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 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 GABuffalo Bisons (CHI) 703828 4 80233201Cleveland Barons (independent) 703730 3 77261252Rochester Americans (MTL/TOR) 703431 5 73242209Hershey Bears (DET) 703232 6 70200202Springfield Indians (NYR) 703038 2 62253282Providence Reds (BOS) 702840 2 58222265
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Bill Hicke Rochester Americans 69415697 41 Ken Schinkel Springfield Indians 70434285 19 Rudy Migay Rochester Americans 51245882100 Harry Pidhirny Springfield Indians70216081 26 Gary Aldcorn Rochester Americans 66374279 52 Eddie Mazur Cleveland Barons 70344478 54 Art Stratton Cleveland Barons 62294776 40 Bill Sweeney Buffalo Bisons 70314475 12 complete list
Calder Cup playoffs 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 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.
Trophy and award winners Team awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Hershey Bears F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions: Buffalo Bisons Individual awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Bill Hicke and Rudy Migay - Rochester Americans John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Bill Hicke - Rochester Americans Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Bill Hicke - Rochester Americans Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: Steve Kraftcheck - Rochester Americans Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Bobby Perreault - Hershey Bears
See also List of AHL seasons
References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB