1959–60 AHL season

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 Canadian-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	72	43	23	6	92 	280	219
Rochester Americans	72	40	27	5	85 	251	211
Providence Reds 	72	38	32	2	78 	251	237
Cleveland Barons 	72	34	30	8	76 	267	229
Buffalo Bisons 	72	33	35	4	70 	251	271
Hershey Bears 	72	28	37	7	63 	226	238
Quebec Aces 	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.
==Trophy and award winners==
;Team awards
Calder CupPlayoff champions: 	Springfield Indians
F. G. "Teddy" Oke TrophyRegular Season champions:	Springfield Indians
;Individual awards
Les Cunningham AwardMost valuable player: 	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
John B. Sollenberger TrophyTop point scorer: 	Fred Glover - Cleveland Barons
Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial AwardRookie of the year: 	Stan Baluik - Providence Reds
Eddie Shore AwardDefenceman of the year: 	Larry Hillman - Providence Reds
Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial AwardLowest goals against average:	Ed Chadwick - Rochester Americans
==Regular Season Attendance==
Quebec: 205,519
==Team Photos==
59-60HerBea.jpg|Hershey Bears
59-60ProRed.jpg|Providence Reds
59-60RocAme.jpg|Rochester Americans
59-60CleBar.jpg|Cleveland Barons
59-60SprInd.jpg|Springfield Indians
==Game Ads==
59-60AHLQuebecGameAd.jpg|Quebec City
==See also==
*List of AHL seasons
==References==
*AHL official site
*AHL Hall of Fame
*HockeyDB
Category:American Hockey League seasons
Category:1960 in hockey