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.

 Regular season 
 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
 Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA 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

 American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA 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
 PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS 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

 Stanley Cup playoffs 
 Playoff bracket 

 NHL awards 
 1928–29 NHL awardsO'Brien Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensPrince of Wales Trophy:  Boston BruinsHart Memorial Trophy:  Roy Worters, New York AmericansLady Byng Trophy:  Frank Boucher, New York RangersVezina 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

Category:1929 in North America
Category:1928 in the United States
Category:National Hockey League seasons