1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division 3rd NHL
1925–26 record 19–16–1
Goals for 82
Goals against 70
Team information
Coach Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
1926–27>

The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the first season of the new Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. The club made the playoffs in its first season after placing third in the league. The Pirates lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons.

Off-season

In October, the team signed former Montreal Canadiens player Odie Cleghorn as their new playing coach.[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League
Teams GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Ottawa Senators 36 24 8 4 77 42 341 52
Montreal Maroons 36 20 11 5 91 73 554 45
Pittsburgh Pirates 36 19 16 1 82 70 264 39
Boston Bruins 36 17 15 4 92 85 279 38
New York Americans 36 12 20 4 68 89 361 28
Toronto St. Patricks 36 12 21 3 92 114 325 27
Montreal Canadiens 36 11 24 1 79 108 458 23

[2] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

The Pirates qualified for the playoffs and faced the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total goals series. In game one at Montreal, Montreal won 3–1. In game two, Pittsburgh tied 3–3 and Montreal won the series 6–4.

Schedule and results

Regular season
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1WNovember 26, 19252–1 @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 1–0–0
2WNovember 28, 19251–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 2–0–0
3LDecember 2, 19251–2 OT New York Americans (1925–26) 2–1–0
4LDecember 5, 19250–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 2–2–0
5WDecember 9, 19256–3 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 3–2–0
6WDecember 11, 19255–3 Boston Bruins (1925–26) 4–2–0
7LDecember 16, 19252–4 Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 4–3–0
8WDecember 18, 19253–2 New York Americans (1925–26) 5–3–0
9TDecember 19, 19251–1 OT @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 5–3–1
10LDecember 23, 19250–1 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 5–4–1
11LDecember 26, 19251–3 @ New York Americans (1925–26) 5–5–1
12LDecember 30, 19250–5 Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 5–6–1
13LJanuary 1, 19261–2 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 5–7–1
14LJanuary 5, 19260–3 @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 5–8–1
15LJanuary 13, 19260–1 @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 5–9–1
16WJanuary 15, 19265–1 Boston Bruins (1925–26) 6–9–1
17WJanuary 19, 19264–0 @ New York Americans (1925–26) 7–9–1
18WJanuary 21, 19265–4 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 8–9–1
19LJanuary 23, 19261–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 8–10–1
20WJanuary 27, 19262–1 OT Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 9–10–1
21LJanuary 29, 19262–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 9–11–1
22WFebruary 2, 19261–0 Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 10–11–1
23WFebruary 6, 19266–1 @ New York Americans (1925–26) 11–11–1
24LFebruary 9, 19262–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 11–12–1
25WFebruary 13, 19263–0 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 12–12–1
26LFebruary 16, 19262–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) 12–13–1
27LFebruary 19, 19262–3 New York Americans (1925–26) 12–14–1
28LFebruary 20, 19261–3 @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 12–15–1
29WFebruary 23, 19263–2 Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 13–15–1
30WFebruary 26, 19261–0 Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 14–15–1
31WMarch 2, 19264–0 @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) 15–15–1
32WMarch 4, 19267–2 Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) 16–15–1
33LMarch 8, 19260–3 @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 16–16–1
34WMarch 9, 19264–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) 17–16–1
35WMarch 12, 19262–1 OT Boston Bruins (1925–26) 18–16–1
36WMarch 15, 19262–0 Ottawa Senators (1925–26) 19–16–1
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons
Date Team Score Team Score Notes
March 20 @Pittsburgh Pirates1Montreal Maroons3
March 23 @Pittsburgh Pirates3Montreal Maroons3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Milks, HibHib Milks LW/C 36 14 5 19 17
McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry LW 36 13 4 17 32
Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh LW 35 10 7 17 6
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher D 33 9 4 13 64
Smith, RodgerRodger Smith D 36 9 1 10 22
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton LW 33 7 1 8 22
White, TexTex White RW 35 7 1 8 22
Drury, HerbHerb Drury D/RW 33 6 2 8 40
Spring, JesseJesse Spring D 32 5 0 5 23
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn RW/C 17 2 1 3 4
Berlinguette, LouisLouis Berlinguette LW 30 0 0 0 8
Lowrey, FredFred Lowrey RW 16 0 0 0 2
Skinner, AlfAlf Skinner RW 7 0 0 0 2
Worters, RoyRoy Worters G 35 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Worters, RoyRoy Worters 2145 35 18 16 1 68 1.90 7
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn 60 1 1 0 0 2 2.00 0
Team: 2205 36 19 16 1 70 1.90 7

Playoffs

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry LW 2 0 2 2 2
Spring, JesseJesse Spring D 2 0 2 2 2
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton LW 2 1 0 1 0
Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh LW 2 1 0 1 0
Drury, HerbHerb Drury D/RW 2 1 0 1 0
Smith, RodgerRodger Smith D 2 1 0 1 0
Berlinguette, LouisLouis Berlinguette LW 2 0 0 0 0
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn RW/C 1 0 0 0 0
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher D 2 0 0 0 0
Lowrey, FredFred Lowrey RW 2 0 0 0 6
Milks, HibHib Milks LW/C 2 0 0 0 0
Worters, RoyRoy Worters G 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Worters, RoyRoy Worters 120 2 0 1 6 3.00 0
Team: 120 2 0 1 6 3.00 0

[3]

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

References

  1. ↑ "Odie Cleghorn with Pittsburgh". Ottawa Daily Citizen. October 13, 1925. p. 14.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "1925-26 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
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