1928–29 Montreal Maroons season

The 1928–29 Montreal Maroons season was the fifth season for the National Hockey League franchise.

1928–29 Montreal Maroons
Division	5th Canadian
1928–29 record	15–20–9
Goals for	67
Goals against	65
Team information
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Nels Stewart
Arena	Montreal Forum

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	44	22	7	15	71	43	465	59
New York Americans	44	19	13	12	53	53	486	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	21	18	5	85	69	541	47
Ottawa Senators	44	14	17	13	54	67	461	41
Montreal Maroons	44	15	20	9	67	65	638	39

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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	4–0–2	2–1–3	5–0–1	1–3–2	12–4–8
M. Maroons	0–4–2	—	2–3–1	2–2–2	2–4	6–13–5
N.Y. Americans	1–2–3	3–2–1	—	2–0–4	3–3	9–7–8
Ottawa	0–5–1	2–2–2	0–2–4	—	4–1–1	6–10–8
Toronto	3–1–2	4–2	3–3	1–4–1	—	11–10–3

Vs. American Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	4–0	1–1–2	1–1–2	2–0–2	10–3–7
M. Maroons	1–3	2–1–1	1–2–1	3–0–1	2–1–1	9–7–4
N.Y. Americans	3–0–1	3–1	1–2–1	1–1–2	2–2	10–6–4
Ottawa	1–2–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	1–3	3–0–1	8–7–5
Toronto	2–2	3–0–1	2–2	1–3	2–1–1	10–8–2

Playoffs

The Maroons didn't qualify for the playoffs

Schedule and results

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

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nels Stewart	C	44	21	8	29	74
Jimmy Ward	RW	43	14	8	22	46
Hooley Smith	C/RW	41	10	9	19	120
Merlyn Phillips	C	42	6	5	11	41
Babe Siebert	LW/D	40	3	5	8	52
Dave Trottier	LW	37	2	4	6	69
Joe Lamb	RW	30	4	1	5	44
Red Dutton	D	44	1	3	4	139
Earl Robinson	RW/C	38	2	1	3	2
Henry Hicks	D	44	2	0	2	27
Georges Boucher	D	12	1	1	2	10
Russell Oatman	LW	11	1	0	1	12
Clint Benedict	G	37	0	0	0	0
Cliff McBride	RW/D	1	0	0	0	0
Dunc Munro	D	1	0	0	0	0
Baldy Northcott	D/LW	5	0	0	0	0
Flat Walsh	G	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Clint Benedict	2300	37	14	16	7	57	1.49	11
Flat Walsh	450	7	1	4	2	8	1.07	1
Team:	2750	44	15	20	9	65	1.42	12

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;

See also

• 1928–29 NHL season