1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the 1st season of the new Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. The club made the playoffs in its first season after placing 3rd in the league. The Pirates lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons by 6 goals to 4.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
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
==Playoffs==
===Montreal Maroons 6 Goals, Pittsburgh Pirates 4 Goals===
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.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A	Pts	PIM
4 	 	LW/C	36	14	5	19 	17
5 	 	LW 	36	13	4	17 	32
6 	 	LW 	35	10	7	17 	6
2 	 	D 	33	9 	4	13 	64
3 	 	D 	36	9 	1	10 	22
9 	 	LW 	33	7 	1	8 	22
10	 	RW 	35	7 	1	8 	22
8 	 	D/RW	33	6 	2	8 	40
14	 	D 	32	5 	0	5 	23
7 	 	RW/C	17	2 	1	3 	4
12	 	RW 	7 	0 	0	0 	2
12	 	RW 	16	0 	0	0 	2
11	 	LW 	30	0 	0	0 	8
1 	 	G 	35	0 	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA	GAA 	SO
 	2145	35	18	16	1	68	1.90	7
 	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
 	LW 	2 	0	2	2 	2
 	D 	2 	0	2	2 	2
 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	D/RW	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	2 	1	0	1 	0
 	RW/C	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	6
 	LW/C	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	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 
==Awards and Records==
*The Pirates did not receive any awards this season.
==Gallery==
25-261stPitPirGameSummary.jpg|First Game Summary
25-261stPitPirHomeGameSummary.jpg|First Home Game Summary
25-26PitPirOpeningGameAd.jpg|Ad for first home game
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