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.

Regular season

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

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

C1

Montreal Canadiens

0

A1

Boston Bruins

3

A1

Boston Bruins

2

A2

New York Rangers

0

C2

New York Americans

0G

A2

New York Rangers

1G

A2

New York Rangers

2

C3

Toronto Maple Leafs

0

C3

Toronto Maple Leafs

7G

A3

Detroit Cougars

2G

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

First Games

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1928–29 (listed with their first team, stars(*) mark start 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