Stanley Cup playoffs 1927

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Stanley Cup playoffs 1927
Period March 29, 1927 to April 13, 1927
Stanley Cup winner Ottawa Senators (10th title)
finalist Boston Bruins
Top scorer Canada 1921Canada Percy Galbraith  & Harry Oliver (both Boston)
Canada 1921Canada
Gates 38 (3.2 per game)
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The playoffs for the Stanley Cup of 1927 began on March 29, 1927 and ended on April 13, 1927 with the Ottawa Senators' 2-0 victory over the Boston Bruins . The Senators won their tenth title, their fourth as a member of the NHL and also their last, as the franchise was moved to St. Louis in 1934 and dissolved a year later. The defeated Bruins, on the other hand, who provided the top scorers this post-season with Percy Galbraith and Harry Oliver , contested their first Stanley Cup final since they were founded in 1924.

The 1927 playoffs marked the first year in which only NHL teams competed for the Stanley Cup. The Western Hockey League , whose champions had competed in the final against the champions of the NHL in previous years, was dissolved in 1926.

mode

The three best teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. In the quarter-finals, the respective second and third faced each other within each division, before the winner from this pairing competed in the semi-finals against the division winner for a place in the final. In the final, the two best teams from both divisions met each other.

In the quarter and semi-final series, only two games were played, whereby only the goal difference to advance was taken into account, so that draws were also possible. The final was originally planned in the best-of-three mode, but the regulations did not yet provide for continuous overtime , so that the first game of the final ended in a draw after two ten minutes of overtime. League President Frank Calder then quickly changed the mode so that a maximum of five games should now be played, while the procedure of a maximum of 20 minutes of overtime was retained. Should the series be drawn after five games, the teams would have divided the championship. Continuous overtime was introduced the following year, so the Stanley Cup final in 1927 was the last in which a game ended without a winner ( apart from the power failure in 1988 ).

Qualified teams

Canadian Division
American Division

Playoff tree

  Quarter finals Semifinals Stanley Cup Final
                           
   
        
  C1  Ottawa Senators 1 5  
    C2  Canadiens de Montréal  0 1  
C2  Canadiens de Montréal  1 2
 
  C3  Montreal Maroons 0 1  
    C1  Ottawa Senators 2
  A2  Boston Bruins 0
            
        
A1  New York Rangers 0 1
    A2  Boston Bruins 1 3  
A2  Boston Bruins 1 10
 
  A3  Chicago Black Hawks 0 5  

Quarter finals

(C2) Canadiens de Montréal - (C3) Montreal Maroons

29 Mar 1927 Montreal Maroons
Babe Siebert (32:15) 		1: 1
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 0 		Canadiens de Montréal
Aurèle Joliat (19:57) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
31 Mar 1927 Canadiens de Montréal
Howie Morenz (72:05) 		1: 0 a.d.
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
Score: 1: 0
Goal difference: 2: 1 		Montreal Maroons
 Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec

(A2) Boston Bruins - (A3) Chicago Black Hawks

29 Mar 1927 Chicago Black Hawks
Gord Fraser (29:43) 		1: 6
(0: 3, 1: 0, 0: 3)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Boston Bruins
Frank Fredrickson (3:24)
Sprague Cleghorn (14:36)
Jimmy Herbert (16:57)
Frank Fredrickson (48:26)
Harry Oliver (54:55)
Eddie Shore (56:55) 		Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York
31 Mar 1927 Boston Bruins
Percy Galbraith (25:00)
Billy Coutu (30:00)
Percy Galbraith (35:00)
Percy Galbraith (44:00) 		4: 4
(0: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2)
Match report
Status: 0: 1
Goal difference: 10: 5 		Chicago Black Hawks
George Hay (36:00)
Dick Irvin (38:00)
Cully Wilson (47:00)
Dick Irvin (50:00) 		Boston Arena , Boston , Massachusetts

Semifinals

(C1) Ottawa Senators - (C2) Canadiens de Montréal

0Apr 2, 1927 Canadiens de Montréal
 0: 4
(0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Ottawa Senators
Cy Denneny (9:45)
Hec Kilrea (10:10)
Hooley Smith (17:40)
Frank Nighbor (31:40) 		Forum de Montréal , Montréal , Québec
0Apr 4, 1927 Ottawa Senators
Frank Finnigan (32:58) 		1: 1
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
Score: 1: 0
Goal difference: 5: 1 		Canadiens de Montréal
Sylvio Mantha (11:40) 		Ottawa Auditorium , Ottawa , Ontario

(A1) New York Rangers - (A2) Boston Bruins

0Apr 2, 1927 Boston Bruins
 0: 0
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
Status: 0: 0 		New York Rangers
 Boston Arena , Boston , Massachusetts
0Apr 4, 1927 New York Rangers
Bill Cook (4:51) 		1: 3
(1: 0, 0: 3, 0: 0)
Match report
Status: 0: 1
Goal difference: 1: 3 		Boston Bruins
Jimmy Herbert (27:42)
Lionel Hitchman (37:33)
Harry Oliver (38:37) 		Madison Square Garden , New York City , New York

Stanley Cup Final

(C1) Ottawa Senators - (A2) Boston Bruins

0Apr 7, 1927 Boston Bruins
 0: 0
(0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
Status: 0: 0 		Ottawa Senators
 Boston Arena , Boston , Massachusetts
0Apr 9, 1927 Boston Bruins
Harry Oliver (56:45) 		1: 3
(0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 0: 1 		Ottawa Senators
King Clancy (6:37)
Frank Finnigan (11:23)
Cy Denneny (59:55) 		Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts
Apr 11, 1927 Ottawa Senators
Cy Denneny (35:00) 		1: 1
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)
Match report
as of: 1: 0 		Boston Bruins
Jimmy Herbert (7:00) 		Ottawa Auditorium , Ottawa , Ontario
Apr 13, 1927 Ottawa Senators
Frank Finnigan (25:00)
Cy Denneny (27:30)
Cy Denneny (51:00) 		3: 1
(0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)
Match report
as of: 2: 0 		Boston Bruins
Harry Oliver (57:50) 		Ottawa Auditorium, Ottawa, Ontario

Stanley Cup winner

Stanley Cup winner Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators logo

Goalkeeper: Alex Connell

Defenders: Buck Boucher  ( C ), King Clancy , Edwin Gorman , Alex Smith

Attackers: Jack Adams , Cy Denneny , Frank Finnigan , Milt Halliday , Hec Kilrea , Frank Nighbor , Hooley Smith

Head Coach & General Manager: Dave Gill

Best scorer

Abbreviations: GP = games, G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points, PIM = penalty minutes; Fat: best value

player team GP G A. Pts PIM
Harry Oliver Boston 8th 4th 2 6th 4th
Percy Galbraith Boston 8th 3 3 6th 2
Cy Denneny Ottawa 6th 5 0 5 0
Frank Fredrickson Boston 8th 2 2 4th 20th
Frank Finnigan Ottawa 6th 3 0 3 0
Jimmy Herbert Boston 8th 3 0 3 13
Dick Irvin Chicago 2 2 0 2 4th
Frank Nighbor Ottawa 6th 1 1 2 0
Hooley Smith Ottawa 6th 1 1 2 16
Hec Kilrea Ottawa 6th 1 1 2 4th
King Clancy Ottawa 6th 1 1 2 14th
Eddie Shore Boston 8th 1 1 2 46

Best goalkeeper

The combined table shows the three best goalkeepers in the conceded goal category as well as the leaders in shutouts and wins.

Abbreviations: GP = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, GA = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , GAA = goals conceded; Fat: best value; Sorted by goal conceded.
Only goalkeepers who have played 120 minutes are recorded.

player team GP Min W. L. T GA SO ATM
Alex Connell Ottawa 6th 400: 00 3 0 3 4th 2 0.60
Clint Benedict Montreal Mar. 2 132: 05 0 1 1 2 0 0.91
George Hainsworth Montréal Canad. 4th 252: 05 1 1 2 6th 1 1.43
Hal Winkler Boston 8th 520: 00 2 2 4th 13 2 1.50

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