1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season

1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks
1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks
League	6th NHL
1925–26 record	12–21–3
Home record	11–5–2
Road record	1–16–1
Goals for	92
Goals against	114
Team information
General manager	Charles Querrie
Coach	Eddie Powers
Captain	Bert Corbeau
Arena	Arena Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Jack Adams (21)
Assists	Bert McCaffrey (9)
Points	Jack Adams (29)
Penalty minutes	Bert Corbeau (125)
Wins	John Ross Roach (12)
Goals against average	John Ross Roach (3.07)
	← 1924–25 1926–27 →

The 1925–26 Toronto St. Patricks season was Toronto's ninth in the National Hockey League (NHL). The St. Pats slipped to sixth in the standings and missed the playoffs.

Offseason

The St. Patricks signed Gerry Munro formerly of the Montreal Maroons on defence.

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

^[1] 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.

Record vs. opponents

1925–26 NHL Records ^[2]
Team	BOS	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	PIT	TOR
Boston	—	2–3–1	4–1–1	2–2–2	2–4	2–4	5–1
M. Canadiens	3–2–1	—	1–5	2–4	0–6	2–4	3–3
M. Maroons	1–4–1	5–1	—	4–1–1	1–2–3	3–3	6–0
New York	2–2–2	4–2	1–4–1	—	1–5	3–3	1–1–4
Ottawa	4–2	6–0	2–1–3	5–1	—	4–2	3–1–2
Pittsburgh	4–2	4–2	3–3	3–3	2–4	—	3–2–1
Toronto	1–5	3–3	0–6	1–1–4	1–3–2	2–3–1	—

Schedule and results

1925–26 regular season^[3]

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 28, 1925	2–3	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	0–1–0

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	L	December 1, 1925	2–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	0–2–0
3	W	December 5, 1925	5–3	New York Americans (1925–26)	1–2–0
4	L	December 9, 1925	3–6	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	1–3–0
5	W	December 12, 1925	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	2–3–0
6	T	December 19, 1925	1–1 OT	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	2–3–1
7	L	December 23, 1925	2–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	2–4–1
8	L	December 26, 1925	0–2	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	2–5–1
9	L	December 29, 1925	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	2–6–1
10	L	December 30, 1925	1–2 OT	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	2–7–1

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
11	W	January 1, 1926	3–0	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	3–7–1
12	L	January 5, 1926	4–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	3–8–1
13	W	January 9, 1926	3–2	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	4–8–1
14	L	January 12, 1926	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	4–9–1
15	W	January 15, 1926	4–3	New York Americans (1925–26)	5–9–1
16	L	January 21, 1926	4–5	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	5–10–1
17	W	January 23, 1926	6–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	6–10–1
18	L	January 26, 1926	3–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	6–11–1
19	W	January 29, 1926	3–2	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	7–11–1

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
20	L	February 2, 1926	2–3	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	7–12–1
21	T	February 3, 1926	1–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	7–12–2
22	W	February 6, 1926	4–1	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	8–12–2
23	L	February 9, 1926	3–5	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	8–13–2
24	L	February 11, 1926	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	8–14–2
25	L	February 13, 1926	4–7	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	8–15–2
26	W	February 16, 1926	3–2	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	9–15–2
27	L	February 18, 1926	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	9–16–2
28	W	February 20, 1926	3–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	10–16–2
29	L	February 22, 1926	1–2 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	10–17–2
30	L	February 27, 1926	3–4	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	10–18–2

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
31	L	March 4, 1926	2–7	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26)	10–19–2
32	W	March 6, 1926	4–2	New York Americans (1925–26)	11–19–2
33	W	March 11, 1926	5–3	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	12–19–2
34	T	March 13, 1926	1–1 OT	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	12–19–3
35	L	March 16, 1926	1–6	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	12–20–3
36	L	March 17, 1926	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	12–21–3

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Jack Adams	C	36	21	5	26	52
Babe Dye	RW	31	18	5	23	26
Bert McCaffrey	RW/D	36	14	7	21	42
Pete Bellefeuille	RW	36	14	2	16	22
Hap Day	D	36	14	2	16	26
Bert Corbeau	D	36	5	5	10	121
Mike Neville	C	33	3	3	6	8
Normand Shay	D/RW	22	3	1	4	18
Francis Cain	D	23	0	0	0	8
Albert Holway	D	12	0	0	0	0
Gerry Munro	D	4	0	0	0	0
Reg Reid	LW	12	0	0	0	2
John Ross Roach	G	36	0	0	0	0
Rod Smylie	W	5	0	0	0	0
Gordon Spence	LW	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
John Ross Roach	2231	36	12	21	3	114	3.07	2
Team:	2231	36	12	21	3	114	3.07	2

^[4]

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

Transactions

September 21, 1925: Signed Free Agent Peter Bellefeuille
October 23, 1925: Acquired Gerry Munro from the Montreal Maroons for cash
November 24, 1925: Signed Free Agent Alvin Fisher
December 31, 1925: Signed Free Agent Gordon Spence
January 7, 1926: Claimed Francis Cain off Waivers from the Montreal Maroons
January 12, 1926: Lost Toots Holway off Waivers to the Montreal Maroons
January 14, 1926: Acquired Norm Shay from the Boston Bruins for cash
April 16, 1926: Signed Free Agent Bill Carson

References

^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1925-26 Toronto St. Patricks Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1925-26 Toronto St. Patricks Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved July 22, 2009.