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1955–56 AHL season

Field	Value
title	1955–56 AHL season
league	American Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
season_champs	Providence Reds
MVP	Johnny Bower
MVP_link	Les Cunningham Award
top_scorer	Zellio Toppazzini
top_scorer_link	John B. Sollenberger Trophy
finals	Playoffs
finals_link	1956 Calder Cup playoffs
finals_champ	Providence Reds
finals_runner-up	Cleveland Barons
prevseason_year	[1954–55](1954-55-ahl-season)
nextseason_year	[1956–57](1956-57-ahl-season)
seasonslist	List of AHL seasons
seasonslistnames	AHL

| finals_runner-up = Cleveland Barons

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 (NYR)	64	45	17	2	92	263	193
Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR)	64	43	17	4	90	271	186
Buffalo Bisons (CHI)	64	29	30	5	63	239	250
Cleveland Barons (independent)	64	26	31	7	59	225	231
Hershey Bears (BOS)	64	19	39	6	44	218	271
Springfield Indians (independent)	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.https://web.archive.org/web/20090819073132/http://www.theahl.com/allstar/events/

Trophy and Award winners

;Team Awards

F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
Regular Season champions:	Providence Reds

;Individual Awards

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

References

before = 1954–55 AHL season | after = 1956–57 AHL season | title = AHL seasons | years = |

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