1927–28 Montreal Maroons season

The 1927–28 Montreal Maroons season was the 4th season for the National Hockey League franchise.

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 →

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

Vs. Canadian Division 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 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

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

• 1927–28 NHL season

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.