1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division	4th American
1928–29 record	9–27–8
Goals for	46
Goals against	80
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Arena	Duquesne Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Hib Milks Harold Darragh (9)
Assists	Frank Fredrickson (7)
Points	Hib Milks Harold Darragh (12)
Penalty minutes	Rodger Smith (49)
Wins	Joe Miller (9)
Goals against average	Joe Miller (1.73)

The 1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the team's 4th season. The Pirates finished 4th in the American Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	22

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against

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, 1928	0–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	0–1–0
2	L	November 18, 1928	1–3	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	0–2–0
3	W	November 20, 1928	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	1–2–0
4	T	November 22, 1928	0–0 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	1–2–1
5	L	November 25, 1928	0–2	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	1–3–1
6	L	November 27, 1928	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	1–4–1
7	T	November 29, 1928	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	1–4–2
8	L	December 1, 1928	2–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	1–5–2
9	T	December 6, 1928	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1928–29)	1–5–3
10	L	December 8, 1928	0–3	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	1–6–3
11	T	December 15, 1928	0–0 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	1–6–4
12	L	December 18, 1928	0–2	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	1–7–4
13	W	December 20, 1928	1–0	New York Americans (1928–29)	2–7–4
14	W	December 22, 1928	3–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	3–7–4
15	L	December 27, 1928	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	3–8–4
16	W	December 29, 1928	3–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–8–4
17	L	January 1, 1929	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	4–9–4
18	T	January 3, 1929	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	4–9–5
19	L	January 5, 1929	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	4–10–5
20	W	January 8, 1929	1–0 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–10–5
21	L	January 10, 1929	1–4	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	5–11–5
22	L	January 12, 1929	1–2	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	5–12–5
23	T	January 13, 1929	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	5–12–6
24	W	January 19, 1929	3–0	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	6–12–6
25	W	January 20, 1929	2–0	@ New York Americans (1928–29)	7–12–6
26	L	January 24, 1929	1–3	New York Rangers (1928–29)	7–13–6
27	L	January 26, 1929	0–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	7–14–6
28	T	February 2, 1929	0–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1928–29)	7–14–7
29	T	February 5, 1929	0–0 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	7–14–8
30	L	February 9, 1929	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–29)	7–15–8
31	L	February 10, 1929	0–3	@ Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	7–16–8
32	L	February 12, 1929	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	7–17–8
33	W	February 14, 1929	2–0	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	8–17–8
34	L	February 16, 1929	1–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	8–18–8
35	L	February 17, 1929	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1928–29)	8–19–8
36	L	February 19, 1929	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1928–29)	8–20–8
37	L	February 21, 1929	2–4	New York Americans (1928–29)	8–21–8
38	L	February 23, 1929	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1928–29)	8–22–8
39	L	February 26, 1929	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1928–29)	8–23–8
40	L	March 2, 1929	3–4 OT	Detroit Cougars (1928–29)	8–24–8
41	W	March 5, 1929	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–24–8
42	L	March 10, 1929	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1928–29)	9–25–8
43	L	March 16, 1929	1–3	Boston Bruins (1928–29)	9–26–8
44	L	March 17, 1929	3–4	New York Rangers (1928–29)	9–27–8

Playoffs

• The Pirates did not qualify for the post season.

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
6	Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh	LW	43	9	3	12	6
4	Milks, HibHib Milks	LW/C	44	9	3	12	22
7, 14	Fredrickson, FrankFrank Fredrickson	C	31	3	7	10	28
8	Drury, HerbHerb Drury	D/RW	43	5	4	9	49
10	White, TexTex White	RW	30	3	4	7	18
3	Smith, RodgerRodger Smith	D	44	4	2	6	49
9	Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	32	3	2	5	38
2	Holway, AlbertAlbert Holway	D	40	4	0	4	20
9	Lowrey, GerryGerry Lowrey	LW	12	2	1	3	6
7	MacKay, MickeyMickey MacKay	C	10	1	0	1	2
12	McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	42	1	0	1	34
11	McKinnon, JohnJohn McKinnon	D	39	1	0	1	44
5	McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry	LW	35	0	1	1	4
10	Bouchard, EdmondEdmond Bouchard	LW/D	12	0	0	0	2
14	Spring, JesseJesse Spring	D	5	0	0	0	2
1	Miller, JoeJoe Miller	G	44	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Miller, JoeJoe Miller	2780	44	9	27	8	80	1.73	11
Team:	2780	44	9	27	8	80	1.73	11

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

• Lady Byng Trophy: Harold Darragh, Runner-up

Game Ads

See Also

• 1928–29 NHL season