1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season

The 1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season was the tenth season and the last under the St. Patricks banner for the Toronto National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. In February 1927, Conn Smythe and investors purchased the St. Patricks and changed the name to the Toronto Maple Leafs. On the ice, the team finished in fifth place, out of the playoffs.

Regular season

After being turned down by the St. Patricks as coach to start the season, Conn Smythe used the success of the New York Rangers team he had assembled, to get an invitation to take over the team. At first, Smythe turned down the offer, saying that he wanted to be an owner or part-owner of the club instead. The St. Pats were for sale, and partner J. P. Bickell offered Smythe a chance to become part-owner. The club had reached a tentative deal to sell the club for $200,000, making Bickell's share $40,000. Bickell offered to hold onto his share, if Smythe could raise $160,000 to pay of the other share-holders and take over the team. On February 14, 1927, Smythe and partners paid $85,000 with the final $75,000 to pay off the club due within 30 days. Smythe renamed the team the Maple Leafs, a name and insignia he felt would be popular, more popular than St. Patricks.

The club played its final game as the St. Patricks against Detroit in Windsor, Ontario^[1] on February 15, 1927, and their first as the Maple Leafs at Arena Gardens on February 17, 1927. The Leafs wore new white uniforms with a green maple leaf and Toronto written on the sweater.^[2] The Leafs won their first game 4–1, under new coach Alex Romeril. Smythe took over as governor, but did not assume the management and coaching of the Leafs until 1927–28. He had commitments to coach the University of Toronto team and the Varsity Grads, a team of former U of T students who had played for the U of T team. He would coach the Grads to the Allan Cup title.

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/Maple Leafs	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.

Schedule and results

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 17, 1926	1–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	0–1–0
2	L	November 20, 1926	1–5	New York Rangers (1926–27)	0–2–0
3	T	November 25, 1926	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	0–2–1
4	W	November 30, 1926	6–0	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	1–2–1
5	L	December 2, 1926	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	1–3–1
6	L	December 4, 1926	0–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	1–4–1
7	W	December 9, 1926	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	2–4–1
8	L	December 11, 1926	1–2	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	2–5–1
9	L	December 14, 1926	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	2–6–1
10	L	December 18, 1926	0–2	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	2–7–1
11	L	December 20, 1926	0–2	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	2–8–1
12	W	December 21, 1926	5–3	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	3–8–1
13	L	December 25, 1926	2–3	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	3–9–1
14	W	December 30, 1926	4–1	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	4–9–1
15	L	January 1, 1927	0–3	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	4–10–1
16	W	January 4, 1927	2–1	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	5–10–1
17	W	January 8, 1927	3–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	6–10–1
18	L	January 11, 1927	1–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	6–11–1
19	T	January 13, 1927	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	6–11–2
20	T	January 15, 1927	1–1 OT	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	6–11–3
21	L	January 19, 1927	3–4 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	6–12–3
22	L	January 22, 1927	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	6–13–3
23	L	January 27, 1927	3–5	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	6–14–3
24	W	January 29, 1927	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1926–27)	7–14–3
25	L	February 1, 1927	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1926–27)	7–15–3
26	T	February 3, 1927	0–0 OT	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	7–15–4
27	W	February 5, 1927	1–0	Boston Bruins (1926–27)	8–15–4
28	L	February 8, 1927	0–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	8–16–4
29	L	February 10, 1927	2–3	New York Rangers (1926–27)	8–17–4
30	L	February 12, 1927	0–1	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	8–18–4
31	L	February 16, 1927	1–5	@ Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	8–19–4
32	W	February 17, 1927	4–1	New York Americans (1926–27)	9–19–4
33	L	February 19, 1927	1–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	9–20–4
34	W	February 22, 1927	3–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1926–27)	10–20–4
35	L	February 24, 1927	2–3	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	10–21–4
36	T	February 26, 1927	1–1 OT	@ Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	10–21–5
37	W	March 1, 1927	4–1	Pittsburgh Pirates (1926–27)	11–21–5
38	W	March 5, 1927	4–2	Detroit Cougars (1926–27)	12–21–5
39	L	March 10, 1927	2–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	12–22–5
40	W	March 12, 1927	1–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1926–27)	13–22–5
41	L	March 19, 1927	0–2	Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	13–23–5
42	W	March 21, 1927	4–1	@ New York Americans (1926–27)	14–23–5
43	L	March 24, 1927	0–4	@ Ottawa Senators (1926–27)	14–24–5
44	W	March 26, 1927	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1926–27)	15–24–5

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bailey, AceAce Bailey	RW	42	15	13	28	82
Carson, BillBill Carson	C	40	16	6	22	41
Day, HapHap Day	D	44	11	5	16	50
Keeling, ButchButch Keeling	LW	30	11	2	13	29
McCaffrey, BertBert McCaffrey	RW/D	43	5	5	10	43
Brydge, BillBill Brydge	D	41	6	3	9	76
Denneny, CorbCorb Denneny	C	29	7	1	8	24
Patterson, GeorgeGeorge Patterson	W	17	4	2	6	17
Corbeau, BertBert Corbeau	D	41	1	2	3	88
Halderson, HaroldHarold Halderson	D	25	1	2	3	36
Gross, LloydLloyd Gross	LW	16	1	1	2	0
Cox, DannyDanny Cox	LW	14	0	1	1	4
Bellefeuille, PetePete Bellefeuille	RW	13	0	0	0	12
Bourgeault, LeoLeo Bourgeault	D	22	0	0	0	44
Pudas, AlAl Pudas	W	4	0	0	0	0
Ross Roach, JohnJohn Ross Roach	G	44	0	0	0	0
Spring, JesseJesse Spring	D	2	0	0	0	0
Voss, CarlCarl Voss	C	12	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Ross Roach, JohnJohn Ross Roach	2764	44	15	24	5	94	2.04	4
Team:	2764	44	15	24	5	94	2.04	4

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Playoffs

The St. Pats did not qualify for the playoffs.

Transactions

September 7, 1926: Signed Free Agent Butch Keeling
September 27, 1926: Acquired Corbett Denneny, Leo Bourgeault and Laurie Scott from the Saskatoon Shieks (PrHL) for cash
October 13, 1926: Signed Free Agents Bill Brydge and Danny Cox
October 15, 1926: Lost Free Agent Reg Reid to the Stratford Nationals of the CPHL
October 16, 1926: Lost Mike Neville off Waivers to the Hamilton Tigers of the CPHL
October 18, 1926: Lost Francis Cain off Waivers to the Hamilton Tigers of the CPHL
October 18, 1926: Lost Norm Shay off Waivers to the New Haven Eagles of the Can-Am League
October 18, 1926: Traded Babe Dye to the Chicago Black Hawks for $15,000
October 28, 1926: Signed Free Agent Albert Pudas
November 1, 1926: Lost Free Agent Chris Speyer to the Niagara Falls Cataracts of the CPHL
November 3, 1926: Signed Free Agent Ace Bailey
November 10, 1926: Traded Albert Pudas to the Windsor Hornets of the CPHL for cash
November 12, 1926: Lost Free Agent Howard Lockhart to the Hamilton Tigers of the CPHL
November 15, 1926: Acquired Jesse Spring from the New York Americans for Laurie Scott
November 17, 1926: Lost Free Agent Gerry Munro to the Detroit Greyhounds of the AHA
January 7, 1927: Acquired Haldor Halderson from the Victoria Cougars (PCHL) for Pete Bellefeuille
February 1, 1927: Transaction from September 27, 1926, voided; Corbett Denneny, Leo Bourgeault and Laurie Scott returned to Saskatoon Sheiks (PrHL), cash returned to Toronto
February 1, 1927: Acquired George Patterson from Hamilton Tigers of the CPHL for loan of Albert Pudas and $5,000
March 7, 1927: Signed Free Agent Lloyd Gross
March 17, 1927: Signed Free Agent Beattie Ramsay

References

↑ "Toronto St. Patricks Final Game - Canada.com". Windsor Star. Retrieved 2014-02-08.
↑ "Brilliant Victory for Local Hockey Team". Toronto Star. February 18, 1927. p. 11.
↑ 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.
↑ "1926-27 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-11.

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1926–27 Toronto St. Patricks season

Regular season

Final standings

Schedule and results

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Transactions

See also

References