1927–28 New York Americans season

1927–28 New York Americans
Division	5th Canadian
1927–28 record	11–27–6
Home record	6–13–3
Road record	5–14–3
Goals for	63
Goals against	128
Team information
General manager	Tommy Gorman
Coach	Shorty Green
Captain	Billy Burch
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Norman Himes (14)
Assists	Lionel Conacher (6)
Points	Norman Himes (19)
Penalty minutes	Clarence Boucher (129)
Wins	Joe Miller (8)
Goals against average	Joe Miller (2.68)

The 1927–28 New York Americans season was the American's third season of play. The team finished in last place in the Canadian Division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Offseason

Regular season

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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division 1927–28 NHL records[2] Team MTL MTM NYA OTT TOR Total M. Canadiens — 2–2–2 4–2 3–2–1 3–2–1 12–8–4 M. Maroons 2–2–2 — 4–1–1 3–2–1 5–0–1 14–5–5 N.Y. Americans 2–4 1–4–1 — 1–5 1–4–1 5–17–2 Ottawa 2–3–1 2–3–1 5–1 — 1–1–4 10–8–6 Toronto 2–3–1 0–5–1 4–1–1 1–1–4 — 7–10–7

Vs. American Division 1927–28 NHL records Team BOS CHI DET NYR PIT Total M. Canadiens 2–0–2 4–0 2–2 4–0 2–1–1 14–3–3 M. Maroons 2–2 3–1 1–3 2–1–1 2–2 10–9–1 N.Y. Americans 1–3 3–1 0–2–2 0–3–1 2–1–1 6–10–4 Ottawa 1–3 4–0 3–0–1 0–2–2 2–1–1 10–6–4 Toronto 2–1–1 4–0 2–2 2–2 1–3 11–8–1

Schedule and results

1927–28 regular season[3]
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 L November 15, 1927 1–6 Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 0–1–0 2 L November 20, 1927 1–2 New York Rangers (1927–28) 0–2–0 3 L November 24, 1927 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 0–3–0 4 W November 26, 1927 4–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) 1–3–0 5 W November 29, 1927 1–0 Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) 2–3–0
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 6 L December 3, 1927 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 2–4–0 7 W December 7, 1927 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 3–4–0 8 L December 8, 1927 1–2 @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 3–5–0 9 W December 10, 1927 2–0 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) 4–5–0 10 W December 13, 1927 2–1 OT Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 5–5–0 11 L December 15, 1927 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 5–6–0 12 W December 18, 1927 2–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 6–6–0 13 L December 20, 1927 2–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 6–7–0 14 L December 22, 1927 2–5 Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 6–8–0 15 L December 24, 1927 2–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 6–9–0 16 T December 27, 1927 4–4 OT Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 6–9–1 17 T December 29, 1927 3–3 OT @ New York Rangers (1927–28) 6–9–2
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 18 L January 1, 1928 2–3 Boston Bruins (1927–28) 6–10–2 19 T January 5, 1928 0–0 OT Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) 6–10–3 20 L January 7, 1928 1–4 @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 6–11–3 21 W January 10, 1928 2–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 7–11–3 22 L January 15, 1928 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 7–12–3 23 W January 19, 1928 1–0 Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 8–12–3 24 L January 24, 1928 0–2 Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 8–13–3 25 L January 29, 1928 0–7 New York Rangers (1927–28) 8–14–3 26 L January 31, 1928 1–2 @ Boston Bruins (1927–28) 8–15–3
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 27 L February 5, 1928 0–6 Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 8–16–3 28 T February 7, 1928 3–3 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 8–16–4 29 T February 9, 1928 2–2 OT Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 8–16–5 30 T February 11, 1928 2–2 OT @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 8–16–6 31 W February 14, 1928 1–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 9–16–6 32 L February 16, 1928 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 9–17–6 33 L February 18, 1928 0–2 @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1927–28) 9–18–6 34 L February 21, 1928 3–5 Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 9–19–6 35 W February 26, 1928 1–0 Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 10–19–6 36 W February 28, 1928 2–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1927–28) 11–19–6
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 37 L March 1, 1928 1–4 @ Detroit Cougars (1927–28) 11–20–6 38 L March 8, 1928 2–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1927–28) 11–21–6 39 L March 11, 1928 0–1 Boston Bruins (1927–28) 11–22–6 40 L March 13, 1928 0–5 @ Montreal Maroons (1927–28) 11–23–6 41 L March 15, 1928 2–5 Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 11–24–6 42 L March 18, 1928 3–7 @ New York Rangers (1927–28) 11–25–6 43 L March 20, 1928 0–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1927–28) 11–26–6 44 L March 22, 1928 0–5 @ Ottawa Senators (1927–28) 11–27–6
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Normie Himes	44	14	5	19	22
Lionel Conacher	35	11	6	17	82
Billy Burch	32	10	2	12	34
Leo Reise	43	8	1	9	62
Red Green	40	6	1	7	67
Billy Boucher	43	5	2	7	58
Alex McKinnon	43	3	3	6	71
Clarence Boucher	36	2	1	3	129
Joe Simpson	24	2	0	2	32
Marty Barry	9	1	0	1	2
Edmond Bouchard	39	1	0	1	27
Jake Forbes	16	0	0	0	0
Joe Miller	28	0	0	0	0
Sam Rothschild	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Joe Miller	1721	28	8	16	4	77	2.68				5
Jake Forbes	980	16	3	11	2	51	3.12				2
Normie Himes	19	1	0	0	0	0	0.00				0
Team:	2720	44	11	27	6	128	2.82				7

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Awards and records

Transactions

See also

• 1927–28 NHL season

References

1. 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.
2. "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
3. "1927-28 New York Americans Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
4. "1927-28 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.