1927–28 Detroit Cougars season

1927–28 Detroit Cougars (NHL)
Division 4th American
1927–28 record 19–19–6
Home record 9–10–3
Road record 10–9–3
Goals for 88
Goals against 79
Team information
General Manager Jack Adams
Coach Jack Adams (33 games)
Duke Keats (11 games)
Captain Reg Noble
Arena Detroit Olympia
Average attendance 15,000
Team leaders
Goals George Hay (22)
Assists George Hay (13)
Points George Hay (35)
Penalties in minutes Percy Traub (78)
Wins Hap Holmes (19)
Goals against average Hap Holmes (1.73)

The 1927–28 Detroit Cougars season was the second season of the Detroit, Michigan National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. The Detroit Cougars scored 44 points, finishing fourth in the American Division and failing to make the playoffs in their sophomore year.

The Cougars finally moved into what would be their home for the next fifty years, Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Their also received a new coach and general manager in Jack Adams. Adams made an immediate impact, picking up Reg Noble and quickly naming him Captain. Detroit performed much better to start off the season and only finished two points out of a playoff spot.[1][2][3]

Regular season

Season standings

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PIM Pts
Boston Bruins44201311777055851
New York Rangers4419169947946247
Pittsburgh Pirates4419178677639546
Detroit Cougars4419196887939544
Chicago Black Hawks4473436813437517

[4]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

1927-28 NHL Records
Team BOS CHI DET MON MTM NYA NYR OTT PIT TOR
Boston —4–0–24–20–2–22–23–12–1–33–11–2–31–2–1
Chicago 0–4–2—2–3–10–41–31–32–40–41–50–4
Detroit 2–43–2–1—2–23–12–0–22–3–10–3–13–2–12–2
M. Canadiens 2–0–24–02–2—2–2–24–24–03–2–12–1–13–2–1
M. Maroons 2–23–11–32–2–2—4–1–12–1–13–2–12–25–0–1
N.Y. Americans 1–33–10–2–22–41–4–1—0–3–11–52–1–11–4–1
N.Y. Rangers 1–2–34–23–2–10–41–2–13–0–1—2–0–23–2–12–2
Ottawa 1–34–03–0–12–3–12–3–15–10–2–2—2–1–11–1–4
Pittsburgh 2–1–35–12–3–11–2–12–21–2–12–3–11–2–1—3–1
Toronto 2–1–14–02–22–3–10–5–14–1–12–21–1–41–3—

Schedule and results

November

Record: 2–2–1; Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–1–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPts
1November 15Detroit6–0Pittsburgh1–0–02
2November 19Detroit2–5Boston1–1–02
3November 22Ottawa2–1Detroit1–2–02
4November 26Detroit0–0ChicagoOT1–2–13
5November 27Mtl. Canadiens0–2Detroit2–2–15

December

Record: 6–4–2; Home: 3–2–1; Road: 3–2–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPts
6December 1Chicago1–3Detroit3–2–17
7December 4NY Rangers3–1Detroit3–3–17
8December 8NY Americans1–2Detroit4–3–19
9December 10Detroit4–1Mtl. Maroons5–3–111
10December 11Boston2–1DetroitOT5–4–111
11December 13Detroit1–6Mtl. Canadiens5–5–111
12December 15Detroit2–1NY Rangers6–5–113
13December 17Detroit1–0TorontoOT7–5–115
14December 18Pittsburgh3–3DetroitOT7–5–216
15December 27Detroit4–4NY AmericansOT7–5–317
16December 29Mtl. Maroons0–3Detroit8–5–319
17December 31Detroit2–6Ottawa8–6–319

January

Record: 4–5–0; Home: 2–3–0; Road: 2–2–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPts
18January 3Detroit4–2NY Rangers9–6–321
19January 5Mtl. Canadiens2–1Detroit9–7–321
20January 7Detroit2–0Pittsburgh10–7–323
21January 12Toronto2–1Detroit10–8–323
22January 15NY Rangers2–1Detroit10–9–323
23January 18Detroit0–2Chicago10–10–323
24January 22Boston2–3DetroitOT11–10–325
25January 26Detroit0–3NY Rangers11–11–325
26January 29Chicago2–4Detroit12–11–327

February

Record: 1–4–3; Home: 0–2–2; Road: 1–2–1

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPts
27February 4Detroit0–2Toronto12–12–327
28February 7Detroit2–4Boston12–13–327
29February 9Detroit2–2NY AmericansOT12–13–428
30February 12Pittsburgh1–0Detroit12–14–428
31February 16Detroit1–0Mtl. Maroons13–14–430
32February 19Chicago2–1Detroit13–15–430
33February 23Ottawa0–0DetroitOT13–15–531
34February 26NY Rangers0–0DetroitOT13–15–632

March

Record: 6–4–0; Home: 3–2–0; Road: 3–2–0

#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTRecordPts
35March 1NY Americans1–4Detorit14–15–634
36March 3Detroit3–2Pittsburgh15–15–636
37March 6Toronto1–3Detroit16–15–638
38March 8Mtl. Maroons2–3DetroitOT16–16–638
39March 10Detroit1–3Ottawa16–17–638
40March 13Detroit0–3Boston16–18–638
41March 15Detroit1–0Mtl. Canadiens17–18–640
42March 17Detroit7–0Chicago18–18–642
43March 18Pittsburgh0–1Detroit18–19–642
44March 24Boston2–7Detroit19–19–644
  • Green background indicates win.
  • Red background indicates regulation loss.
  • Yellow background indicates tie.

Playoffs

The Detroit Cougars failed to make the playoffs.

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
George HayLW4222133520–––––
John SheppardF4310102040–––––
Carson CooperRW441521732–––––
Larry AurieRW441331643–--–––
Reg NobleF44681463–––––
Frank FoystonC2472916–––––
Jack WalkerF3924612–––––
Gord Fraser*D3031450–––––
Percy TraubD4431478–––––
Pete PalangioLW133038–––––
Clem LoughlinD4212321–––––
Stan BrownD242024–––––
Frank SheppardF41120–––––
Gordon "Duke" Keats*C50226–––––

*Stats reflect games played with Detroit only.

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage; GAA = Goals against average

    Regular season   Playoffs
Player GP TOI W L T GA SO GAA GP TOI W L GA SO GAA
Hap Holmes4427401919679111.73–––––––

Awards and records

Transactions

The Cougars were involved in the following transactions during the 1926–27 season.

Trades

April 11, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
George Hay
Percy Traub		 To Chicago Black Hawks
15,000 USD
May 22, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
Carson Cooper		 To Boston Bruins
Cash
May 22, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
Harry Meeking		 To Boston Bruins
Fred Gordon
October 4, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
Reg Noble		 To Montreal Maroons
7,500 USD
October 10, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
Stan Brown		 To New York Rangers
Archie Briden
Harry Meeking
December 16, 1927 To Detroit Cougars
Gord Fraser		 To Chicago Black Hawks
Gordon "Duke" Keats
5,000 USD
February 13, 1928[5] To Detroit Cougars
Pete Palangio
Cash		 To Montreal Canadiens
Stan Brown

Free agents

Player signedFormer team
F Frank SheppardDetroit Greyhounds (AHA)
RW Larry AurieLondon Panthers (Can-pro)

Roster

1927–28 Detroit Cougars Roster

Goaltenders:

1 – Holmes •

Defensemen

2 – Loughlin • 5 – Fraser • 7 – Brown • 14 – Traub •

Forwards

4 – Hay • 5 – Keats • 6 – Walker • 7 – Palangio • 8 – Cooper • 9 – J. Sheppard • 10 – F. Sheppard • 10 – Foyston • 12 – Aurie • 15 – Noble •

General Manager: Jack Adams •  Coach: Jack Adams • Duke Keats

See also

References

  1. ↑ Red Wings History, DetroitHockey.com, accessed October 5, 2007
  2. ↑ Detroit Red Wings Historical Moments, SportsEcyclopedia.com, accessed October 5, 2007
  3. ↑ Detroit Red Wings Written History Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine., Detroit Red Wings.com, accessed October 5, 2007
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Pete Palangio biography at Legends of Hockey Quote: "Loaned to Detroit by Montreal (Windsor-Can-Pro) with cash for Stan Brown, February 13, 1928."
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