1928-29 NHL SEASON

The '1928-29 NHL season' was the twelfth season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. This was the first Stanley Cup playoffs ever that saw two United States based teams compete for the cup. The Boston Bruins won over the New York Rangers two games to none in a best-of-three final.

Contents
Notable Rule Changes
Playoff Format
Regular season
Final standings
Scoring leaders
Stanley Cup playoffs
Playoff bracket
Finals
NHL awards
Debuts
Last games
See also
References
Notable Rule Changes

Forward passing was permitted from the neutral zone across the blue line into the attacking zone, as long as no offensive player preceded the puck into the attacking zone; forward passing within the attacking zone was still forbidden. Regular season overtime was changed to a 10-minute, non-sudden-death format, to be played in its entirety.
Playoff Format

The playoff format was revised to match first-place teams in a best-of-five series for the NHL championship, second-place teams and third-place teams in a two-game total-goals series to determine the participants for a best-of-three semi-final and the semi-final winner against the NHL Champion in a best-of-three series for the Cup.

Regular season


Ottawa continued in financial trouble and sold Punch Broadbent to the New York Americans.
They continued to erode, and at one point, rumour had it that they would be sold to a Chicago group. Frank Ahearn, Senators owner, denied this, but admitted that the team was for sale to the highest bidder.
The New York Americans, last place finishers in 1927-28, surprised everyone by reclining in first place for much of the season in the Canadian Division. They were held up by the great play of defenceman Lionel Conacher and goaltender Roy Worters. However, the Montreal Canadiens dislodged the Americans and finished first. George Hainsworth, Canadiens goaltender, set an unprecedented record of 22 shutouts and a .98 goals against average. Boston, led by rookie Tiny Thompson in goal, led the American Division.
Final standings

''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''
Canadian Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
'Montreal Canadiens' 44 22 7 15 59 71 43 465
'New York Americans' 44 19 13 12 50 53 53 486
'Toronto Maple Leafs' 44 21 18 5 47 85 69 541
Ottawa Senators 44 14 17 13 41 54 67 461
Montreal Maroons 44 15 20 9 39 67 65 638

American Division GP W L T Pts GF GA PIM
'Boston Bruins' 44 26 13 5 57 89 52 472
'New York Rangers' 44 21 13 10 52 72 65 384
'Detroit Cougars' 44 19 16 9 47 72 63 381
Pittsburgh Pirates 44 9 27 8 26 46 80 324
Chicago Black Hawks 44 7 29 8 22 33 85 363

Scoring leaders

''Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes''
PLAYER TEAM GP G A PTS PIM
Ace Bailey Toronto Maple Leafs 44 22 10 32 78
Nels Stewart Montreal Maroons 44 21 8 29 74
Howie Morenz Montreal Canadiens 42 17 10 27 47
Carson Cooper Detroit Cougars 43 18 9 27 14
Andy Blair Toronto Maple Leafs 44 12 15 27 41

Stanley Cup playoffs


The playoffs were now between division finishers of each division,rather than a division champion from each division.The Boston Bruins knocked off the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers beat the New York Americans,and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Cougars. The Rangers beat Toronto and then the Bruins won their first Stanley Cup defeating the Rangers. In the process, Boston became one of the few Cup winners in history to not lose a single game in the playoffs, and the last team until 1952 to win every playoff game they had.
Playoff bracket

Finals

Main articles: 1929 Stanley Cup Finals

NHL awards


1928-29 NHL awards
O'Brien Trophy: Montreal Canadiens
Prince of Wales Trophy: Boston Bruins
Hart Memorial Trophy: Roy Worters, New York Americans
Lady Byng Trophy: Frank Boucher, New York Rangers
Vezina Trophy: George Hainsworth, Montreal Canadiens

Debuts


The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1928-29 (listed with their first team, asterisk(
★ ) marks debut in playoffs):

Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins

Cooney Weiland, Boston Bruins

George Owen, Boston Bruins

Johnny Gottselig, Chicago Black Hawks

Mush March, Chicago Black Hawks

Herbie Lewis, Detroit Cougars

Georges Mantha, Montreal Canadiens

Armand Mondou, Montreal Canadiens

Baldy Northcott, Montreal Maroons

Dave Trottier, Montreal Maroons

Earl Robinson, Montreal Maroons

Red Horner, Toronto Maple Leafs

Andy Blair, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last games


The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1928-29 (listed with their last team):

Cy Denneny, Boston Bruins

Duke Keats, Chicago Black Hawks

Dick Irvin, Chicago Black Hawks

Red Green, Detroit Cougars

Herb Gardiner, Montreal Canadiens

Punch Broadbent, New York Americans

See also



List of Stanley Cup champions

1928 in sports

1929 in sports

References



Hockey Database

NHL.com

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