1955-56 Pittsburgh Hornets Statistics
American Hockey League (AHL)
Team Record: 43-17-4 - 90 points
in the AHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Howie Meeker (43-17-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1955-56 Pittsburgh Hornets RosterTeam Record: 43-17-4 - 90 points
in the AHL
Lost in 1st Round
Coach: Howie Meeker (43-17-4)
Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League ended the 1955-56 season with a record of 43 wins and 17 losses and 4 ties for 90 points in the AHL.
The Hornets scored 271 goals, best in the league. Pittsburgh yielded 186 goals, fewest in the league. Willie Marshall netted 45 goals for the team, and Parker MacDonald tallied 30 or more also. Willie Marshall accounted for 52 assists. Gilles Mayer earned 40 wins for the squad and a team-best 2.7 goals against average, topping qualifying goaltenders.
Howie Meeker coached the team. The 1955-56 Pittsburgh Hornets 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 | 58 | 45 | 52 | 97 | 47 | 0.78 | 0.90 | 1.67 | |
| Bob Solinger | L | 63 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 74 | 0.43 | 0.73 | 1.16 | |
| Bob Hassard | C | 64 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 47 | 0.34 | 0.75 | 1.09 | |
| Parker MacDonald | L | 58 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 60 | 0.60 | 0.55 | 1.16 | |
| Frank Mathers | D | 64 | 12 | 51 | 63 | 61 | 0.19 | 0.80 | 0.98 | |
| Gerry Foley | R | 59 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 109 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.98 | |
| Joe Klukay | L | 47 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 40 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 1.06 | |
| Jack Caffery | C | 58 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 62 | 0.31 | 0.38 | 0.69 | |
| Les Duff | D | 61 | 8 | 32 | 40 | 117 | 0.13 | 0.52 | 0.66 | |
| Bob Bailey | R | 48 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 98 | 0.13 | 0.63 | 0.75 | |
| Bob Sabourin | L | 47 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 0.13 | 0.34 | 0.47 | |
| Gord Hannigan | C | 17 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 0.59 | 0.59 | 1.18 | |
| Jack Price | D | 61 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 65 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.30 | |
| Jack Bionda | D | 46 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 190 | 0.15 | 0.20 | 0.35 | |
| Ron Hurst | R | 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 44 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 1.15 | |
| Larry Cahan | D | 39 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 160 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 0.38 | |
| Ray Gariepy | D | 54 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 95 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.26 | |
| Marc Reaume | D | 16 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 0.13 | 0.31 | 0.44 | |
| Ray Timgren | L | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 0.50 | 0.50 | ||
| Gilles Mayer | G | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gerry McNamara | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ivan Walmsley | F | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| George Dermksian | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 946 | 271 | 454 | 725 | 1369 | 0 |
Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Mayer | 56 | 3360 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 151 | 2.70 | |||
| Gerry McNamara | 5 | 300 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3.80 | |||||
| Ivan Walmsley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| George Dermksian | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Totals | 65 | 3660 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 180 | 2.95 | 0 |
Postseason - Scoring:
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | +/- | G/PG | A/PG | Pts/PG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Marshall | C | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Bob Solinger | L | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
| Bob Hassard | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.75 | 1.00 |
| Parker MacDonald | L | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.00 | 1.00 | |
| Frank Mathers | D | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 |
| Gerry Foley | R | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.67 | 0.67 | |
| Joe Klukay | L | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.25 | 1.25 |
| Jack Caffery | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Les Duff | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bob Bailey | R | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.25 | 0.75 |
| Bob Sabourin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Price | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Jack Bionda | D | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0.50 | 0.50 | |
| Larry Cahan | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.25 | |
| Ray Gariepy | D | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0.75 | 0.75 | |
| Gilles Mayer | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 60 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 71 | 0 |
Postseason - Goaltenders:
| Player | GP | Min | W | L | T/OL | ENG | SHO | GA | GAA | Shts | SVS | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilles Mayer | 4 | 312 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.69 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 4 | 312 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.69 | 0 |
