1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 19th season, and 11th in the National Hockey League (NHL). The team improved from its second-place finish to place first in the Canadian Division and qualify for the playoffs. The Canadiens lost in a playoff rematch against the rival Maroons in a two-game total-goals series 3–2.

Regular season

Howie Morenz, the NHL's top drawing card, dominated the scoring race and was runaway winner of the Hart Trophy. He scored 33 goals and led the league in assists as well. The Canadiens, who were running away with the Canadian Division at mid-season, slumped after an injury to Pit Lepine but managed to hold on to first place at season's end.

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	44	26	11	7	116	48	496	59
Montreal Maroons	44	24	14	6	96	77	549	54
Ottawa Senators	44	20	14	10	78	57	483	50
Toronto Maple Leafs	44	18	18	8	89	88	436	44
New York Americans	44	11	27	6	63	128	563	28

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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.

Schedule and results

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

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Playoffs

The Canadiens received a first-round bye and met the Maroons in the semi-finals. In a two-game, total goals series, the series was tied going into sudden-death overtime before Russell Oatman scored the winner at 8:20 to win the series 3–2 ( 2–2, 1–0) for the Maroons.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	43	33	18	51	66
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	44	28	11	39	105
Gagne, ArtArt Gagne	RW	44	20	10	30	75
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	43	4	11	15	61
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	42	8	5	13	73
Gaudreault, LeoLeo Gaudreault	LW/C	32	6	2	8	24
Gardiner, HerbHerb Gardiner	D	44	4	3	7	26
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	20	4	1	5	6
Hart, GizzyGizzy Hart	LW	44	3	2	5	4
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	40	3	1	4	30
Lafrance, LeoLeo Lafrance	LW	15	1	0	1	2
Patterson, GeorgeGeorge Patterson	W	16	0	1	1	0
Burke, MartyMarty Burke	D	11	0	0	0	10
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	44	0	0	0	0
Langlois, CharlieCharlie Langlois	RW/D	32	0	0	0	14

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	2730	44	26	11	7	48	1.05	13
Team:	2730	44	26	11	7	48	1.05	13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gagne, ArtArt Gagne	RW	2	1	1	2	4
Leduc, AlbertAlbert Leduc	D	2	1	0	1	5
Gardiner, HerbHerb Gardiner	D	2	0	1	1	4
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	2	0	0	0	0
Hart, GizzyGizzy Hart	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	2	0	0	0	4
Langlois, CharlieCharlie Langlois	RW/D	2	0	0	0	0
Larochelle, WildorWildor Larochelle	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	1	0	0	0	0
Mantha, SylvioSylvio Mantha	D	2	0	0	0	6
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	2	0	0	0	12

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	128	2	0	1	3	1.41	0
Team:	128	2	0	1	3	1.41	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Hart Memorial Trophy – Howie Morenz

Roster

Goaltenders

12 – George Hainsworth

Defense

Forwards

3 – Charles Langlois
4 – Aurel Joliat
5 – George Patterson
5 – Leo Lafrance
6 – Art Gagne
7 – Howie Morenz
9 – Alfred Lepine
10 – Wildor Larochelle
11 – Gizzy Hart
14 – Leo Gaudreault

Source:

Mouton, p. 156
"Players". NHL. Retrieved 2008-10-22.

References

Notes

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1927–28 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1927-28 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Bibliography

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 32–49.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Max Pacioretty
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: St. John's IceCaps; Laval Rocket (beginning in 2017–18)

ECHL: Brampton Beast

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French) TVA Sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 690 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1927–28 NHL season

Canadian Division	Mtl Canadiens Mtl Maroons NY Americans Ottawa Toronto

American Division	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers Pittsburgh

See also	The S Line Stanley Cup Finals

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1927–28 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Roster

See also

References