1927–28 Montreal Maroons season

1927–28 Montreal Maroons
1927–28 Montreal Maroons
Division	2nd Canadian
1927–28 record	24–14–6
Goals for	96
Goals against	77
Team information
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Dunc Munro
Arena	Montreal Forum
	← 1926–27 1928–29 →

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

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Final standings[edit]

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[edit]

Vs. Canadian Division[edit]

1927–28 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	2–2–2	4–2	3–2–1	3–2–1	12–8–4
M. Maroons	2–2–2	—	4–1–1	3–2–1	5–0–1	14–5–5
N.Y. Americans	2–4	1–4–1	—	1–5	1–4–1	5–17–2
Ottawa	2–3–1	2–3–1	5–1	—	1–1–4	10–8–6
Toronto	2–3–1	0–5–1	4–1–1	1–1–4	—	7–10–7

Vs. American Division[edit]

1927–28 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
M. Canadiens	2–0–2	4–0	2–2	4–0	2–1–1	14–3–3
M. Maroons	2–2	3–1	1–3	2–1–1	2–2	10–9–1
N.Y. Americans	1–3	3–1	0–2–2	0–3–1	2–1–1	6–10–4
Ottawa	1–3	4–0	3–0–1	0–2–2	2–1–1	10–6–4
Toronto	2–1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–3	11–8–1

Game log[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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