1928–29 NHL season

The **1928–29 NHL season** was the twelfth season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. This was the first Stanley Cup playoffs ever that saw two United States based teams compete for the cup. The Boston Bruins won over the New York Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three final.

### Final standings

_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_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Canadian Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|44|22|7|15|59|71|43|465||||||||||
|**New York Americans**|44|19|13|12|50|53|53|486||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|44|21|18|5|47|85|69|541||||||||||
|Ottawa Senators|44|14|17|13|41|54|67|461||||||||||
|Montreal Maroons|44|15|20|9|39|67|65|638||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|American Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Boston Bruins**|44|26|13|5|57|89|52|472||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|44|21|13|10|52|72|65|384||||||||||
|**Detroit Cougars**|44|19|16|9|47|72|63|381||||||||||
|Pittsburgh Pirates|44|9|27|8|26|46|80|324||||||||||
|Chicago Black Hawks|44|7|29|8|22|33|85|363||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|PLAYER|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|TEAM|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Ace Bailey|Toronto Maple Leafs|44|22|10|32|78||||||||
|Nels Stewart|Montreal Maroons|44|21|8|29|74||||||||
|Howie Morenz|Montreal Canadiens|42|17|10|27|47||||||||
|Carson Cooper|Detroit Cougars|43|18|9|27|14||||||||
|Andy Blair|Toronto Maple Leafs|44|12|15|27|41||||||||

## NHL awards

|bgcolor="#DDDDDD" colspan="2"|1928–29 NHL awards|
| --- | --- |
|O'Brien Trophy:|Montreal Canadiens|
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Boston Bruins|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Roy Worters, New York Americans|
|Lady Byng Trophy:|Frank Boucher, New York Rangers|
|Vezina Trophy:|George Hainsworth, Montreal Canadiens|

## First Games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1928–29 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
- Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins
- Cooney Weiland, Boston Bruins
- George Owen, Boston Bruins
- Johnny Gottselig, Chicago Black Hawks
- Mush March, Chicago Black Hawks
- Herbie Lewis, Detroit Cougars
- Georges Mantha, Montreal Canadiens
- Armand Mondou, Montreal Canadiens
- Baldy Northcott, Montreal Maroons
- Dave Trottier, Montreal Maroons
- Earl Robinson, Montreal Maroons
- Red Horner, Toronto Maple Leafs
- Andy Blair, Toronto Maple Leafs

## Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1928–29 (listed with their last team):
- Cy Denneny, Boston Bruins
- Duke Keats, Chicago Black Hawks
- Dick Irvin, Chicago Black Hawks
- Red Green, Detroit Cougars
- Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens
- Punch Broadbent, New York Americans

## Related pages

- List of Stanley Cup champions
- 1928 in sports
- 1929 in sports

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com