1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

The 1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's last season in Pittsburgh. The Pirates had an extremely poor season, winning only five of 44 games to finish last in the American Division, missing the playoffs. The team moved in 1930 to Philadelphia and NHL hockey did not return to Pittsburgh until 1967.

1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	5th American
1929–30 record	5–36–3
Goals for	102
Goals against	185
Team information
Coach	Frank Fredrickson
Team leaders
Goals	Gerry Lowrey (16)
Assists	Harold Darragh (17)
Points	Harold Darragh (32)
Penalty minutes	Rodger Smith (65)
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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	38	5	1	179	98	77
Chicago Black Hawks	44	21	18	5	117	111	47
New York Rangers	44	17	17	10	136	143	44
Detroit Cougars	44	14	24	6	117	133	34
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	5	36	3	102	185	13

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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

1929-30 NHL Records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	MTL	MTM	NYA	NYR	OTT	PIT	TOR
Boston	—	3–3	6–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	5–0–1	4–0	6–0	4–0
Chicago	3–3	—	2–3–1	0–3–1	4–0	2–2	1–3–2	2–2	6–0	1–2–1
Detroit	0–6	3–2–1	—	1–3	1–2–1	1–3	2–1–3	0–3–1	4–2	2–2
M. Canadiens	0–4	3–0–1	3–1	—	1–4–1	5–1	2–1–1	1–2–3	2–0–2	4–1–1
M. Maroons	1–3	0–4	2–1–1	4–1–1	—	5–0–1	2–2	2–3–1	4–0	3–2–1
N.Y. Americans	1–3	2–2	3–1	1–5	0–5–1	—	2–2	2–3–1	2–1–1	1–3–2
N.Y. Rangers	0–5–1	3–1–2	1–2–3	1–2–1	2–2	2–2	—	2–0–2	6–0	0–3–1
Ottawa	0–4	2–2	3–0–1	2–1–3	3–2–1	3–2–1	0–2–2	—	3–1	5–1
Pittsburgh	0–6	0–6	2–4	0–2–2	0–4	1–2–1	0–6	1–3	—	1–3
Toronto	0–4	2–1–1	2–2	1–4–1	2–3–1	3–1–2	3–0–1	1–5	3–1	—

Game log

Regular season schedule
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 16, 1929	2–5	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	0–1–0
2	W	November 19, 1929	10–5	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	1–1–0
3	L	November 23, 1929	3–5	New York Rangers (1929–30)	1–2–0
4	L	November 26, 1929	2–9	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	1–3–0
5	L	November 30, 1929	2–6	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	1–4–0
6	L	December 3, 1929	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	1–5–0
7	L	December 5, 1929	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	1–6–0
8	L	December 8, 1929	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	1–7–0
9	L	December 10, 1929	4–5	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	1–8–0
10	W	December 14, 1929	8–1	New York Americans (1929–30)	2–8–0
11	L	December 15, 1929	1–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	2–9–0
12	T	December 17, 1929	3–3 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	2–9–1
13	L	December 21, 1929	1–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	2–10–1
14	L	December 22, 1929	1–6	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	2–11–1
15	W	December 26, 1929	3–1	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	3–11–1
16	L	December 29, 1929	2–3	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	3–12–1
17	W	January 2, 1930	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	4–12–1
18	L	January 5, 1930	3–8	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	4–13–1
19	L	January 9, 1930	3–4	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	4–14–1
20	L	January 11, 1930	1–3	New York Americans (1929–30)	4–15–1
21	L	January 12, 1930	2–3	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	4–16–1
22	L	January 14, 1930	2–6	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	4–17–1
23	L	January 18, 1930	5–6	New York Rangers (1929–30)	4–18–1
24	L	January 21, 1930	4–7	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	4–19–1
25^A	L	January 25, 1930	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	4–20–1
26	T	January 26, 1930	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1929–30)	4–20–2
27	L	January 28, 1930	0–6	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	4–21–2
28	W	February 1, 1930	3–2	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	5–21–2
29	L	February 4, 1930	1–5	Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	5–22–2
30	L	February 9, 1930	1–8	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	5–23–2
31	L	February 12, 1930	3–4	Boston Bruins (1929–30)	5–24–2
32	L	February 13, 1930	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1929–30)	5–25–2
33	L	February 15, 1930	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	5–26–2
34	L	February 18, 1930	2–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30)	5–27–2
35	L	February 20, 1930	0–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–28–2
36	L	February 22, 1930	4–5	Montreal Maroons (1929–30)	5–29–2
37	L	February 25, 1930	0–7	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30)	5–30–2
38	L	March 1, 1930	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	5–31–2
39	L	March 2, 1930	0–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	5–32–2
40^B	L	March 8, 1930	3–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	5–33–2
41	L	March 11, 1930	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–34–2
42	T	March 13, 1930	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30)	5–34–3
43	L	March 15, 1930	3–4 OT	New York Rangers (1929–30)	5–35–3
44	L	March 18, 1930	2–4	Detroit Cougars (1929–30)	5–36–3

A – Played at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
B – Played at Peace Bridge, Buffalo, New York.

Playoffs

The Pirates did not qualify for the playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Harold Darragh	LW	42	15	17	32	6
Gerry Lowrey	LW	44	16	14	30	30
Hib Milks	LW/C	41	13	11	24	36
James "Bud" Jarvis	LW	44	11	8	19	32
Johnny McKinnon	D	41	10	7	17	42
Frank Fredrickson	C	9	4	7	11	20
Gord Fraser	D	30	6	4	10	37
Tex White	RW	29	8	1	9	16
Archie Briden	LW	29	4	3	7	20
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	15	3	4	7	12
Cliff Barton	RW	39	4	2	6	4
Rennison Manners	C	33	3	2	5	14
Rodger Smith	D	42	2	1	3	65
Herb Drury	D/RW	27	2	0	2	12
Jesse Spring	D	22	1	0	1	18
Joe Miller	G	43	0	0	0	0
Red Spooner	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Joe Miller	2630	43	5	35	3	179	4.08	0
Red Spooner	60	1	0	1	0	6	6.00	0
Team:	2690	44	5	36	3	185	4.13	0

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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

• 1929–30 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. "1929-30 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.