1927–28 NHL season

The 1927–28 NHL season was the eleventh season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. The New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup beating the Montreal Maroons becoming the first United States based team since the start of the NHL to win it and first since the Seattle Metropolitans won in 1917. This season saw the reintroduction of the O'Brien Trophy, which used to go to the NHL league champion. It was originally retired in favour of the Prince of Wales Trophy. The reintroduced O'Brien Trophy went to the winner of the Canadian Division while the Prince of Wales Trophy went to the winner of the American division.

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  26  11  7  59  116  48  496 Montreal Maroons  44  24  14  6  54  96  77  549 Ottawa Senators  44  20  14  10  50  78  57  483 Toronto Maple Leafs  44  18  18  8  44  89  88  436 New York Americans  44  11  27  6  28  63  128  563

 American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM Boston Bruins  44  20  13  11  51  77  70  558 New York Rangers  44  19  16  9  47  94  79  462 Pittsburgh Pirates  44  19  17  8  46  67  76  395 Detroit Cougars  44  19  19  6  44  88  79  395 Chicago Black Hawks  44  7  34  3  17  68  134  375

Scoring leaders
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points
 Player Team GP G A Pts Howie Morenz  Montreal Canadiens  43  33  18  51 Aurel Joliat  Montreal Canadiens  44  28  11  39 Frank Boucher  New York Rangers  44  23  12  35 George Hay  Detroit Cougars  42  22  13  35 Nels Stewart  Montreal Maroons  41  27  7  34 Art Gagne  Montreal Canadiens  44  20  10  30 Bun Cook  New York Rangers  44  14  14  28 Bill Carson  Toronto Maple Leafs  32  20  6  26 Frank Finnigan  Ottawa Senators  38  20  5  25 Bill Cook  New York Rangers  43  18  6  24 Duke Keats  Detroit Cougars/Chicago Black Hawks  38  14  10  24

Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket

Finals
New York Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons
 Date Away Score Home Score NotesApril 5New York Rangers0Montreal Maroons2April 7New York Rangers2Montreal Maroons1(OT)April 10New York Rangers0Montreal Maroons2 April 12New York Rangers1Montreal Maroons0April 14New York Rangers2Montreal Maroons1
New York wins best-of-five series 3–2

NHL awards
 1927–28 NHL awardsO'Brien Trophy:  Montreal CanadiensPrince of Wales Trophy:  Boston BruinsHart Memorial Trophy:  Howie Morenz, Montreal CanadiensLady 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 1927–28 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start in playoffs):
Dit Clapper, Boston Bruins
Norman Gainor, Boston Bruins
Cy Wentworth, Chicago Black Hawks
Charlie Gardiner, Chicago Black Hawks
Larry Aurie, Detroit Cougars
Marty Burke, Montreal Canadiens
Jimmy Ward, Montreal Maroons
Joe Lamb, Montreal Maroons
Marty Barry, New York Americans
Allan Shields, Ottawa Senators
Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last games
The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1927–28 (listed with their last team):
Sprague Cleghorn, Boston Bruins
Corb Denneny, Chicago Black Hawks
Frank Foyston, Detroit Cougars
Jack Walker, Detroit Cougars
Billy Boucher, New York Americans
Odie Cleghorn, Pittsburgh Pirates

References
Hockey Database
NHL.com

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