1958–59 AHL season

The 1958–59 AHL season was the 23rd season of the American Hockey League. The Eddie Shore Award was first awarded to the "Defenceman of the year." Six teams played 70 games each in the schedule. The Buffalo Bisons finished first overall in the regular season. The Hershey Bears won their second consecutive 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
Buffalo Bisons 	70	38	28	4	80 	233	201
Cleveland Barons 	70	37	30	3	77 	261	252
Rochester Americans	70	34	31	5	73 	242	209
Hershey Bears 	70	32	32	6	70 	200	202
Springfield Indians	70	30	38	2	62 	253	282
Providence Reds 	70	28	40	2	58 	222	265
==Scoring leaders==
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player 	Team 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
Bill Hicke 	Rochester Americans	69	41	56	97 	41
Ken Schinkel 	Springfield Indians	70	43	42	85 	19
Rudy Migay 	Rochester Americans	51	24	58	82 	100
Harry Pidhirny	Springfield Indians	70	21	60	81 	26
Gary Aldcorn 	Rochester Americans	66	37	42	79 	52
Eddie Mazur 	Cleveland Barons 	70	34	44	78 	54
Art Stratton 	Cleveland Barons 	62	29	47	76 	40
Bill Sweeney 	Buffalo Bisons 	70	31	44	75 	12
* complete list
==Calder Cup playoffs==
;First round
*Buffalo Bisons defeated Rochester Americans 4 games to 1.
*Hershey Bears defeated Cleveland Barons 4 games to 3.
;Finals
*Hershey Bears defeated Buffalo Bisons 4 games to 2, to win the Calder Cup. 
* list of scores
==All Star Classic==
The 6th AHL All-Star Game was played on January 15, 1959 at the Hershey Sports Arena, in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The defending Calder Cup champions Hershey Bears won 5-2 versus the AHL All-Stars.
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Hershey Bears
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions:	Buffalo Bisons
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Bill Hicke and Rudy Migay - Rochester Americans
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Bill Hicke - Rochester Americans
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Bill Hicke - Rochester Americans
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Steve Kraftcheck - Rochester Americans
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Bobby Perreault - Hershey Bears
==Team Photos==
58-59CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
58-59RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
58-59BufBis.jpg|Buffalo Bisons
58-59HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
==Game Ads==
58-59AHLExhQuebecGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Quebec City
58-59NHLExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1959 in hockey