1927–28 AHA season

1927–28 AHA season
League	American Hockey Association
Sport	Ice hockey
Number of games	40
Number of teams	5
Regular season
Season champions	Duluth Hornets
Top scorer	Vic Desjardins (St. Paul)
Postseason
Champions	Minneapolis Millers
Runners-up	Duluth Hornets

The 1927–28 AHA season was the second season for the American Hockey Association.

Schedule and playoffs

All five teams played their conference opponents 10 times each.

Chicago Americans

After previous the season, the league voted to rescind Eddie Livingstone's ownership of the Chicago Americans.[1] The franchise was then moved to Kansas City and renamed Pla-Mors, after their new home venue.

Regular season

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Duluth Hornets	40	18	9	13	49	63	49
Kansas City Pla-Mors	40	18	14	8	44	61	53
Minneapolis Millers	40	18	17	5	41	65	51
St. Paul Saints	40	14	17	9	37	76	87
Winnipeg Maroons	40	11	22	7	28	68	93

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Vic Desjardins	St. Paul Saints	40	20	8	28	46
Cooney Weiland	Minneapolis Millers	40	21	5	26	34
Moose Goheen	St. Paul Saints	39	19	5	24	96
Rosario Couture	Winnipeg Maroons	39	15	6	21	20
Herbie Lewis	Duluth Hornets	40	14	5	19	56
Johnny Gottselig	Winnipeg Maroons	39	14	5	19	24
Frank Sheppard	St. Paul Saints	33	12	4	16	32
Ken Dunfield	Kansas City Pla-Mors	39	8	7	15	24
Helge Bostrom	Minneapolis Millers	36	10	3	13	39
Art Somers	Winnipeg Maroons	40	8	5	13	71

[2]

Playoff

	Semifinals March 24–28										Championship April 2–9
											1	Duluth Hornets	0	0	0	0	1	1
	2	Kansas City Pla-Mors	1	1	0	-	-	-			3	Minneapolis Millers	0	0	0	1	1	2
	3	Minneapolis Millers	2	2	1	-	-	-

Note: the semifinal was a best-of-five series while the final was a five-game total-goal series.

References

1. "Chicago "Referee" on Livvy's charges". Toronto Star. January 27, 1928. p. 10.
2. AHA 1927-28 League Leaders

External links

• 1927–28 American Hockey Association Standings at hockeydb.com