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1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates
1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	4th American
1926–27 record	15–26–3
Goals for	79
Goals against	108
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
Goals	Hib Milks (16)
Assists	Ty Arbour (8)
Points	Hib Milks (22)
Penalty minutes	Herb Drury (48)
Wins	Roy Worters (15)
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the second season of the Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
New York Rangers	44	25	13	6	95	72	56
Boston Bruins	44	21	20	3	97	89	45
Chicago Black Hawks	44	19	22	3	115	116	41
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	15	26	3	79	108	33
Detroit Cougars	44	12	28	4	76	105	28

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1926–27 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
Boston	—	3–2–1	5–1	2–3–1	4–2	14–8–2
Chicago	2–3–1	—	3–2–1	2–4	2–4	9–13–2
Detroit	1–5	2–3–1	—	1–3–2	2–4	6–15–3
N.Y. Rangers	3–2–1	4–2	3–1–2	—	5–1	15–6–3
Pittsburgh	2–4	4–2	4–2	1–5	—	11–13–0

Vs. Canadian Division

1926–27 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	2–2	2–2	1–3	1–3	7–12–1
Chicago	2–2	2–2	2–1–1	2–2	2–2	10–9–1
Detroit	0–4	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–2–1	6–13–1
N.Y. Rangers	3–1	2–1–1	3–1	0–3–1	2–1–1	10–7–3
Pittsburgh	0–3–1	2–1–1	0–4	1–3	1–2–1	4–13–3

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 16, 1926	0–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	0–1–0
2	W	November 20, 1926	4–1	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	1–1–0
3	W	November 25, 1926	2–0	New York Rangers (1926–27)	2–1–0
4	W	November 27, 1926	5–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	3–1–0
5	L	November 30, 1926	0–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	3–2–0
6	L	December 4, 1926	3–4 OT	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	3–3–0
7	L	December 9, 1926	2–5	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	3–4–0
8	T	December 11, 1926	2–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	3–4–1
9	L	December 18, 1926	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	3–5–1
10	L	December 21, 1926	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	3–6–1
11	L	December 23, 1926	0–2	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	3–7–1
12	W	December 25, 1926	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	4–7–1
13	L	December 30, 1926	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	4–8–1
14	W	January 1, 1927	3–2	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	5–8–1
15	W	January 4, 1927	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	6–8–1
16	L	January 6, 1927	1–3	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	6–9–1
17	L	January 8, 1927	0–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	6–10–1
18	L	January 13, 1927	1–3	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	6–11–1
19	L	January 15, 1927	1–2	New York Americans (1926–27)	6–12–1
20	W	January 18, 1927	6–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	7–12–1
21	W	January 20, 1927	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	8–12–1
22	W	January 22, 1927	1–0 OT	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	9–12–1
23	L	January 25, 1927	1–3	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	9–13–1
24	W	January 27, 1927	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	10–13–1
25	W	January 29, 1927	2–0	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	11–13–1
26	L	February 6, 1927	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	11–14–1
27	L	February 8, 1927	0–5	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	11–15–1
28	L	February 10, 1927	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	11–16–1
29	L	February 12, 1927	2–3 OT	New York Rangers (1926–27)	11–17–1
30	T	February 15, 1927	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	11–17–2
31	L	February 19, 1927	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	11–18–2
32	W	February 22, 1927	3–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	12–18–2
33	T	February 26, 1927	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	12–18–3
34	L	March 1, 1927	1–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	12–19–3
35	L	March 3, 1927	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	12–20–3
36	L	March 5, 1927	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	12–21–3
37	L	March 8, 1927	2–5	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	12–22–3
38	L	March 10, 1927	1–7	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	12–23–3
39	L	March 15, 1927	0–5	New York Rangers (1926–27)	12–24–3
40	W	March 17, 1927	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	13–24–3
41	L	March 19, 1927	2–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	13–25–3
42	L	March 22, 1927	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	13–26–3
43	W	March 24, 1927	4–3	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	14–26–3
44	W	March 26, 1927	6–4 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	15–26–3

Playoffs

The Pirates did not qualify for the playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hib Milks	LW/C	44	16	6	22	18
Harold Darragh	LW	42	12	3	15	4
Ty Arbour	LW	41	7	8	15	10
Johnny McKinnon	D	44	13	0	13	21
Tex White	RW	43	5	4	9	21
Herb Drury	D/RW	42	5	1	6	48
Charlie Langlois	RW/D	36	5	1	6	36
Duke McCurry	LW	33	3	3	6	23
Baldy Cotton	LW	37	5	0	5	17
Rodger Smith	D	36	4	0	4	6
Mickey McGuire	LW	32	3	0	3	6
Odie Cleghorn	RW/C	3	0	0	0	0
Lionel Conacher	D	9	0	0	0	12
Roy Worters	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roy Worters	2711	44	15	26	3	108	2.39	4
Team:	2711	44	15	26	3	108	2.39	4

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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;

Awards and records

Transactions

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1926-27 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.