1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

The 1929–30 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the franchise's last season in Pittsburgh, moving in 1930 to Philadelphia. The Pirates had an extremely poor season, winning only five of 44 games to finish last in the American Division, missing the playoffs. It would be the last NHL game in Pittsburgh until 1967.
==Pre-season==
The Pirates suffered injuries to several players in training camp including Harold Darragh fracturing a rib and Gerry Lowrey spraining his ankle.
==Regular Season==
The November 19, 1929 game against the Toronto Maple Leafs was a wild scoring affair in which two defensemen scored 4 goals, the Pirates John McKinnon and the Leafs Hap Day. Hib Milks of the Pirates also had a hat trick while Frank Fredrickson had 7 points as Pittsburgh triumphed 10-5.
Herb Drury suffered a broken hand during the 5-3 loss on November 23, 1929 to the New York Rangers and missed 17 games. Frank Fredrickson performed three roles on the team (manager, coach and centreman) and had an excellent start to the season, scoring 11 points in the first 9 games. However, his knee was injured in the December 12, 1929 game against the Boston Bruins and his missed the rest of the season.
Goalie Red Spooner played his only NHL game during the Pirates 6-5 loss to the Rangers on January 18, 1930.
The Pirates finished last in the league and had the fifth worst season in NHL history, winning only 5 games and posting a 0.148 winning percentage.
===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 	L 	November 16, 1929 	2–5 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	0–1–0
2 	W 	November 19, 1929 	10–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	1–1–0
3 	L 	November 23, 1929 	3–5 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	1–2–0
4 	L 	November 26, 1929 	2–9 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	1–3–0
5 	L 	November 30, 1929 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	1–4–0
6 	L 	December 3, 1929 	1–2 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	1–5–0
7 	L 	December 5, 1929 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	1–6–0
8 	L 	December 8, 1929 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	1–7–0
9 	L 	December 10, 1929 	4–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	1–8–0
10 	W 	December 14, 1929 	8–1 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	2–8–0
11 	L 	December 15, 1929 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	2–9–0
12 	T 	December 17, 1929 	3–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	2–9–1
13 	L 	December 21, 1929 	1–2 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	2–10–1
14 	L 	December 22, 1929 	1–6 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	2–11–1
15 	W 	December 26, 1929 	3–1 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	3–11–1
16 	L 	December 29, 1929 	2–3 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	3–12–1
17 	W 	January 2, 1930 	3–1 	Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	4–12–1
18 	L 	January 5, 1930 	3–8 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	4–13–1
19A 	L 	January 9, 1930 	3–4 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	4–14–1
20 	L 	January 11, 1930 	1–3 	New York Americans (1929–30) 	4–15–1
21 	L 	January 12, 1930 	2–3 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	4–16–1
22 	L 	January 14, 1930 	2–6 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	4–17–1
23 	L 	January 18, 1930 	5–6 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	4–18–1
24 	L 	January 21, 1930 	4–7 	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	4–19–1
25B 	L 	January 25, 1930 	2–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	4–20–1
26 	T 	January 26, 1930 	1–1 OT 	@ New York Americans (1929–30) 	4–20–2
27 	L 	January 28, 1930 	0–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	4–21–2
28 	W 	February 1, 1930 	3–2 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	5–21–2
29 	L 	February 4, 1930 	1–5 	Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	5–22–2
30 	L 	February 9, 1930 	1–8 	@ Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	5–23–2
31C 	L 	February 12, 1930 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	5–24–2
32 	L 	February 13, 1930 	1–4 	@ New York Rangers (1929–30) 	5–25–2
33 	L 	February 15, 1930 	1–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	5–26–2
34 	L 	February 18, 1930 	2–3 	@ Ottawa Senators (1929–30) 	5–27–2
35 	L 	February 20, 1930 	0–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30) 	5–28–2
36 	L 	February 22, 1930 	4–5 	Montreal Maroons (1929–30) 	5–29–2
37 	L 	February 25, 1930 	0–7 	@ Boston Bruins (1929–30) 	5–30–2
38 	L 	March 1, 1930 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	5–31–2
39 	L 	March 2, 1930 	0–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30)	5–32–2
40B 	L 	March 8, 1930 	3–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1929–30) 	5–33–2
41 	L 	March 11, 1930 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1929–30)	5–34–2
42 	T 	March 13, 1930 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1929–30) 	5–34–3
43 	L 	March 15, 1930 	3–4 OT 	New York Rangers (1929–30) 	5–35–3
44C 	L 	March 18, 1930 	2–4 	Detroit Cougars (1929–30) 	5–36–3
A - Originally scheduled to be played at Pittsburgh, it was moved to Boston.Boston Globe, p.25, December 20, 1929.
B - Played at Atlantic City, New Jersey.
C - Played at Peace Bridge Arena, Fort Erie, Ontario.
==Playoffs==
*The Pirates did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
6 	 	LW 	42	15	17	32 	6
7 	 	LW 	44	16	14	30 	30
4 	 	LW/C	41	13	11	24 	36
12	 	LW 	44	11	8 	19 	32
9 	 	D 	41	10	7 	17 	42
5 	 	C 	9 	4 	7 	11 	20
2 	 	D 	30	6 	4 	10 	37
10	 	RW 	29	8 	1 	9 	16
11	 	LW 	29	4 	3 	7 	20
2 	 	RW/D	15	3 	4 	7 	12
14	 	RW 	39	4 	2 	6 	4
15	 	C 	33	3 	2 	5 	14
3 	 	D 	42	2 	1 	3 	65
8 	 	D/RW	27	2 	0 	2 	12
5 	 	D 	22	1 	0 	1 	18
15	 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	43	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2630	43	5	35	3	179	4.08	0
 	60 	1 	0	1 	0	6 	6.00	0
Team: 	2690	44	5	36	3	185	4.13	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.
==Transactions==
*Trade Bert McCaffrey to the Montreal Canadiens for Gord Fraser on December 27, 1929.
==Trivia==
*Frank Fredrickson had a 7 point game (2 goals, 5 assists) during the 10-5 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 19, 1929.
*Pirates who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Johnny McKinnon had a four goal game and Hib Milks a hat trick during the 10-5 win over Toronto on November 19, 1929.
==See Also==
*1929–30 NHL season
==References==
Category:Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) seasons
Category:1930 in hockey