957 through 03-27-1957

## External links[edit]

* Season 1956/57 on hockeydb.com

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