1955–56 AHL season

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

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Zellio Toppazzini	Providence Reds	64	42	71	113	44
Willie Marshall	Pittsburgh Hornets	58	45	52	97	47
Camille Henry	Providence Reds	59	50	41	91	8
Ken Wharram	Buffalo Bisons	59	27	63	90	27
Dunc Fisher	Hershey Bears	60	40	43	83	73
Paul Larivee	Providence Reds	54	27	53	80	38
Fred Glover	Cleveland Barons	64	31	48	79	187
Larry Wilson	Buffalo Bisons	62	39	39	78	74

• complete list

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.

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:	Bruce Cline - Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award Lowest goals against average:	Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets

See also

• List of AHL seasons

References

• AHL official site
• AHL Hall of Fame
• HockeyDB