1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
Division	3rd NHL
1925–26 record	19–16–1
Goals for	82
Goals against	70
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
1926–27>

The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season was the first season of the new Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. The club made the playoffs in its first season after placing third in the league. The Pirates lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons.

Off-season

In October, the team signed former Montreal Canadiens player Odie Cleghorn as their new playing coach.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

National Hockey League

Teams	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Ottawa Senators	36	24	8	4	77	42	341	52
Montreal Maroons	36	20	11	5	91	73	554	45
Pittsburgh Pirates	36	19	16	1	82	70	264	39
Boston Bruins	36	17	15	4	92	85	279	38
New York Americans	36	12	20	4	68	89	361	28
Toronto St. Patricks	36	12	21	3	92	114	325	27
Montreal Canadiens	36	11	24	1	79	108	458	23

^[2] Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Playoffs

The Pirates qualified for the playoffs and faced the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total goals series. In game one at Montreal, Montreal won 3–1. In game two, Pittsburgh tied 3–3 and Montreal won the series 6–4.

Schedule and results

Regular season

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 26, 1925	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	1–0–0
2	W	November 28, 1925	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	2–0–0
3	L	December 2, 1925	1–2 OT	New York Americans (1925–26)	2–1–0
4	L	December 5, 1925	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	2–2–0
5	W	December 9, 1925	6–3	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	3–2–0
6	W	December 11, 1925	5–3	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	4–2–0
7	L	December 16, 1925	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	4–3–0
8	W	December 18, 1925	3–2	New York Americans (1925–26)	5–3–0
9	T	December 19, 1925	1–1 OT	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	5–3–1
10	L	December 23, 1925	0–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	5–4–1
11	L	December 26, 1925	1–3	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	5–5–1
12	L	December 30, 1925	0–5	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	5–6–1
13	L	January 1, 1926	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	5–7–1
14	L	January 5, 1926	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	5–8–1
15	L	January 13, 1926	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	5–9–1
16	W	January 15, 1926	5–1	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	6–9–1
17	W	January 19, 1926	4–0	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	7–9–1
18	W	January 21, 1926	5–4	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	8–9–1
19	L	January 23, 1926	1–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	8–10–1
20	W	January 27, 1926	2–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	9–10–1
21	L	January 29, 1926	2–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	9–11–1
22	W	February 2, 1926	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	10–11–1
23	W	February 6, 1926	6–1	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	11–11–1
24	L	February 9, 1926	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	11–12–1
25	W	February 13, 1926	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	12–12–1
26	L	February 16, 1926	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	12–13–1
27	L	February 19, 1926	2–3	New York Americans (1925–26)	12–14–1
28	L	February 20, 1926	1–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	12–15–1
29	W	February 23, 1926	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	13–15–1
30	W	February 26, 1926	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	14–15–1
31	W	March 2, 1926	4–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	15–15–1
32	W	March 4, 1926	7–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	16–15–1
33	L	March 8, 1926	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	16–16–1
34	W	March 9, 1926	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	17–16–1
35	W	March 12, 1926	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	18–16–1
36	W	March 15, 1926	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	19–16–1

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons

Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 20	@Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Maroons	3
March 23	@Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Maroons	3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Milks, HibHib Milks	LW/C	36	14	5	19	17
McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry	LW	36	13	4	17	32
Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh	LW	35	10	7	17	6
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	33	9	4	13	64
Smith, RodgerRodger Smith	D	36	9	1	10	22
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	33	7	1	8	22
White, TexTex White	RW	35	7	1	8	22
Drury, HerbHerb Drury	D/RW	33	6	2	8	40
Spring, JesseJesse Spring	D	32	5	0	5	23
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn	RW/C	17	2	1	3	4
Berlinguette, LouisLouis Berlinguette	LW	30	0	0	0	8
Lowrey, FredFred Lowrey	RW	16	0	0	0	2
Skinner, AlfAlf Skinner	RW	7	0	0	0	2
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	G	35	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	2145	35	18	16	1	68	1.90	7
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Team:	2205	36	19	16	1	70	1.90	7

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
McCurry, DukeDuke McCurry	LW	2	0	2	2	2
Spring, JesseJesse Spring	D	2	0	2	2	2
Cotton, BaldyBaldy Cotton	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Darragh, HaroldHarold Darragh	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Drury, HerbHerb Drury	D/RW	2	1	0	1	0
Smith, RodgerRodger Smith	D	2	1	0	1	0
Berlinguette, LouisLouis Berlinguette	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Cleghorn, OdieOdie Cleghorn	RW/C	1	0	0	0	0
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	2	0	0	0	0
Lowrey, FredFred Lowrey	RW	2	0	0	0	6
Milks, HibHib Milks	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Worters, RoyRoy Worters	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	0

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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

• 1925–26 NHL season

References

1. "Odie Cleghorn with Pittsburgh". Ottawa Daily Citizen. October 13, 1925. p. 14.
2. 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.
3. "1925-26 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.