1926–27 Montreal Maroons season

1926–27 Montreal Maroons
Division	3rd Canadian
1926–27 record	20–20–4
Goals for	71
Goals against	68
Team information
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Dunc Munro
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
<1925–26 1927–28>

The 1926–27 Montreal Maroons season was the hockey team's third year of operation. After winning the Stanley Cup in 1925–26, the club was not able to defend the championship, losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Montreal Canadiens.

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Ottawa Senators	44	30	10	4	86	69	64
Montreal Canadiens	44	28	14	2	99	67	58
Montreal Maroons	44	20	20	4	71	68	44
New York Americans	44	17	25	2	82	91	36
Toronto St. Patricks/Maple Leafs	44	15	24	5	79	94	35

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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.

Game log

Number	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 16, 1926	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	0–1–0
2	W	November 18, 1926	2–0	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	1–1–0
3	W	November 20, 1926	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	2–1–0
4	W	November 23, 1926	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	3–1–0
5	L	November 25, 1926	1–4	New York Americans (1926–27)	3–2–0
6	L	November 27, 1926	0–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	3–3–0
7	L	November 30, 1926	0–4	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	3–4–0
8	L	December 4, 1926	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	3–5–0
9	L	December 7, 1926	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	3–6–0
10	T	December 11, 1926	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	3–6–1
11	W	December 14, 1926	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	4–6–1
12	T	December 18, 1926	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	4–6–2
13	L	December 23, 1926	1–2	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	4–7–2
14	L	December 29, 1926	4–5 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	4–8–2
15	W	December 30, 1926	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	5–8–2
16	W	January 1, 1927	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	6–8–2
17	L	January 6, 1927	3–4 OT	New York Americans (1926–27)	6–9–2
18	W	January 8, 1927	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	7–9–2
19	L	January 11, 1927	2–3	New York Rangers (1926–27)	7–10–2
20	L	January 15, 1927	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	7–11–2
21	W	January 18, 1927	2–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	8–11–2
22	L	January 20, 1927	1–3	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	8–12–2
23	L	January 22, 1927	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	8–13–2
24	W	January 25, 1927	2–1 OT	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	9–13–2
25	W	January 27, 1927	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	10–13–2
26	T	January 29, 1927	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	10–13–3
27	W	February 3, 1927	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	11–13–3
28	L	February 5, 1927	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	11–14–3
29	W	February 8, 1927	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	12–14–3
30	W	February 10, 1927	1–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	13–14–3
31	L	February 12, 1927	2–3	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	13–15–3
32	W	February 15, 1927	2–1	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	14–15–3
33	W	February 17, 1927	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	15–15–3
34	W	February 19, 1927	2–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	16–15–3
35	L	February 22, 1927	0–3	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	16–16–3
36	W	February 24, 1927	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	17–16–3
37	W	February 26, 1927	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	18–16–3
38	T	March 5, 1927	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1926–27)	18–16–4
39	L	March 8, 1927	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	18–17–4
40	W	March 10, 1927	1–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	19–17–4
41	L	March 12, 1927	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	19–18–4
42	W	March 17, 1927	2–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	20–18–4
43	L	March 19, 1927	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	20–19–4
44	L	March 26, 1927	2–3	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	20–20–4

Playoffs

The Maroons faced off in a two-game total goals series, a 'Battle of Montreal', against the Montreal Canadiens. The first game finished in a 1–1 tie. The second game went to overtime in a scoreless tie, before the Canadiens scored to win the series, 2–1 on goals.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	C	43	17	4	21	133
Phillips, MerlynMerlyn Phillips	C	43	15	1	16	45
Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent	RW	42	9	5	14	88
Oatman, RussellRussell Oatman	LW	25	8	4	12	30
Munro, DuncDunc Munro	D	43	6	5	11	42
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	42	5	3	8	116
Dutton, RedRed Dutton	D	44	4	4	8	108
Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	43	3	3	6	112
Carson, FrankFrank Carson	RW	44	2	3	5	12
Rothschild, SamSam Rothschild	LW	22	1	1	2	8
Dinsmore, ChuckChuck Dinsmore	C	28	1	0	1	6
Donnelly, BabeBabe Donnelly	D	34	0	1	1	14
Benedict, ClintClint Benedict	G	43	0	0	0	0
Emms, HapHap Emms	LW/D	8	0	0	0	0
Holway, AlbertAlbert Holway	D	13	0	0	0	2
Horne, GeorgeGeorge Horne	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Walsh, FlatFlat Walsh	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Benedict, ClintClint Benedict	2748	43	20	19	4	65	1.42	13
Walsh, FlatFlat Walsh	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2808	44	20	20	4	68	1.45	13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	2	1	0	1	2
Benedict, ClintClint Benedict	G	2	0	0	0	0
Broadbent, PunchPunch Broadbent	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Carson, FrankFrank Carson	RW	2	0	0	0	2
Donnelly, BabeBabe Donnelly	D	2	0	0	0	0
Dutton, RedRed Dutton	D	2	0	0	0	4
Munro, DuncDunc Munro	D	2	0	0	0	4
Noble, RegReg Noble	C/D	2	0	0	0	2
Oatman, RussellRussell Oatman	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Phillips, MerlynMerlyn Phillips	C	2	0	0	0	0
Rothschild, SamSam Rothschild	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Stewart, NelsNels Stewart	C	2	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Benedict, ClintClint Benedict	132	2	0	1	1	2	0.91	0
Team:	132	2	0	1	1	2	0.91	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;

See also

• 1926–27 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. "1926-27 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.

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