1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division	5th American
1929–30 record	5–36–3
Goals for	102
Goals against	185
Team information
Coach	Frank Fredrickson
Team leaders
<1928–29 1930–31 > The 1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the franchise's last season in Pittsburgh, moving in 1930 to Philadelphia. The Pirates had an extremely poor season, winning only five of 44 games to finish last in the American Division, missing the playoffs. It would be the last NHL game in Pittsburgh until 1967. 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 [1] 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 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 Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh LW 42 15 17 32 6 Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey LW 44 16 14 30 30 Milks, HibHib Milks LW/C 41 13 11 24 36 Jarvis, James "Bud"James "Bud" Jarvis LW 44 11 8 19 32 McKinnon, JohnnyJohnny McKinnon D 41 10 7 17 42 Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson C 9 4 7 11 20 Fraser, GordGord Fraser D 30 6 4 10 37 White, TexTex White RW 29 8 1 9 16 Briden, ArchieArchie Briden LW 29 4 3 7 20 McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey RW/D 15 3 4 7 12 Barton, CliffCliff Barton RW 39 4 2 6 4 Manners, RennisonRennison Manners C 33 3 2 5 14 Smith, RodgerRodger Smith D 42 2 1 3 65 Drury, HerbHerb Drury D/RW 27 2 0 2 12 Spring, JesseJesse Spring D 22 1 0 1 18 Miller, JoeJoe Miller G 43 0 0 0 0 Spooner, RedRed Spooner G 1 0 0 0 0 Goaltending Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO Miller, JoeJoe Miller 2630 43 5 35 3 179 4.08 0 Spooner, RedRed Spooner 60 1 0 1 0 6 6.00 0 Team: 2690 44 5 36 3 185 4.13 0 [2] 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 1929–30 NHL season References 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. "1929-30 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.