1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

The 1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the fourth season of the Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League.

1928–29 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	4th American
1928–29 record	9–27–8
Goals for	46
Goals against	80
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
Goals	Harold Darragh (9)
Assists	Frank Fredrickson (7)
Points	Harold Darragh (12) Hib Milks (12)

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	44	26	13	5	89	52	472	57
New York Rangers	44	21	13	10	72	65	384	52
Detroit Cougars	44	19	16	9	72	63	381	47
Pittsburgh Pirates	44	9	27	8	46	80	324	26
Chicago Black Hawks	44	7	29	8	33	85	363	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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
Boston	—	4–1–1	4–1–1	5–1	5–1	18–4–2
Chicago	1–4–1	—	1–4–1	0–4–2	2–3–1	4–15–5
Detroit	1–4–1	4–1–1	—	1–4–1	5–1	11–10–3
N.Y. Rangers	1–5	4–0–2	4–1–1	—	4–0–2	13–6–5
Pittsburgh	1–5	3–2–1	1–5	0–4–2	—	5–16–3

Vs. Canadian Division

1928–29 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
Boston	1–2–1	3–1	0–3–1	2–1–1	2–2	8–9–3
Chicago	0–4	1–2–1	1–3	1–2–1	0–3–1	3–14–3
Detroit	1–1–2	2–1–1	2–1–1	1–1–2	2–2	8–6–6
N.Y. Rangers	1–1–2	0–3–1	1–1–2	3–1	3–1	8–7–5
Pittsburgh	0–2–2	1–2–1	2–2	0–3–1	1–2–1	4–11–5

Game log

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 playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Harold Darragh	LW	43	9	3	12	6
Hib Milks	LW/C	44	9	3	12	22
Frank Fredrickson	C	31	3	7	10	28
Herb Drury	D/RW	43	5	4	9	49
Tex White	RW	30	3	4	7	18
Rodger Smith	D	44	4	2	6	49
Baldy Cotton	LW	32	3	2	5	38
Albert Holway	D	40	4	0	4	20
Gerry Lowrey	LW	12	2	1	3	6
Mickey MacKay	C	10	1	0	1	2
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	42	1	0	1	34
Johnny McKinnon	D	39	1	0	1	44
Duke McCurry	LW	35	0	1	1	4
Edmond Bouchard	LW/D	12	0	0	0	2
Joe Miller	G	44	0	0	0	0
Jesse Spring	D	5	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Joe 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;

See also

• 1928–29 NHL season