1927–28 Boston Bruins season

The 1927–28 Boston Bruins season was the team's fourth in the NHL. The Bruins finished first in the American Division, marking its first division title in franchise history and its second playoff appearance. The team lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers.

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

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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.

Schedule and results

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

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Playoffs

The Bruins gained a first-round bye by virtue of winning the division, and played the New York Rangers in the second round in a two-game, total goal series. Their scoring problems of the regular season continued, exacerbated by a flu bug going through the dressing room and various minor injuries; Shore, Clapper, Gainor and Connor were particularly affected.^[6]

Boston tied the first game 1–1 in New York, the Rangers' final home game of the playoffs – this was the first of perennial disruptions to the Rangers' playoff schedule due to Madison Square Garden hosting the circus in the spring. The Bruins lost the second match in Boston 4–1, on three Ranger third-period goals as the weakened Brown-and-Gold folded at last, to drop the total-goal series five goals to two. Harry Oliver, who scored a goal in each game, was the sole offensive threat.^[7]

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Oliver, HarryHarry Oliver	RW	43	13	5	18	20
Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	43	11	6	17	165
Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	41	10	4	14	83
Gainor, DutchDutch Gainor	C	42	8	4	12	35
Herbert, JimmyJimmy Herbert	C/RW	12	8	3	11	22
Galbraith, PercyPercy Galbraith	LW/D	42	6	5	11	26
Connor, HarryHarry Connor	LW	42	9	1	10	36
Hitchman, LionelLionel Hitchman	D	44	5	3	8	87
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	40	4	1	5	20
Gordon, FredFred Gordon	RW	43	3	2	5	40
Cleghorn, SpragueSprague Cleghorn	D	37	2	2	4	14
Harrington, HagoHago Harrington	LW	22	1	0	1	7
Clark, NobbyNobby Clark	D	5	0	0	0	0
Lauder, MartinMartin Lauder	D/C	3	0	0	0	2
Winkler, HalHal Winkler	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Winkler, HalHal Winkler	2780	44	20	13	11	70	1.51	15
Team:	2780	44	20	13	11	70	1.51	15

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Oliver, HarryHarry Oliver	RW	2	2	0	2	4
Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	2	0	1	1	4
Galbraith, PercyPercy Galbraith	LW/D	2	0	1	1	6
Clapper, DitDit Clapper	RW/D	2	0	0	0	2
Cleghorn, SpragueSprague Cleghorn	D	2	0	0	0	0
Connor, HarryHarry Connor	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Gainor, DutchDutch Gainor	C	2	0	0	0	6
Gordon, FredFred Gordon	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Harrington, HagoHago Harrington	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Hitchman, LionelLionel Hitchman	D	2	0	0	0	2
Shore, EddieEddie Shore	D	2	0	0	0	8
Winkler, HalHal Winkler	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Winkler, HalHal Winkler	120	2	0	1	5	2.50	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	5	2.50	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Transactions

Acquired Dutch Gainor from Minneapolis of the American Hockey Association for Red Stuart, cash and future considerations, October 24, 1927.^[9]
Purchased Dit Clapper from Boston of the Canadian-American League, October 25, 1927.^[10]
Sold the rights to Duke Keats to Chicago, Carson Cooper to Detroit and Billy Boucher to the Americans.^[3]
Traded Jimmy Herbert to Toronto for the rights to Eric Pettinger and $15,000, December 21, 1927.^[11]

Roster

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1964). Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. Kendall-Hunt Publishing.
Coleman, Charles L. (1969). Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol II. Sherbrooke: National Hockey League. OCLC 7485243.
Klein, Jeff Z.; Reif, Karl-Eric (1997). The Klein & Reif Hockey Compendium. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-4529-5.
Vautour, Kevin (1997). The Bruins Book. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-334-7.

Footnotes

↑ Coleman 1969, p. 39
↑ Coleman 1969, p. 35
1 2 Vautour 1997, p. 45
↑ 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.
↑ "1927–28 Boston Bruins Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
↑ Coleman 1964, p. 49
↑ Coleman 1964, p. 50
↑ "1927-28 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
↑ "Hockey Hall of Fame website". Dutch Gainor. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
↑ "Hockey Hall of Fame website". Dit Clapper. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
↑ "Boston Bruins website". Jimmy Herberts. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

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1927–28 Boston Bruins season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

Roster

See also

References

Footnotes