# 1927–28 Montreal Maroons season

The 1927–28 Montreal Maroons season was the fourth season for the National Hockey League franchise.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PIM | Pts |
| Montreal Canadiens | 44 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 116 | 48 | 496 | 59 |
| Montreal Maroons | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 96 | 77 | 549 | 54 |
| Ottawa Senators | 44 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 78 | 57 | 483 | 50 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 44 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 89 | 88 | 436 | 44 |
| New York Americans | 44 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 63 | 128 | 563 | 28 |
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.

### Game log

| Number | Result | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 15, 1927 | 2–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | November 17, 1927 | 2–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | T | November 19, 1927 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 1–1–1 |
| 4 | W | November 22, 1927 | 4–3 | @ New York Rangers (1927–28) | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | W | November 26, 1927 | 1–0 | Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | L | November 29, 1927 | 0–4 | @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | T | December 1, 1927 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1927–28) | 3–2–2 |
| 8 | W | December 3, 1927 | 2–1 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 4–2–2 |
| 9 | L | December 10, 1927 | 1–4 | Detroit Cougars (1927–28) | 4–3–2 |
| 10 | L | December 15, 1927 | 1–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 4–4–2 |
| 11 | L | December 17, 1927 | 0–1 | @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 4–5–2 |
| 12 | W | December 22, 1927 | 5–2 | @ New York Americans (1927–28) | 5–5–2 |
| 13 | W | December 24, 1927 | 4–2 | New York Americans (1927–28) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | W | December 28, 1927 | 4–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) | 7–5–2 |
| 15 | L | December 29, 1927 | 0–3 | @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) | 7–6–2 |
| 16 | L | December 31, 1927 | 0–4 | @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) | 7–7–2 |
| 17 | W | January 5, 1928 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | W | January 7, 1928 | 4–1 | Boston Bruins (1927–28) | 9–7–2 |
| 19 | W | January 14, 1928 | 4–0 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) | 10–7–2 |
| 20 | T | January 17, 1928 | 1–1 OT | Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 10–7–3 |
| 21 | L | January 19, 1928 | 0–1 | @ New York Americans (1927–28) | 10–8–3 |
| 22 | W | January 21, 1928 | 1–0 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 11–8–3 |
| 23 | W | January 26, 1928 | 1–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 12–8–3 |
| 24 | L | January 31, 1928 | 1–3 | @ New York Rangers (1927–28) | 12–9–3 |
| 25 | L | February 2, 1928 | 0–1 OT | @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 12–10–3 |
| 26 | T | February 4, 1928 | 0–0 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 12–10–4 |
| 27 | T | February 7, 1928 | 3–3 OT | New York Americans (1927–28) | 12–10–5 |
| 28 | W | February 10, 1928 | 3–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) | 13–10–5 |
| 29 | W | February 11, 1928 | 3–1 | @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) | 14–10–5 |
| 30 | L | February 16, 1928 | 0–1 | Detroit Cougars (1927–28) | 14–11–5 |
| 31 | W | February 18, 1928 | 2–1 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 15–11–5 |
| 32 | W | February 21, 1928 | 5–3 | @ New York Americans (1927–28) | 16–11–5 |
| 33 | T | February 23, 1928 | 2–2 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 16–11–6 |
| 34 | W | February 25, 1928 | 3–1 | Boston Bruins (1927–28) | 17–11–6 |
| 35 | L | February 28, 1928 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) | 17–12–6 |
| 36 | W | March 1, 1928 | 6–3 | Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) | 18–12–6 |
| 37 | W | March 3, 1928 | 3–2 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 19–12–6 |
| 38 | W | March 6, 1928 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1927–28) | 20–12–6 |
| 39 | W | March 8, 1928 | 3–2 OT | @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) | 21–12–6 |
| 40 | L | March 10, 1928 | 0–3 | Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) | 21–13–6 |
| 41 | W | March 13, 1928 | 5–0 | New York Americans (1927–28) | 22–13–6 |
| 42 | W | March 17, 1928 | 3–1 | Ottawa Senators (1927–28) | 23–13–6 |
| 43 | L | March 22, 1928 | 1–2 | Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) | 23–14–6 |
| 44 | W | March 24, 1928 | 8–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) | 24–14–6 |

## Playoffs

The Maroons made it into the playoffs. They defeated Ottawa in the first round 3 goals to 1 or 3–1. They went against the Canadiens in the second round and won 3 goals to 2, or 3–2. The 2nd game was a reversal of fortune from previous year against Montreal Canadiens, when Howie Morenz eliminated them with an overtime goal. This year it was Maroons Russell Oatman who provided the margin of victory, at 8:10 of overtime, to upset the 1st place Canadiens. They went against the Rangers in the finals in a best of five and lost in 5 games, or 3–2. All games were played at the Montreal Forum with New York's Madison Square Gardens unavailable due a circus. Forty-four-year-old Rangers coach/manager Lester Patrick replaced the injured Lorne Chabot in game 2 and backstopped New York to 2–1 overtime victory. After Maroons won game 3, 2–0, with Clint Benedict recording his NHL record 15th and final shutout, Rangers came back to win games 4 and 5 and secure the Stanley Cup. Goaltender Joe Miller was loaned to New York by New York Americans for the final 3 games of the series as an injury replacement.

## Player stats

Regular season :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | C | 41 | 27 | 7 | 34 | 104 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 34 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 72 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 39 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 109 |
| Joe Lamb | RW | 21 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 39 |
| Red Dutton | D | 42 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 94 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 42 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 44 |
| Merlyn Phillips | C | 40 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 33 |
| Russell Oatman | LW | 43 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 36 |
| Dunc Munro | D | 43 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 35 |
| Bill Touhey | LW | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fred Brown | LW | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Hap Emms | LW/D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Clint Benedict | G | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Flat Walsh | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Clint Benedict | 2690 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 76 | 1.70 | 6 |
| Flat Walsh | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 |
| Team: | 2730 | 44 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 77 | 1.69 | 6 |
Playoffs :
Scoring :
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | C | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| Merlyn Phillips | C | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| Hooley Smith | C/RW | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Babe Siebert | LW/D | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 |
| Jimmy Ward | RW | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Dunc Munro | D | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Red Dutton | D | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 |
| Joe Lamb | RW | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 32 |
| Russell Oatman | LW | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Clint Benedict | G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Brown | LW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Carson | RW | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goaltending :
| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Clint Benedict | 555 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.86 | 4 |
| Team: | 555 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0.86 | 4 |
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;