1958–59 AHL season

Sports season

1958–59 AHL season

League| American Hockey League
Sport| Ice hockey
Regular season
F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy| Buffalo Bisons
Season MVP| Rudy Migay
Bill Hicke
Top scorer| Fred Glover
Playoffs
Champions| Hershey Bears
Runners-up| Buffalo Bisons
AHL seasons

← 1957–58

1959–60 →

The 1958–59 AHL season was the 23rd season of the American Hockey League. The Eddie Shore Award was first awarded to the "Defenceman of the year". Six teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears won their second consecutive Calder Cup championship.

## Final standings

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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

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Buffalo Bisons (CHI) | 70 | 38 | 28 | 4 | 80 | 233 | 201
Cleveland Barons (independent) | 70 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 77 | 261 | 252
Rochester Americans (MTL/TOR) | 70 | 34 | 31 | 5 | 73 | 242 | 209
Hershey Bears (DET) | 70 | 32 | 32 | 6 | 70 | 200 | 202
Springfield Indians (NYR) | 70 | 30 | 38 | 2 | 62 | 253 | 282
Providence Reds (BOS) | 70 | 28 | 40 | 2 | 58 | 222 | 265

## Scoring leaders

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

Player  | Team  | GP  | G  | A  | Pts  | PIM

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Bill Hicke | Rochester Americans | 69 | 41 | 56 | 97 | 41
Ken Schinkel | Springfield Indians | 70 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 19
Rudy Migay | Rochester Americans | 51 | 24 | 58 | 82 | 100
Harry Pidhirny | Springfield Indians | 70 | 21 | 60 | 81 | 26
Gary Aldcorn | Rochester Americans | 66 | 37 | 42 | 79 | 52
Eddie Mazur | Cleveland Barons | 70 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 54
Art Stratton | Cleveland Barons | 62 | 29 | 47 | 76 | 40
Bill Sweeney | Buffalo Bisons | 70 | 31 | 44 | 75 | 12

* complete list

## Calder Cup playoffs

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First round

* Buffalo Bisons defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 1.
* Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3.

Finals

* Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup.
* list of scores

## All Star Classic

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The 6th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 15, 1959, at the Hershey Sports Arena, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The defending Calder Cup champions Hershey Bears won 5-2 versus the AHL All-Stars.[1]

## Trophy and award winners

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Team awards
Calder Cup
Playoff champions: | Hershey Bears

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F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions: | Buffalo Bisons

Individual awards
Les Cunningham Award
Most valuable player: | Bill Hicke and Rudy Migay \- Rochester Americans

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John B. Sollenberger Trophy
Top point scorer: | Bill Hicke \- Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award
Rookie of the year: | Bill Hicke \- Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore Award
Defenceman of the year: | Steve Kraftcheck \- Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average: | Bobby Perreault \- Hershey Bears

## See also

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* List of AHL seasons

## References

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* AHL official site
* AHL Hall of Fame
* HockeyDB

Preceded by

1957–58 AHL season

|  AHL seasons | Succeeded by

1959–60 AHL season

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