1927–28 Montreal Maroons season

1927–28 Montreal Maroons
Division2nd Canadian
1927–28 record24–14–6
Goals for96
Goals against77
Team information
CoachEddie Gerard
CaptainDunc Munro
ArenaMontreal Forum

The 1927–28 Montreal Maroons season was the fourth season for the National Hockey League franchise.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Montreal Canadiens 44 26 11 7 116 48 496 59
Montreal Maroons 44 24 14 6 96 77 549 54
Ottawa Senators 44 20 14 10 78 57 483 50
Toronto Maple Leafs 44 18 18 8 89 88 436 44
New York Americans 44 11 27 6 63 128 563 28

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents


Game log

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

Playoffs

The Maroons made it into the playoffs. They defeated Ottawa in the first round 3 goals to 1 or 3–1. They went against the Canadiens in the second round and won 3 goals to 2, or 3–2. The 2nd game was a reversal of fortune from previous year against Montreal Canadiens, when Howie Morenz eliminated them with an overtime goal. This year it was Maroons Russell Oatman who provided the margin of victory, at 8:10 of overtime, to upset the 1st place Canadiens. They went against the Rangers in the finals in a best of five and lost in 5 games, or 3–2. All games were played at the Montreal Forum with New York's Madison Square Gardens unavailable due a circus. Forty-four-year-old Rangers coach/manager Lester Patrick replaced the injured Lorne Chabot in game 2 and backstopped New York to 2–1 overtime victory. After Maroons won game 3, 2–0, with Clint Benedict recording his NHL record 15th and final shutout, Rangers came back to win games 4 and 5 and secure the Stanley Cup. Goaltender Joe Miller was loaned to New York by New York Americans for the final 3 games of the series as an injury replacement.

Player stats

Regular season
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Nels Stewart C 41 27 7 34 104
Hooley Smith C/RW 34 14 5 19 72
Babe Siebert LW/D 39 8 9 17 109
Joe Lamb RW 21 8 5 13 39
Red Dutton D 42 7 6 13 94
Jimmy Ward RW 42 10 2 12 44
Merlyn Phillips C 40 7 5 12 33
Russell Oatman LW 43 7 4 11 36
Dunc Munro D 43 5 2 7 35
Bill Touhey LW 29 2 0 2 2
Fred Brown LW 19 1 0 1 0
Frank Carson RW 21 0 1 1 10
Hap Emms LW/D 10 0 1 1 10
Clint Benedict G 44 0 0 0 0
Flat Walsh G 1 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Clint Benedict 2690 44 24 14 6 76 1.70 6
Flat Walsh 40 1 0 0 0 1 1.50 0
Team: 2730 44 24 14 6 77 1.69 6
Playoffs
Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Nels Stewart C 9 2 2 4 13
Merlyn Phillips C 9 2 1 3 9
Hooley Smith C/RW 9 2 1 3 23
Babe Siebert LW/D 9 2 0 2 26
Jimmy Ward RW 9 1 1 2 6
Dunc Munro D 9 0 2 2 8
Red Dutton D 9 1 0 1 27
Joe Lamb RW 8 1 0 1 32
Russell Oatman LW 9 1 0 1 18
Clint Benedict G 9 0 0 0 0
Fred Brown LW 9 0 0 0 0
Frank Carson RW 9 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Clint Benedict 555 9 5 3 8 0.86 4
Team: 555 9 5 3 8 0.86 4

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1927-28 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved August 4, 2009.