1953–54 AHL season

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 	GA
Buffalo Bisons 	70	39	24	7	85 	283	217
Hershey Bears 	70	37	29	4	78 	274	243
Cleveland Barons 	70	38	32	0	76 	269	227
Pittsburgh Hornets	70	34	31	5	73 	250	222
Providence Reds 	70	26	40	4	56 	211	276
Syracuse Warriors 	70	24	42	4	52 	215	317
==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 	69	30	89	119	54
Jack Gordon 	Cleveland Barons 	70	31	71	102	20
Don Marshall 	Buffalo Bisons 	70	39	57	96 	8
Gaye Stewart 	Buffalo Bisons 	70	42	53	95 	38
Eddie Olson 	Cleveland Barons 	70	40	54	94 	50
Lorne Ferguson 	Hershey Bears 	70	45	42	87 	34
Danny Lewicki 	Pittsburgh Hornets	60	36	45	81 	19
Arnie Kullman 	Hershey Bears 	69	40	41	81 	35
Dunc Fisher 	Hershey Bears 	69	41	39	80 	24
Ed Slowinski 	Buffalo Bisons 	67	38	41	79 	16
* 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
==Team Photos==
53-54PitHor.jpg|Pittsburgh Hornets
53-54CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1954 in hockey