The 1954–55 AHL season was the 19th season of the American Hockey League. Six teams played 64 games each in the schedule. The "Carl Liscombe Trophy" for the league's top scorer is renamed to the John B. Sollenberger Trophy. The All-Star game is revived, with the AHL All-Stars taking on the defending champions Calder Cup champions from the previous season. The Pittsburgh Hornets finished first overall in the regular season, and won their second Calder Cup championship.

Team changes The Syracuse Warriors move back to West Springfield, Massachusetts, reverting to their old name, the Springfield Indians.

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 GAPittsburgh Hornets (TOR) 643125 8 70187180Cleveland Barons (independent) 643229 3 67254222Springfield Indians (independent) 643229 3 67251233Buffalo Bisons (CHI) 643128 5 67248228Hershey Bears (BOS) 642928 7 65217225Providence Reds (independent) 642137 6 48194263

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Player Team GP G A Pts PIM Eddie Olson Cleveland Barons 60414788 48 Ken Wharram Buffalo Bisons 63334982 15 Ross Lowe Springfield Indians 60325082 91 Fred Glover Cleveland Barons 58334275108 Walt Atanas Springfield Indians 62294574 66 Paul Larivee Providence Reds 62294574 19 Zellio Toppazzini Providence Reds 62215374 12 Arnie Kullman Hershey Bears 62234871 67 Jim Anderson Springfield Indians 63393271 40 Ellard O'Brien Hershey Bears 62313869 28 complete list

Calder Cup playoffs First round Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Springfield Indians 3 games to 1. Buffalo Bisons defeated Cleveland Barons 3 games to 1. Finals Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. list of scores

All Star Classic The second AHL All-Star game was played on October 27, 1954, after a 12-year hiatus. The defending Calder Cup champions Cleveland Barons lost 7–3 to the AHL All-Stars, in a game played at the Hershey Sports Arena, in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Trophy and Award winners Team Awards Calder CupPlayoff champions: Pittsburgh Hornets F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions: Pittsburgh Hornets Individual Awards Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: Ross Lowe - Springfield Indians John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: Eddie Olson - Cleveland Barons Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: Jimmy Anderson - Springfield Indians 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