# 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates 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.

## 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 |
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.

### Record vs. opponents

1925–26 NHL Records :
| Team | BOS | MTL | MTM | NYA | OTT | PIT | TOR |
| Boston | — | 2–3–1 | 4–1–1 | 2–2–2 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–1 |
| M. Canadiens | 3–2–1 | — | 1–5 | 2–4 | 0–6 | 2–4 | 3–3 |
| M. Maroons | 1–4–1 | 5–1 | — | 4–1–1 | 1–2–3 | 3–3 | 6–0 |
| New York | 2–2–2 | 4–2 | 1–4–1 | — | 1–5 | 3–3 | 1–1–4 |
| Ottawa | 4–2 | 6–0 | 2–1–3 | 5–1 | — | 4–2 | 3–1–2 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | — | 3–2–1 |
| Toronto | 1–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 1–1–4 | 1–3–2 | 2–3–1 | — |

## 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 |
| 1 | W | November 26, 1925 | 2–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | W | November 28, 1925 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 2–0–0 |
| 3 | L | December 2, 1925 | 1–2 OT | New York Americans (1925–26) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | December 5, 1925 | 0–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | W | December 9, 1925 | 6–3 | Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | W | December 11, 1925 | 5–3 | Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 4–2–0 |
| 7 | L | December 16, 1925 | 2–4 | Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | W | December 18, 1925 | 3–2 | New York Americans (1925–26) | 5–3–0 |
| 9 | T | December 19, 1925 | 1–1 OT | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | L | December 23, 1925 | 0–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 5–4–1 |
| 11 | L | December 26, 1925 | 1–3 | @ New York Americans (1925–26) | 5–5–1 |
| 12 | L | December 30, 1925 | 0–5 | Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 5–6–1 |
| 13 | L | January 1, 1926 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 5–7–1 |
| 14 | L | January 5, 1926 | 0–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 5–8–1 |
| 15 | L | January 13, 1926 | 0–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | W | January 15, 1926 | 5–1 | Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 6–9–1 |
| 17 | W | January 19, 1926 | 4–0 | @ New York Americans (1925–26) | 7–9–1 |
| 18 | W | January 21, 1926 | 5–4 | Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 8–9–1 |
| 19 | L | January 23, 1926 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 8–10–1 |
| 20 | W | January 27, 1926 | 2–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 9–10–1 |
| 21 | L | January 29, 1926 | 2–3 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 9–11–1 |
| 22 | W | February 2, 1926 | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 10–11–1 |
| 23 | W | February 6, 1926 | 6–1 | @ New York Americans (1925–26) | 11–11–1 |
| 24 | L | February 9, 1926 | 2–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 11–12–1 |
| 25 | W | February 13, 1926 | 3–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 12–12–1 |
| 26 | L | February 16, 1926 | 2–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 12–13–1 |
| 27 | L | February 19, 1926 | 2–3 | New York Americans (1925–26) | 12–14–1 |
| 28 | L | February 20, 1926 | 1–3 | @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 12–15–1 |
| 29 | W | February 23, 1926 | 3–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 13–15–1 |
| 30 | W | February 26, 1926 | 1–0 | Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 14–15–1 |
| 31 | W | March 2, 1926 | 4–0 | @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) | 15–15–1 |
| 32 | W | March 4, 1926 | 7–2 | Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) | 16–15–1 |
| 33 | L | March 8, 1926 | 0–3 | @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 16–16–1 |
| 34 | W | March 9, 1926 | 4–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) | 17–16–1 |
| 35 | W | March 12, 1926 | 2–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1925–26) | 18–16–1 |
| 36 | W | March 15, 1926 | 2–0 | Ottawa Senators (1925–26) | 19–16–1 |
Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons :
| Date | Team | Score | Team | Score | Notes |
| March 20 | @Pittsburgh Pirates | 1 | Montreal Maroons | 3 | |
| March 23 | @Pittsburgh Pirates | 3 | Montreal Maroons | 3 | |
Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Hib Milks | LW/C | 36 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 17 |
| Duke McCurry | LW | 36 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 32 |
| Harold Darragh | LW | 35 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 6 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 33 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 64 |
| Rodger Smith | D | 36 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 22 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 33 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| Tex White | RW | 35 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 |
| Herb Drury | D/RW | 33 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 40 |
| Jesse Spring | D | 32 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 23 |
| Odie Cleghorn | RW/C | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Louis Berlinguette | LW | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Fred Lowrey | RW | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Alf Skinner | RW | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Worters | G | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roy Worters | 2145 | 35 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 68 | 1.90 | 7 |
| Odie 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 |
| Duke McCurry | LW | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jesse Spring | D | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Baldy Cotton | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Harold Darragh | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Herb Drury | D/RW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rodger Smith | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Louis Berlinguette | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Odie Cleghorn | RW/C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lionel Conacher | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Lowrey | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Hib Milks | LW/C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Worters | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Roy Worters | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 120 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.00 | 0 |
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;