1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division	4th American
1928–29 record	9–27–8
Goals for	46
Goals against	80
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
<1927–28 1929–30>

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	22

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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.

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 15, 1928	0–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	0–1–0
2	L	November 18, 1928	1–3	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	0–2–0
3	W	November 20, 1928	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	1–2–0
4	T	November 22, 1928	0–0 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	1–2–1
5	L	November 25, 1928	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	1–3–1
6	L	November 27, 1928	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	1–4–1
7	T	November 29, 1928	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	1–4–2
8	L	December 1, 1928	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	1–5–2
9	T	December 6, 1928	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	1–5–3
10	L	December 8, 1928	0–3	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	1–6–3
11	T	December 15, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	1–6–4
12	L	December 18, 1928	0–2	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	1–7–4
13	W	December 20, 1928	1–0	New York Americans (1928–29)	2–7–4
14	W	December 22, 1928	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	3–7–4
15	L	December 27, 1928	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	3–8–4
16	W	December 29, 1928	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–8–4
17	L	January 1, 1929	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–9–4
18	T	January 3, 1929	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–9–5
19	L	January 5, 1929	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–10–5
20	W	January 8, 1929	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–10–5
21	L	January 10, 1929	1–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	5–11–5
22	L	January 12, 1929	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	5–12–5
23	T	January 13, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–12–6
24	W	January 19, 1929	3–0	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	6–12–6
25	W	January 20, 1929	2–0	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	7–12–6
26	L	January 24, 1929	1–3	New York Rangers (1928–29)	7–13–6
27	L	January 26, 1929	0–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	7–14–6
28	T	February 2, 1929	0–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	7–14–7
29	T	February 5, 1929	0–0 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	7–14–8
30	L	February 9, 1929	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	7–15–8
31	L	February 10, 1929	0–3	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	7–16–8
32	L	February 12, 1929	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	7–17–8
33	W	February 14, 1929	2–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	8–17–8
34	L	February 16, 1929	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	8–18–8
35	L	February 17, 1929	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	8–19–8
36	L	February 19, 1929	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	8–20–8
37	L	February 21, 1929	2–4	New York Americans (1928–29)	8–21–8
38	L	February 23, 1929	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	8–22–8
39	L	February 26, 1929	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	8–23–8
40	L	March 2, 1929	3–4 OT	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	8–24–8
41	W	March 5, 1929	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–24–8
42	L	March 10, 1929	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–25–8
43	L	March 16, 1929	1–3	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	9–26–8
44	L	March 17, 1929	3–4	New York Rangers (1928–29)	9–27–8

Playoffs

The Pirates did not qualify for the playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh	LW	43	9	3	12	6
Milks, HibHib Milks	LW/C	44	9	3	12	22
Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	31	3	7	10	28
Drury, HerbHerb Drury	D/RW	43	5	4	9	49
White, TexTex White	RW	30	3	4	7	18
Smith, RodgerRodger Smith	D	44	4	2	6	49
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	32	3	2	5	38
Holway, AlbertAlbert Holway	D	40	4	0	4	20
Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey	LW	12	2	1	3	6
MacKay, MickeyMickey MacKay	C	10	1	0	1	2
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	42	1	0	1	34
McKinnon, JohnnyJohnny McKinnon	D	39	1	0	1	44
McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry	LW	35	0	1	1	4
Bouchard, EdmondEdmond Bouchard	LW/D	12	0	0	0	2
Miller, JoeJoe Miller	G	44	0	0	0	0
Spring, JesseJesse Spring	D	5	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Miller, JoeJoe Miller	2780	44	9	27	8	80	1.73	11
Team:	2780	44	9	27	8	80	1.73	11

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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

• 1928–29 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. "1928-29 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.