The 1927–28 AHA season was the second season for the American Hockey Association.
1927–28 AHA season | |
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League | American Hockey Association |
Sport | Ice hockey |
Number of games | 40 |
Number of teams | 5 |
Regular season | |
Season champions | Duluth Hornets |
Top scorer | Vic Desjardins (St. Paul) |
Postseason | |
Champions | Minneapolis Millers |
Runners-up | Duluth Hornets |
Schedule and playoffs
editAll five teams played their conference opponents 10 times each.
Chicago Americans
editAfter previous the season, the league voted to rescind Eddie Livingstone's ownership of the Chicago Americans.[1] The franchise was then moved to Kansas City and renamed Pla-Mors, after their new home venue.
Regular season
editGP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | |
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Duluth Hornets | 40 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 63 | 49 |
Kansas City Pla-Mors | 40 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 44 | 61 | 53 |
Minneapolis Millers | 40 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 41 | 65 | 51 |
St. Paul Saints | 40 | 14 | 17 | 9 | 37 | 76 | 87 |
Winnipeg Maroons | 40 | 11 | 22 | 7 | 28 | 68 | 93 |
Scoring leaders
editNote: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Player | Team | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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Vic Desjardins | St. Paul Saints | 40 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 46 |
Cooney Weiland | Minneapolis Millers | 40 | 21 | 5 | 26 | 34 |
Moose Goheen | St. Paul Saints | 39 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 96 |
Rosario Couture | Winnipeg Maroons | 39 | 15 | 6 | 21 | 20 |
Herbie Lewis | Duluth Hornets | 40 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 56 |
Johnny Gottselig | Winnipeg Maroons | 39 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 24 |
Frank Sheppard | St. Paul Saints | 33 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 32 |
Ken Dunfield | Kansas City Pla-Mors | 39 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 24 |
Helge Bostrom | Minneapolis Millers | 36 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 39 |
Art Somers | Winnipeg Maroons | 40 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 71 |
Playoff
editSemifinals March 24–28 | Championship April 2–9 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Duluth Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
2 | Kansas City Pla-Mors | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 | Minneapolis Millers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
3 | Minneapolis Millers | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Note: the semifinal was a best-of-five series while the final was a five-game total-goal series.
References
edit- ^ "Chicago "Referee" on Livvy's charges". Toronto Star. January 27, 1928. p. 10.
- ^ AHA 1927-28 League Leaders
External links
edit- 1927–28 American Hockey Association Standings at hockeydb.com