1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division3rd American
1927–28 record19–17–8
Home record10–9–3
Road record9–8–5
Goals for67
Goals against76
Team information
CoachOdie Cleghorn
CaptainHarold Cotton
ArenaDuquesne Garden
Team leaders
GoalsHib Milks (18)
AssistsBert McCaffrey (4)
PointsHib Milks (21)
Penalty minutesDuke McCurry (62)
WinsRoy Worters (19)
Goals against averageRoy Worters (1.66)

The 1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the third season of the Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins 44 20 13 11 77 70 558 51
New York Rangers 44 19 16 9 94 79 462 47
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 19 17 8 67 76 395 46
Detroit Cougars 44 19 19 6 88 79 395 44
Chicago Black Hawks 44 7 34 3 68 134 375 17

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

1927–28 regular season[2]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 15, 1927 0–6 Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 0–1–0
2 L November 19, 1927 1–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 0–2–0
3 L November 22, 1927 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 0–3–0
4 L November 26, 1927 1–2 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 0–4–0
5 L November 29, 1927 0–1 @ New York Americans (1927–28) 0–5–0
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
6 T December 1, 1927 0–0 OT Boston Bruins (1927–28) 0–5–1
7 T December 6, 1927 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1927–28) 0–5–2
8 L December 10, 1927 0–2 New York Americans (1927–28) 0–6–2
9 L December 17, 1927 2–5 Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 0–7–2
10 T December 18, 1927 3–3 OT @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 0–7–3
11 L December 20, 1927 0–2 @ New York Rangers (1927–28) 0–8–3
12 W December 22, 1927 3–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 1–8–3
13 T December 24, 1927 2–2 OT Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 1–8–4
14 W December 31, 1927 4–0 Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 2–8–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
15 T January 3, 1928 0–0 OT @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) 2–8–5
16 T January 5, 1928 0–0 OT @ New York Americans (1927–28) 2–8–6
17 L January 7, 1928 0–2 Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 2–9–6
18 W January 12, 1928 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 3–9–6
19 L January 14, 1928 0–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 3–10–6
20 W January 16, 1928 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 4–10–6
21 W January 19, 1928 3–1 Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 5–10–6
22 L January 22, 1928 1–4 @ New York Rangers (1927–28) 5–11–6
23 T January 24, 1928 0–0 OT @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) 5–11–7
24 W January 28, 1928 1–0 Boston Bruins (1927–28) 6–11–7
25 W January 31, 1928 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 7–11–7
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
26 W February 4, 1928 4–2 New York Rangers (1927–28) 8–11–7
27 W February 8, 1928 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 9–11–7
28 L February 11, 1928 1–3 Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 9–12–7
29 W February 12, 1928 1–0 @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 10–12–7
30 W February 14, 1928 4–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 11–12–7
31 T February 16, 1928 0–0 OT @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 11–12–8
32 W February 18, 1928 2–0 New York Americans (1927–28) 12–12–8
33 L February 21, 1928 0–2 @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) 12–13–8
34 L February 23, 1928 0–3 @ New York Rangers (1927–28) 12–14–8
35 L February 25, 1928 0–2 Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 12–15–8
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
36 W March 1, 1928 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 13–15–8
37 L March 3, 1928 2–3 Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 13–16–8
38 L March 6, 1928 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 13–17–8
39 W March 10, 1928 5–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 14–17–8
40 W March 12, 1928 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 15–17–8
41 W March 17, 1928 3–1 Boston Bruins (1927–28) 16–17–8
42 W March 18, 1928 1–0 @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 17–17–8
43 W March 22, 1928 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 18–17–8
44 W March 24, 1928 4–2 New York Rangers (1927–28) 19–17–8

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs. They went against the Rangers in the first round and lost 6 goals to 4, or 4–6

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Hib Milks LW/C 44 18 3 21 32
Harold Darragh LW 44 13 2 15 16
Baldy Cotton LW 42 9 3 12 40
Herb Drury D/RW 44 6 4 10 44
Bert McCaffrey RW/D 35 6 3 9 14
Duke McCurry LW 44 5 3 8 60
Tex White RW 44 5 1 6 54
Johnny McKinnon D 43 3 3 6 71
Marty Burke D 35 2 1 3 51
Rodger Smith D 43 1 0 1 30
Ty Arbour LW 7 0 0 0 0
Odie Cleghorn RW/C 2 0 0 0 4
Charlie Langlois RW/D 8 0 0 0 8
Mickey McGuire LW 4 0 0 0 0
Sam Rothschild LW 12 0 0 0 0
Roy Worters G 44 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Roy Worters 2740 44 19 17 8 76 1.66 11
Team: 2740 44 19 17 8 76 1.66 11

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Rodger Smith D 2 2 0 2 0
Baldy Cotton LW 2 1 1 2 2
Marty Burke D 2 1 0 1 2
Harold Darragh LW 2 0 1 1 0
Herb Drury D/RW 2 0 1 1 0
Duke McCurry LW 2 0 0 0 0
Johnny McKinnon D 2 0 0 0 4
Hib Milks LW/C 2 0 0 0 2
Tex White RW 2 0 0 0 2
Roy Worters G 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Roy Worters 120 2 1 1 6 3.00 0
Team: 120 2 1 1 6 3.00 0

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals
      MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SO = Shutouts;

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "1927-28 Pittsburgh Pirates Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  3. ^ "1927-28 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927%E2%80%9328_Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)_season