1927–28 New York Americans season

1927–28 New York Americans
Division	5th Canadian
1927–28 record	11–27–6
Goals for	63
Goals against	128
Team information
General manager	Tommy Gorman
Coach	Shorty Green
Captain	Billy Burch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Norman Himes (14)
Assists	Lionel Conacher (6)
Points	Norman Himes (19)
Penalty minutes	Clarence Boucher (129)
Wins	Joe Miller (8)
Goals against average	Joe Miller (2.68)

The 1927–28 New York Americans season was the American's 3rd season of play. The team finished in last place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Marty Barry played his first NHL game during the Americans season opener on November 15, 1927. He'd play eight more games before being dispatched to the minors and signed away by the Boston Bruins. Barry was the NHL's top scorer of the 1930's (tied with Busher Jackson), six times leading the Bruins and Detroit Red Wings in scoring while winning the Stanley Cup twice with the Red Wings.

During the December 3, 1927 game against the Montreal Canadiens, goalie Joe Miller was injured with the Canadiens ahead 4-0. Miller was replaced for the last 19 minutes by forward Normie Himes who held the Habs scoreless.

After being suspended and released from the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sammy Rothschild was signed by the Americans and played his first game for them during the 4-1 loss to the Ottawa Senators on January 7, 1928.

After playing the first 28 games of the season, Joe Miller was replaced in net by Jake Forbes for the rest of the year. Through an injury during the 1928 Stanley Cup Finals, Miller would play net for the New York Rangers and win the Stanley Cup.

Final Standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	11	7	116	48	59
Montreal Maroons	44	24	14	6	96	77	54
Ottawa Senators	44	20	14	10	78	57	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	18	18	8	89	88	44
New York Americans	44	11	27	6	63	128	28

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game Log

Regular Season Results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 15, 1927	1–6	Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	0–1–0
2	L	November 20, 1927	1–2	New York Rangers (1927–28)	0–2–0
3	L	November 24, 1927	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	0–3–0
4	W	November 26, 1927	4–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1927–28)	1–3–0
5	W	November 29, 1927	1–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28)	2–3–0
6	L	December 3, 1927	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	2–4–0
7	W	December 7, 1927	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	3–4–0
8	L	December 8, 1927	1–2	@ Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	3–5–0
9	W	December 10, 1927	2–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28)	4–5–0
10	W	December 13, 1927	2–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	5–5–0
11	L	December 15, 1927	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	5–6–0
12	W	December 18, 1927	2–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	6–6–0
13	L	December 20, 1927	2–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	6–7–0
14	L	December 22, 1927	2–5	Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	6–8–0
15	L	December 24, 1927	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	6–9–0
16	T	December 27, 1927	4–4 OT	Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	6–9–1
17	T	December 29, 1927	3–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1927–28)	6–9–2
18	L	January 1, 1928	2–3	Boston Bruins (1927–28)	6–10–2
19	T	January 5, 1928	0–0 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28)	6–10–3
20	L	January 7, 1928	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	6–11–3
21	W	January 10, 1928	2–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	7–11–3
22	L	January 15, 1928	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	7–12–3
23	W	January 19, 1928	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	8–12–3
24	L	January 24, 1928	0–2	Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	8–13–3
25	L	January 29, 1928	0–7	New York Rangers (1927–28)	8–14–3
26	L	January 31, 1928	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1927–28)	8–15–3
27	L	February 5, 1928	0–6	Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	8–16–3
28	T	February 7, 1928	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	8–16–4
29	T	February 9, 1928	2–2 OT	Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	8–16–5
30	T	February 11, 1928	2–2 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	8–16–6
31	W	February 14, 1928	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	9–16–6
32	L	February 16, 1928	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	9–17–6
33	L	February 18, 1928	0–2	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28)	9–18–6
34	L	February 21, 1928	3–5	Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	9–19–6
35	W	February 26, 1928	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	10–19–6
36	W	February 28, 1928	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28)	11–19–6
37	L	March 1, 1928	1–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1927–28)	11–20–6
38	L	March 8, 1928	2–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28)	11–21–6
39	L	March 11, 1928	0–1	Boston Bruins (1927–28)	11–22–6
40	L	March 13, 1928	0–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1927–28)	11–23–6
41	L	March 15, 1928	2–5	Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	11–24–6
42	L	March 18, 1928	3–7	@ New York Rangers (1927–28)	11–25–6
43	L	March 20, 1928	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28)	11–26–6
44	L	March 22, 1928	0–5	@ Ottawa Senators (1927–28)	11–27–6

Playoffs

• The Americans did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
10	Normie Himes	44	14	5	19	22
3	Lionel Conacher	35	11	6	17	82
6	Billy Burch	32	10	2	12	34
2	Leo Reise	43	8	1	9	62
7	Red Green	40	6	1	7	67
8	Billy Boucher	43	5	2	7	58
9	Alex McKinnon	43	3	3	6	71
5	Clarence Boucher	36	2	1	3	129
4	Joe Simpson	24	2	0	2	32
11	Marty Barry	9	1	0	1	2
12	Edmond Bouchard	39	1	0	1	27
11	Sam Rothschild	5	0	0	0	4
1	Jake Forbes	16	0	0	0	0
1	Joe Miller	28	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SO
Joe Miller	1721	28	8	16	4	77	2.68			5
Jake Forbes	980	16	3	11	2	51	3.12			2
Normie Himes	19	1	0	0	0	0	0.00			0
Team:	2720	44	11	27	6	128	2.82			7

*According to NHL game sheets, Ken Randall played 3 games for the Americans this season.

Awards and Records

• The Americans did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

• Sell Laurie Scott to the New York Rangers on October 14, 1927.
• Purchase Billy Burch from the Montreal Canadiens on October 17, 1927.

Trivia

• No Americans recorded a hat trick this season.

See Also

• 1927–28 NHL season