# 1928–29 Montreal Maroons season

The 1928–29 Montreal Maroons season was the fifth season for the National Hockey League franchise. The Maroons didn't qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 71 | 43 | 465 | 59 |
| New York Americans | 44 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 53 | 53 | 486 | 50 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 21 | 18 | 5 | 85 | 69 | 541 | 47 |
| Ottawa Senators | 44 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 54 | 67 | 461 | 41 |
| Montreal Maroons | 44 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 67 | 65 | 638 | 39 |
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.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

| Number | Result | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 15, 1928 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 17, 1928 | 4–2 | Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 20, 1928 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1928–29) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | November 22, 1928 | 0–1 | Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | November 24, 1928 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | November 27, 1928 | 4–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | T | November 29, 1928 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) | 3–3–1 |
| 8 | W | December 1, 1928 | 3–0 | New York Rangers (1928–29) | 4–3–1 |
| 9 | W | December 6, 1928 | 4–1 | New York Americans (1928–29) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | L | December 8, 1928 | 1–5 | @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) | 5–4–1 |
| 11 | W | December 11, 1928 | 2–1 | Detroit Cougars (1928–29) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | L | December 13, 1928 | 1–2 | @ New York Americans (1928–29) | 6–5–1 |
| 13 | T | December 15, 1928 | 0–0 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | W | December 18, 1928 | 2–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 7–5–2 |
| 15 | W | December 20, 1928 | 6–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 8–5–2 |
| 16 | L | December 25, 1928 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 8–6–2 |
| 17 | L | December 29, 1928 | 2–3 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | W | January 1, 1929 | 4–2 | @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) | 9–7–2 |
| 19 | L | January 3, 1929 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1928–29) | 9–8–2 |
| 20 | T | January 5, 1929 | 0–0 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 9–8–3 |
| 21 | T | January 8, 1929 | 1–1 OT | Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 9–8–4 |
| 22 | T | January 10, 1929 | 1–1 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) | 9–8–5 |
| 23 | L | January 12, 1929 | 1–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 9–9–5 |
| 24 | T | January 17, 1929 | 0–0 OT | New York Americans (1928–29) | 9–9–6 |
| 25 | T | January 19, 1929 | 1–1 OT | @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 9–9–7 |
| 26 | L | January 22, 1929 | 0–1 OT | Detroit Cougars (1928–29) | 9–10–7 |
| 27 | L | January 24, 1929 | 0–2 | @ New York Americans (1928–29) | 9–11–7 |
| 28 | W | January 26, 1929 | 2–0 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) | 10–11–7 |
| 29 | W | January 31, 1929 | 2–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) | 11–11–7 |
| 30 | T | February 2, 1929 | 0–0 OT | @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1928–29) | 11–11–8 |
| 31 | T | February 5, 1929 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1928–29) | 11–11–9 |
| 32 | W | February 9, 1929 | 1–0 | Boston Bruins (1928–29) | 12–11–9 |
| 33 | L | February 12, 1929 | 1–2 | @ Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 12–12–9 |
| 34 | W | February 14, 1929 | 4–0 | Ottawa Senators (1928–29) | 13–12–9 |
| 35 | L | February 16, 1929 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 13–13–9 |
| 36 | W | February 19, 1929 | 1–0 | @ New York Americans (1928–29) | 14–13–9 |
| 37 | L | February 21, 1929 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 14–14–9 |
| 38 | W | February 23, 1929 | 9–1 | New York Rangers (1928–29) | 15–14–9 |
| 39 | L | February 26, 1929 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1928–29) | 15–15–9 |
| 40 | L | February 28, 1929 | 0–4 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29) | 15–16–9 |
| 41 | L | March 2, 1929 | 1–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29) | 15–17–9 |
| 42 | L | March 5, 1929 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Cougars (1928–29) | 15–18–9 |
| 43 | L | March 9, 1929 | 2–3 | New York Americans (1928–29) | 15–19–9 |
| 44 | L | March 14, 1929 | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1928–29) | 15–20–9 |

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | C | 44 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 74 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 43 | 14 | 8 | 22 | 46 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 41 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 120 |
| Merlyn Phillips | C | 42 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 41 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 40 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 52 |
| Dave Trottier | LW | 37 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 69 |
| Joe Lamb | RW | 30 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 44 |
| Red Dutton | D | 44 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 139 |
| Earl Robinson | RW/C | 38 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Henry Hicks | D | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 |
| Georges Boucher | D | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Russell Oatman | LW | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Clint Benedict | G | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff McBride | RW/D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dunc Munro | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldy Northcott | D/LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flat Walsh | G | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Clint Benedict | 2300 | 37 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 57 | 1.49 | 11 |
| Flat Walsh | 450 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1.07 | 1 |
| Team: | 2750 | 44 | 15 | 20 | 9 | 65 | 1.42 | 12 |
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;