The 1953–54 AHL season was the 18th season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Cleveland Barons won their seventh Calder Cup championship.
Team changes The St. Louis Flyers cease operations.
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 (MTL) 703924 7 85283217Hershey Bears (BOS) 703729 4 78274243Cleveland Barons (independent) 703832 0 76269227Pittsburgh Hornets (TOR) 703431 5 73250222Providence Reds (independent) 702640 4 56211276Syracuse Warriors (independent) 702442 4 52215317
Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM George Sullivan Hershey Bears 69308911954 Jack Gordon Cleveland Barons 70317110220 Don Marshall Buffalo Bisons 703957 96 8 Gaye Stewart Buffalo Bisons 704253 9538 Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons 704054 9450 Lorne Ferguson Hershey Bears 704542 8734 Danny Lewicki Pittsburgh Hornets 603645 8119 Arnie Kullman Hershey Bears 694041 8135 Dunc Fisher Hershey Bears 694139 8024 Ed Slowinski Buffalo Bisons 673841 7916 complete list
Calder Cup playoffs First round Cleveland Barons defeated Buffalo Bisons 3 games to 0. Hershey Bears defeated Pittsburgh Hornets 3 games to 2. Finals Cleveland Barons defeated Hershey Bears 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. list of scores
Trophy and Award winners Team Awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Cleveland Barons F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions: Buffalo Bisons Individual Awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: George Sullivan - Hershey Bears Carl Liscombe TrophyTop point scorer: George Sullivan - Hershey Bears Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Don Marshall - Buffalo Bisons Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average: Gil Mayer - Pittsburgh Hornets
See also List of AHL seasons
References AHL official site AHL Hall of Fame HockeyDB