1925-26
Back to back Cups for the New York Americans as they survive two grueling 7 game playoff series, first against Chicago and then to win the Cup over Boston after falling behind in the series 3 games to one vs the Bruins.
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1925-26 STANDINGS W L T PTS
NY Americans 46 21 11 103
Boston 38 27 13 89
Mon Canadiens 36 29 13 85
Chicago 33 34 11 77
Mon Maroons 27 34 17 71
NY Rangers 27 34 17 71
Toronto 26 39 13 65
Detroit 24 39 15 63
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS
Brandon Birston NYA 35 51 86
Jason Guy CHI 30 42 72
Les Gerling CHI 32 36 68
Jeff Brace BOS 24 44 68
Keegan Small BOS 25 42 67
Bruce Steinmann NYA 34 31 65
Francois Charette CHI 21 42 63
Gabe Charbonneau CHI 26 36 62
Kenny Molnar TOR 21 39 60
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Rochester Americans joined Springfield and Providence as three time winners of the Calder Cup after they beat Cleveland 4 games to two in the finals.
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds won their second Memorial Cup title by beating the Montreal Jr Canadiens in the finals. The Greyhounds and Jr Habs are the only teams to win the Cup twice. A pair of 18 year olds in Ottawa's Sherman Ayers and Wil Burrows of the Oshawa Generals dominated the league scoring. Ayers had 104 points while Burrows finished with an even 100. However, both slipped to the second round in the draft (Ayers to the Maroons and Burrows to Boston) as defenseman dominated the selections. 7 of the first 8 picks were rearguards including Sudbury's Ron Jewell, who went first overall to Detroit.
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1926-27
The New York Americans, led by scoring champ Brandon Birston, win their third straight Stanley Cup after knocking off arch-rival Boston in 7 games in the semi-finals and then sweeping the Chicago Blackhawks in the finals.
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1926-27 STANDINGS W L T PTS
Chicago 41 17 20 102
NY Americans 42 20 16 100
Boston 40 25 13 93
Mon Maroons 38 27 13 89
Toronto 30 33 15 75
Mon Canadiens 23 42 13 59
Detroit 23 47 8 54
NY Rangers 19 45 14 52
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS
Brandon Birston NYA 38 42 80
Les Gerling CHI 33 45 78
Jason Guy CHI 42 34 76
Keegan Small BOS 35 41 76
Jeff Brace BOS 23 42 65
Connor Flynn NYA 16 48 64
Bruce Steinmann NYA 27 33 60
Francois Charette CHI 24 33 57
Joseph Vojtech NYR 26 30 56
Adam Babych MM 16 40 56
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Cleveland Barons win the Calder Cup for the first time in franchise history by defeating first place Springfield in a 7 game final. The Barons finished second in the regular season, 4 points back of the Indians.
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
Guelph outlasts Quebec in a 7 game final to win the Memorial Cup.
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1927-28
New York Americans forward Brandon Birston became the league's first 50 goal score as he notched the milestone marker in his club's final game of the season. His 95 points on the season were also a league record, and had he not missed 5 games late in the year with an injury he might have hit the century mark. The 28 year old, who has won 4 scoring titles and 1 Hart Trophy, is the career leader in goals with 306 and points with 669.
As has been the case in most recent seasons the Stanley Cup finals once again featured Birston's Americans against the Boston Bruins. The Bruins ended the Americans 3 year old on the Cup by taking the series in 4 straight games.
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1927-28 STANDINGS W L T PTS
Boston 43 20 15 101
NY Americans 42 26 10 94
Chicago 38 24 16 92
NY Rangers 31 29 18 80
Mon Canadiens 29 33 16 74
Mon Maroons 28 35 15 71
Detroit 25 44 9 59
Toronto 21 46 11 53
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS
Brandon Birston NYA 50 45 95
Les Gerling CHI 35 47 82
Jason Guy CHI 35 46 81
Keegan Small BOS 34 46 80
Connor Flynn NYA 32 45 77
Joey Priestlay BOS 26 45 71
Joseph Vojtech NYR 27 39 66
Gabe Charbonneau CHI 19 45 64
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Cleveland Barons won their second straight Calder Cup after defeating Hershey in a 6 game final. The Barons dominated the regular season, going 51-15-12 to finish with 114 points, 32 more than second place Quebec.
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
The defending Memorial Cup champion Guelph Biltmore Madhatters had far and away the best regular season record but the Hatters ran into a hot Sault Ste Marie club in the conference finals and were eliminated as the Greyhounds went on to win their second Memorial Cup in 3 years and third overall in franchise history. Cornwall won the Eastern Conference before falling to the Greyhounds. Cornwall boasted the league scoring champion in rookie center Chris Maxwell. The 16 year old had 38 goals and 67 assists for 105 points and has scouts looking forward to the 1929 draft.
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1928-29
Another Cup for Boston, their 6th, as they once again knock off the New York Americans in the finals. The Bruins won the finals in 4 straight games after both Boston and the Americans were pushed to the full 7 games in the semi-finals by Chicago and the Maroons.
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1928-29 STANDINGS W L T PTS
Boston 44 24 10 98
Mon Maroons 41 23 14 96
NY Americans 35 31 12 82
Chicago 35 32 11 81
NY Rangers 32 35 11 75
Toronto 31 35 12 74
Mon Canadiens 23 40 15 61
Detroit 22 43 13 57
SCORING LEADERS TM G A PTS
Keegan Small BOS 38 42 80
Les Gerling CHI 34 44 78
Brandon Birston NYA 38 35 73
Thierry Laplante DET 26 44 70
Gabe Charbonneau CHI 24 44 68
Rene Bergeron TOR 23 45 68
Joseph Vojtech NYR 30 37 67
Charlie Lachance NYR 25 41 66
AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE
The Cleveland Barons swept Rochester in the Calder Cup finals for their 3rd straight American Hockey League title.
CANADIAN JUNIOR HOCKEY LEAGUE
After reaching the finals but falling short a year ago the Cornwall Royals won the Memorial Cup by defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings in 7 games. Cornwall was led by highly touted 18 year old Chris Maxwell, who finished 4th in league scoring with 95 points before adding another 29 in the playoffs including 3 points in a 5-0 game 7 win over the Oil Kings.
Maxwell somehow dropped to third in the draft as the Maple Leafs grabbed the Toronto native after Detroit and the Montreal Canadiens passed on him. The Red Wings, a perennial basement dweller, took Montreal Jr Canadiens defenseman Matt Matwychuk first overall while the Habs opted for Peterborough Petes leftwinger Tyler Lockerby instead of the Maxwell. Matwychuk had 35 points and 215 penalty minutes for the Jr Canadiens this season while Lockerby was limited to just 38 games because of injury and averaged over a point a game for the Petes with 23 goals and 41 points. Maxwell, of course, won the CJHL scoring title as a 16 year old with 105 points and added another 95 points last season. He helped the Cornwall Royals to two straight Memorial Cup appearances.