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1959–60 AHL season

Field	Value
title	1959–60 AHL season
league	American Hockey League
sport	Ice hockey
season	Regular season
season_champ_name	F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy
season_champs	Springfield Indians
MVP	Fred Glover
MVP_link	Les Cunningham Award
top_scorer	Fred Glover
top_scorer_link	John B. Sollenberger Trophy
finals	Playoffs
finals_link	1960 Calder Cup playoffs
finals_champ	Springfield Indians
finals_runner-up	Rochester Americans
prevseason_year	[1958–59](1958-59-ahl-season)
nextseason_year	[1960–61](1960-61-ahl-season)
seasonslist	List of AHL seasons
seasonslistnames	AHL

| finals_runner-up = Rochester Americans

The 1959–60 AHL season was the 24th season of the American Hockey League. Seven teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The Quebec Aces become the first Canada-based team in the league. The Springfield Indians finished first overall in the regular season, and won their first Calder Cup championship.

Team changes

The Quebec Aces, based in Quebec City, transfer to the AHL as an expansion team, from the defunct Quebec Hockey League.

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
Springfield Indians (NYR)	72	43	23	6	92	280	219
Rochester Americans (MTL/TOR)	72	40	27	5	85	285	211
Providence Reds (BOS)	72	38	32	2	78	251	237
Cleveland Barons (independent)	72	34	30	8	76	267	229
Buffalo Bisons (CHI)	72	33	35	4	70	251	271
Hershey Bears (DET)	72	28	37	7	63	226	238
Quebec Aces (independent)	72	19	51	2	40	178	333

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Fred Glover	Cleveland Barons	72	38	69	107	143
Bill Sweeney	Springfield Indians	67	37	59	96	14
Floyd Smith	Springfield Indians	71	31	51	82	26
Stan Baluik	Providence Reds	65	23	57	80	60
Willie Marshall	Hershey Bears	72	38	40	78	99
Larry Wilson	Buffalo Bisons	64	33	45	78	18
Dick Gamble	Buffalo Bisons	72	27	50	77	22
Stan Smrke	Rochester Americans	67	40	36	76	18
Bruce Cline	Springfield Indians	70	25	50	75	9
Bob Nevin	Rochester Americans	71	32	42	74	10

complete list

Calder Cup playoffs

;First round

Springfield Indians defeated Providence Reds 4 games to 1.
Rochester Americans defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3. ;Finals
Springfield Indians defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 1, to win the Calder Cup.
list of scores

All Star Classic

The 7th AHL All-Star Game was played on December 10, 1959, at the Eastern States Coliseum, in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Springfield Indians defeated the AHL All-Stars by an 8–3 score.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:	Springfield Indians

;Individual awards

Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
Lowest goals against average:	Ed Chadwick - Rochester Americans

References

before = 1958–59 AHL season | after = 1960–61 AHL season | title = AHL seasons | years = |

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