1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1927–28 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division	3rd American
1927–28 record	19–17–8
Goals for	67
Goals against	76
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
<1926–27	1928–29>

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	20	13	11	77	70	558	51
New York Rangers	44	19	16	9	94	79	462	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	19	17	8	67	76	395	46
Detroit Cougars	44	19	19	6	88	79	395	44
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	34	3	68	134	375	17

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 15, 1927	0–6	Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	0–1–0
2	L	November 19, 1927	1–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	0–2–0
3	L	November 22, 1927	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	0–3–0
4	L	November 26, 1927	1–2 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	0–4–0
5	L	November 29, 1927	0–1	@ New York Americans (1927–28)	0–5–0
6	T	December 1, 1927	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1927–28)	0–5–1
7	T	December 6, 1927	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1927–28)	0–5–2
8	L	December 10, 1927	0–2	New York Americans (1927–28)	0–6–2
9	L	December 17, 1927	2–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	0–7–2
10	T	December 18, 1927	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	0–7–3
11	L	December 20, 1927	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1927–28)	0–8–3
12	W	December 22, 1927	3–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	1–8–3
13	T	December 24, 1927	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	1–8–4
14	W	December 31, 1927	4–0	Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	2–8–4
15	T	January 3, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1927–28)	2–8–5
16	T	January 5, 1928	0–0 OT	@ New York Americans (1927–28)	2–8–6
17	L	January 7, 1928	0–2	Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	2–9–6
18	W	January 12, 1928	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	3–9–6
19	L	January 14, 1928	0–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	3–10–6
20	W	January 16, 1928	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	4–10–6
21	W	January 19, 1928	3–1	Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	5–10–6
22	L	January 22, 1928	1–4	@ New York Rangers (1927–28)	5–11–6
23	T	January 24, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1927–28)	5–11–7
24	W	January 28, 1928	1–0	Boston Bruins (1927–28)	6–11–7
25	W	January 31, 1928	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	7–11–7
26	W	February 4, 1928	4–2	New York Rangers (1927–28)	8–11–7
27	W	February 8, 1928	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	9–11–7
28	L	February 11, 1928	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	9–12–7
29	W	February 12, 1928	1–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	10–12–7
30	W	February 14, 1928	4–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	11–12–7
31	T	February 16, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	11–12–8
32	W	February 18, 1928	2–0	New York Americans (1927–28)	12–12–8
33	L	February 21, 1928	0–2	@ Boston Bruins (1927–28)	12–13–8
34	L	February 23, 1928	0–3	@ New York Rangers (1927–28)	12–14–8
35	L	February 25, 1928	0–2	Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	12–15–8
36	W	March 1, 1928	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	13–15–8
37	L	March 3, 1928	2–3	Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	13–16–8
38	L	March 6, 1928	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	13–17–8
39	W	March 10, 1928	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	14–17–8
40	W	March 12, 1928	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	15–17–8
41	W	March 17, 1928	3–1	Boston Bruins (1927–28)	16–17–8
42	W	March 18, 1928	1–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	17–17–8
43	W	March 22, 1928	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	18–17–8
44	W	March 24, 1928	4–2	New York Rangers (1927–28)	19–17–8

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs. They went against the Rangers in the first round and lost 6 goals to 4, or 4–6

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hib Milks	LW/C	44	18	3	21	32
Harold Darragh	LW	44	13	2	15	16
Baldy Cotton	LW	42	9	3	12	40
Herb Drury	D/RW	44	6	4	10	44
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	35	6	3	9	14
Duke McCurry	LW	44	5	3	8	60
Tex White	RW	44	5	1	6	54
Johnny McKinnon	D	43	3	3	6	71
Marty Burke	D	35	2	1	3	51
Rodger Smith	D	43	1	0	1	30
Ty Arbour	LW	7	0	0	0	0
Odie Cleghorn	RW/C	2	0	0	0	4
Charlie Langlois	RW/D	8	0	0	0	8
Mickey McGuire	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Sam Rothschild	LW	12	0	0	0	0
Roy Worters	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roy Worters	2740	44	19	17	8	76	1.66	11
Team:	2740	44	19	17	8	76	1.66	11

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Rodger Smith	D	2	2	0	2	0
Baldy Cotton	LW	2	1	1	2	2
Marty Burke	D	2	1	0	1	2
Harold Darragh	LW	2	0	1	1	0
Herb Drury	D/RW	2	0	1	1	0
Duke McCurry	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Johnny McKinnon	D	2	0	0	0	4
Hib Milks	LW/C	2	0	0	0	2
Tex White	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Roy Worters	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Roy Worters	120	2	1	1	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	1	1	6	3.00	0

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;

See also

• 1927–28 NHL season