1925–26_Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)_season

1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) season

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The 1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the first season of the new Pirates ice hockey team in the National Hockey League. The club made the playoffs in its first season after placing third in the league. The Pirates lost in the playoffs to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Montreal Maroons.

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1925–26 Pittsburgh Pirates
Division	3rd NHL
1925–26 record	19–16–1
Goals for	82
Goals against	70
Team information
Coach	Odie Cleghorn
Team leaders
Goals	Hib Milks (14)
Assists	Harrold Darragh (7)
Points	Hib Milks (19)
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Off-season

In October, the team signed former Montreal Canadiens player Odie Cleghorn as their new playing coach.^[1]

Regular season

Final standings

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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

^[2] 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

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1925–26 NHL Records ^[3]
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	—

Playoffs

The Pirates qualified for the playoffs and faced the Montreal Maroons in a two-game total goals series. In game one at Montreal, Montreal won 3–1. In game two, Pittsburgh tied 3–3 and Montreal won the series 6–4.

Schedule and results

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**Regular season**
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 26, 1925	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	1–0–0
2	W	November 28, 1925	1–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	2–0–0
3	L	December 2, 1925	1–2 OT	New York Americans (1925–26)	2–1–0
4	L	December 5, 1925	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	2–2–0
5	W	December 9, 1925	6–3	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	3–2–0
6	W	December 11, 1925	5–3	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	4–2–0
7	L	December 16, 1925	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	4–3–0
8	W	December 18, 1925	3–2	New York Americans (1925–26)	5–3–0
9	T	December 19, 1925	1–1 OT	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	5–3–1
10	L	December 23, 1925	0–1 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	5–4–1
11	L	December 26, 1925	1–3	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	5–5–1
12	L	December 30, 1925	0–5	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	5–6–1
13	L	January 1, 1926	1–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	5–7–1
14	L	January 5, 1926	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	5–8–1
15	L	January 13, 1926	0–1	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	5–9–1
16	W	January 15, 1926	5–1	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	6–9–1
17	W	January 19, 1926	4–0	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	7–9–1
18	W	January 21, 1926	5–4	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	8–9–1
19	L	January 23, 1926	1–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	8–10–1
20	W	January 27, 1926	2–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	9–10–1
21	L	January 29, 1926	2–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	9–11–1
22	W	February 2, 1926	1–0	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	10–11–1
23	W	February 6, 1926	6–1	@ New York Americans (1925–26)	11–11–1
24	L	February 9, 1926	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	11–12–1
25	W	February 13, 1926	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	12–12–1
26	L	February 16, 1926	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1925–26)	12–13–1
27	L	February 19, 1926	2–3	New York Americans (1925–26)	12–14–1
28	L	February 20, 1926	1–3	@ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	12–15–1
29	W	February 23, 1926	3–2	Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	13–15–1
30	W	February 26, 1926	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	14–15–1
31	W	March 2, 1926	4–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1925–26)	15–15–1
32	W	March 4, 1926	7–2	Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26)	16–15–1
33	L	March 8, 1926	0–3	@ Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	16–16–1
34	W	March 9, 1926	4–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26)	17–16–1
35	W	March 12, 1926	2–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1925–26)	18–16–1
36	W	March 15, 1926	2–0	Ottawa Senators (1925–26)	19–16–1

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**Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Montreal Maroons**
Date	Team	Score	Team	Score	Notes
March 20	@Pittsburgh Pirates	1	Montreal Maroons	3
March 23	@Pittsburgh Pirates	3	Montreal Maroons	3

Montreal wins total goals series 6 goals to 4

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hib Milks	LW/C	36	14	5	19	17
Duke McCurry	LW	36	13	4	17	32
Harold Darragh	LW	35	10	7	17	6
Lionel Conacher	D	33	9	4	13	64
Rodger Smith	D	36	9	1	10	22
Baldy Cotton	LW	33	7	1	8	22
Tex White	RW	35	7	1	8	22
Herb Drury	D/RW	33	6	2	8	40
Jesse Spring	D	32	5	0	5	23
Odie Cleghorn	RW/C	17	2	1	3	4
Louis Berlinguette	LW	30	0	0	0	8
Fred Lowrey	RW	16	0	0	0	2
Alf Skinner	RW	7	0	0	0	2
Roy Worters	G	35	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Roy Worters	2145	35	18	16	1	68	1.90	7
Odie Cleghorn	60	1	1	0	0	2	2.00	0
Team:	2205	36	19	16	1	70	1.90	7

Playoffs

Scoring

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Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Duke McCurry	LW	2	0	2	2	2
Jesse Spring	D	2	0	2	2	2
Baldy Cotton	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Harold Darragh	LW	2	1	0	1	0
Herb Drury	D/RW	2	1	0	1	0
Rodger Smith	D	2	1	0	1	0
Louis Berlinguette	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Odie Cleghorn	RW/C	1	0	0	0	0
Lionel Conacher	D	2	0	0	0	0
Fred Lowrey	RW	2	0	0	0	6
Hib Milks	LW/C	2	0	0	0	0
Roy Worters	G	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Roy Worters	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	0
Team:	120	2	0	1	6	3.00	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

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Transactions

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References

[1]
"Odie Cleghorn with Pittsburgh". Ottawa Daily Citizen. October 13, 1925. p. 14.
[2]
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.
[3]
"All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
[4]
"1925-26 Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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1925–26_Pittsburgh_Pirates_(NHL)_season

Off-season

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Player stats

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

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