1926–27 Montreal Maroons season

1926–27 Montreal Maroons
1926–27 Montreal Maroons
Division	3rd Canadian
1926–27 record	20–20–4
Home record	6–13–3
Road record	14–7–1
Goals for	71
Goals against	68
Team information
Coach	Eddie Gerard
Captain	Dunc Munro
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Nels Stewart (17)
Assists	Punch Broadbent; Dunc Munro (5)
Points	Nels Stewart (21)
Penalty minutes	Nels Stewart (129)
Wins	Clint Benedict (20)
Goals against average	Clint Benedict (1.42)
	← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 Montreal Maroons season was the hockey team's third year of operation. After winning the Stanley Cup in 1925–26, the club was not able to defend the championship, losing in the first round of the playoffs to the Montreal Canadiens.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Ottawa Senators	44	30	10	4	86	69	64
Montreal Canadiens	44	28	14	2	99	67	58
Montreal Maroons	44	20	20	4	71	68	44
New York Americans	44	17	25	2	82	91	36
Toronto St. Patricks	44	15	24	5	79	94	35

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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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

1926–27 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	OTT	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	5–1	5–1	1–5	5–1	16–8–0
M. Maroons	1–5	—	4–2	1–3–2	5–1	11–11–2
N.Y. Americans	1–5	2–4	—	3–3	2–3–1	8–15–1
Ottawa	5–1	3–1–2	3–3	—	5–0–1	16–5–3
Toronto	1–5	1–5	3–2–1	0–5–1	—	5–17–2

Vs. American Division

1926–27 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	PIT	Total
M. Canadiens	2–1–1	2–2	4–0	1–3	3–0–1	12–6–2
M. Maroons	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–2–1	1–2–1	9–9–2
N.Y. Americans	2–2	1–2–1	1–3	1–3	4–0	9–10–1
Ottawa	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–0–1	3–1	14–5–1
Toronto	3–1	2–2	2–1–1	1–2–1	2–1–1	10–7–3

Schedule and results

1926–27 regular season^[3]

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 16, 1926	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	0–1–0
2	W	November 18, 1926	2–0	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	1–1–0
3	W	November 20, 1926	2–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	2–1–0
4	W	November 23, 1926	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	3–1–0
5	L	November 25, 1926	1–4	New York Americans (1926–27)	3–2–0
6	L	November 27, 1926	0–1 OT	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	3–3–0
7	L	November 30, 1926	0–4	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	3–4–0

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
8	L	December 4, 1926	3–5	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	3–5–0
9	L	December 7, 1926	2–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	3–6–0
10	T	December 11, 1926	2–2 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	3–6–1
11	W	December 14, 1926	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	4–6–1
12	T	December 18, 1926	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	4–6–2
13	L	December 23, 1926	1–2	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	4–7–2
14	L	December 29, 1926	4–5 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	4–8–2
15	W	December 30, 1926	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	5–8–2

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
16	W	January 1, 1927	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	6–8–2
17	L	January 6, 1927	3–4 OT	New York Americans (1926–27)	6–9–2
18	W	January 8, 1927	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	7–9–2
19	L	January 11, 1927	2–3	New York Rangers (1926–27)	7–10–2
20	L	January 15, 1927	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	7–11–2
21	W	January 18, 1927	2–1 OT	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	8–11–2
22	L	January 20, 1927	1–3	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	8–12–2
23	L	January 22, 1927	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	8–13–2
24	W	January 25, 1927	2–1 OT	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	9–13–2
25	W	January 27, 1927	5–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	10–13–2
26	T	January 29, 1927	0–0 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	10–13–3

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
27	W	February 3, 1927	3–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	11–13–3
28	L	February 5, 1927	0–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	11–14–3
29	W	February 8, 1927	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	12–14–3
30	W	February 10, 1927	1–0	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	13–14–3
31	L	February 12, 1927	2–3	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	13–15–3
32	W	February 15, 1927	2–1	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	14–15–3
33	W	February 17, 1927	4–1	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	15–15–3
34	W	February 19, 1927	2–1 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	16–15–3
35	L	February 22, 1927	0–3	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	16–16–3
36	W	February 24, 1927	2–0	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	17–16–3
37	W	February 26, 1927	2–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	18–16–3

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
38	T	March 5, 1927	0–0 OT	New York Rangers (1926–27)	18–16–4
39	L	March 8, 1927	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	18–17–4
40	W	March 10, 1927	1–0	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	19–17–4
41	L	March 12, 1927	0–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1926–27)	19–18–4
42	W	March 17, 1927	2–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	20–18–4
43	L	March 19, 1927	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	20–19–4
44	L	March 26, 1927	2–3	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	20–20–4

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

Playoffs

The Maroons faced off in a two-game total goals series, a 'Battle of Montreal', against the Montreal Canadiens. The first game finished in a 1–1 tie. The second game went to overtime in a scoreless tie, before the Canadiens scored to win the series, 2–1 on goals.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nels Stewart	C	43	17	4	21	133
Merlyn Phillips	C	43	15	1	16	45
Punch Broadbent	RW	42	9	5	14	88
Russell Oatman	LW	25	8	4	12	30
Dunc Munro	D	43	6	5	11	42
Babe Siebert	LW/D	42	5	3	8	116
Red Dutton	D	44	4	4	8	108
Reg Noble	C/D	43	3	3	6	112
Frank Carson	RW	44	2	3	5	12
Sam Rothschild	LW	22	1	1	2	8
Chuck Dinsmore	C	28	1	0	1	6
Babe Donnelly	D	34	0	1	1	14
Clint Benedict	G	43	0	0	0	0
Hap Emms	LW/D	8	0	0	0	0
Albert Holway	D	13	0	0	0	2
George Horne	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Flat Walsh	G	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Clint Benedict	2748	43	20	19	4	65	1.42	13
Flat Walsh	60	1	0	1	0	3	3.00	0
Team:	2808	44	20	20	4	68	1.45	13

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	Pts	PIM
Babe Siebert	LW/D	2	1	1	2
Clint Benedict	G	2	0	0	0
Punch Broadbent	RW	2	0	0	0
Frank Carson	RW	2	0	0	2
Babe Donnelly	D	2	0	0	0
Red Dutton	D	2	0	0	4
Dunc Munro	D	2	0	0	4
Reg Noble	C/D	2	0	0	2
Russell Oatman	LW	2	0	0	0
Merlyn Phillips	C	2	0	0	0
Sam Rothschild	LW	2	0	0	0
Nels Stewart	C	2	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Clint Benedict	132	2	0	1	1	2	0.91	0
Team:	132	2	0	1	1	2	0.91	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;

Awards and records

Transactions

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.
^ "1926-27 Montreal Maroons Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1926-27 Montreal Maroons Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.