1956-57 Hershey Bears Statistics

American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 32-28-4 - 68 points
in the AHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Frank Mathers (32-28-4)
Location: Hershey, Pennsylvania

1956-57 Hershey Bears Roster

The Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League ended the 1956-57 season with a record of 32 wins and 28 losses and 4 ties for 68 points in the AHL.

The Bears scored 223 goals and conceded 237. Dunc Fisher netted 40 goals for Hershey, while Willie Marshall tallied 30 or more also. Willie Marshall accounted for 59 assists. Gilles Mayer topped the squad with 14 wins and a team-best 3.55 goals against average, leading regular goalies.

Frank Mathers coached the team. The 1956-57 Hershey Bears lost in the in 1st Round of the playoffs.

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Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Willie Marshall	C	64	35	59	94	18		0.55	0.92	1.47
Dunc Fisher	R	64	40	38	78	59		0.63	0.59	1.22
Ellard O'Brien	L	64	20	35	55	78		0.31	0.55	0.86
Al Nicholson	L	55	22	27	49	51		0.40	0.49	0.89
Bob Solinger	L	61	19	30	49	16		0.31	0.49	0.80
Arnie Kullman	C	57	18	24	42	53		0.32	0.42	0.74
Lorne Davis	R	64	16	24	40	55		0.25	0.38	0.63
Floyd Smith	R	41	12	25	37	32		0.29	0.61	0.90
Al Dewsbury	D	59	6	31	37	101		0.10	0.53	0.63
Ed Panagabko	L	58	13	19	32	44		0.22	0.33	0.55
Bob Hassard	C	61	12	19	31	20		0.20	0.31	0.51
Larry Zeidel	D	64	9	19	28	211		0.14	0.30	0.44
Don Cherry	D	64	5	20	25	197		0.08	0.31	0.39
Jack Price	D	64	4	21	25	56		0.06	0.33	0.39
Frank Mathers	D	49	1	15	16	51		0.02	0.31	0.33
Les Duff	D	46	2	8	10	58		0.04	0.17	0.22
Ken Smith	L	17	0	2	2	4			0.12	0.12
George Ranieri	L	4	1	0	1	0		0.25		0.25
Arnott Whitney	F	3	0	0	0	4
Gilles Mayer	G	29	0	0	0	27
Gerry McNamara	G	22	0	0	0	22
Norm DeFelice	G	8	0	0	0	5
Bill Tibbs	D	5	0	0	0	0
Totals		1023	235	416	651	1162	0

Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	SVS
Norm DeFelice	8	490	6	1	1	0	2	21	2.57
Gilles Mayer	29	1740	14	12	3	1	1	103	3.55
Gerry McNamara	22	1320	10	12		1		92	4.18
Bill Tibbs	5					1	0	19
Totals	64	3550	30	25	4	3	3	235	3.97	0

Postseason - Scoring:

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	G/PG	A/PG	Pts/PG
Willie Marshall	C	7	3	7	10	4	0.43	1.00	1.43
Dunc Fisher	R	7	6	3	9	0	0.86	0.43	1.29
Ellard O'Brien	L	7	1	3	4	4	0.14	0.43	0.57
Al Nicholson	L	3	0	0	0	2
Bob Solinger	L	7	1	1	2	11	0.14	0.14	0.29
Arnie Kullman	C	7	0	1	1	29		0.14	0.14
Lorne Davis	R	7	1	0	1	2	0.14		0.14
Floyd Smith	R	6	0	1	1	8		0.17	0.17
Al Dewsbury	D	5	0	0	0	2
Ed Panagabko	L	7	0	2	2	8		0.29	0.29
Larry Zeidel	D	7	0	5	5	21		0.71	0.71
Don Cherry	D	7	2	0	2	27	0.29		0.29
Jack Price	D	7	0	2	2	14		0.29	0.29
Frank Mathers	D	7	1	2	3	6	0.14	0.29	0.43
Les Duff	D	7	2	0	2	6	0.29		0.29
Gerry McNamara	G	7	0	0	0	0
Totals		105	17	27	44	144

Postseason - Goaltenders:

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T/OL	ENG	SHO	GA	GAA	Shts	SVS	SV%
Gerry McNamara	7	430	3	4	0	0	2	16	2.23		0
Totals	7	430	3	4	0	0	2	16	2.23		0

1956-57 Hershey Bears Statistics

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