1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1926–27 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division4th American
1926–27 record15–26–3
Goals for79
Goals against108
Team information
CoachOdie Cleghorn
Team leaders
GoalsHib Milks (16)
AssistsTy Arbour (8)
PointsHib Milks (22)
Penalty minutesHerb Drury (48)
WinsRoy Worters (15)

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


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

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. ^ "1926-27 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.