1927–28 American ice hockey season

This was the 1927-28 American ice hockey season:

Leagues

• American Hockey Association
• American Amateur Hockey Association
• Canadian-American Hockey League
• California Hockey League
• Canadian Professional Hockey League (Detroit Olympics)
• Metropolitan Amateur Hockey League
• National Hockey League (Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars, New York Americans, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• New England Hockey League

Olympic Games

The Augsburg College team was set to represent the United States in the 1928 Winter Olympics. However, the US wound up withdrawing from the tournament, as Major-General Douglas MacArthur of the American Olympic Committee felt Augsburg was not sufficiently representative, and William S. Haddock, president of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, refused to send another team to compete. In early January, it was noted that the Rochester Hockey Club was also being considered as the American representative. Haddock had also hoped that Eveleth would compete in the tournament.

Montana

The Butte City League was contested by three teams in 1927-28. Anaconda did not have a hockey team this year.

Butte City League Results

• 12/18: Butte Clarkes - Butte Lake Avoca 7:4
• 12/26: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avoca 4:2
• 1/8: Butte Clarkes - Butte Lake Avoca 0:0 OT
• 1/22: Butte Clarkes - Butte Marquettes 2:1
• 1/29: Butte Clarkes - Butte Lake Avoca 7:3
• 2/5: Butte Marquettes - Butte Lake Avoca 3:1
• 2/12: Butte Marquettes - Butte Clarkes 2:1 OT

New York

Rochester Hockey Club

Some notable independent teams in New York this winter included the Rochester Hockey Club, Nichols Hockey Club, and Buffalo Curtiss Aeroplane.

1927-28 Game Results

• 1/5: Rochester Hockey Club - Toronto Victoria College (ON) 4:2 @ Rochester
• Toronto Victoria College (ON) - Nichols Hockey Club @ Buffalo
• 1/21: Nichols Hockey Club - Rochester Hockey Club 3:2 @ Buffalo
• 1/29: Rochester Hockey Club - Niagara Falls 11:3 @ Rochester
• 1/29: Albany Hockey Club - Pittsfield Hockey Club (MA) 10:1
• 2/5: Albany Hockey Club - Briggsville Hockey Club (MA) 3:0
• 2/12: Albany Hockey Club - Briggsville Hockey Club (MA) 16:0
• 2/26: Rochester Hockey Club - Buffalo Curtiss Aeroplane 4:2 @ Rochester
• 3/3: Buffalo Curtiss Aeroplane - Rochester Hockey Club 7:5 @ Buffalo
• 3/10: Buffalo Curtiss Aeroplane - Rochester Hockey Club 6:2 @ Buffalo - Buffalo claimed Western New York title

Portland, Oregon

The Oregon Amateur Hockey League was contested, and the Portland Rosebuds, an all-star team, played exhibition games throughout the season.

1927-28 Game Results

• 12/30: Portland Rosebuds - Victoria Capitals (BC) 2:0 @ Victoria
• 1/22: Portland Waterfront - Vancouver Monarchs (BC) 3:2 @ Portland
• 1/27: Victoria Capitals (BC) - Portland Rosebuds 6:1 @ Victoria - Wilkerson Cup
• 1/29: Portland Rosebuds - Vancouver Monarchs (BC) 3:1 @ Portland
• 2/10: Portland Rosebuds - Victoria Capitals (BC) 4:2 @ Victoria - MacLean Cup
• 2/13: Vancouver All-Stars (BC) - Portland Rosebuds 2:0 @ Vancouver - MacLean Cup
• 2/19: Portland Rosebuds - Vancouver (BC) 6:6 3OT @ Portland
• 3/22: Portland Rosebuds - Vancouver Monarchs (BC) 3:2 @ Portland - Pacific Northwest International Championship
• 3/24: Vancouver Monarchs (BC) - Portland Rosebuds 7:3 @ Portland - "
• 3/25: Portland Rosebuds - Seattle All-Stars (WA) 3:0 @ Portland

Oregon Amateur Hockey League Results

• 12/15: Portland Waterfront - Portland Westside 7:4
• 12/15: Multnomah Athletic Club - Portland Eastside 3:2
• 1/12: Portland Waterfront - Portland Westside 3:2
• 1/12: Portland Eastside - Multnomah Athletic Club 3:1
• 2/9: Portland Eastside - Portland Waterfront 5:4
• 2/9: Multnomah Athletic Club - Portland Westside 4:1
• 2/16: Portland Westside - Portland Waterfront 5:4 OT
• 2/16: Portland Eastside - Multnomah Athletic Club 1:0
• 3/5: Portland Eastside - Portland Waterfront 6:4
• 3/19: Portland Waterfront - Portland Eastside 4:3 - Waterfront clinched title

Spokane, Washington

Members of the Spokane Zips played two exhibition inter-club games at the Cannon Hill Park as part of an ice carnival on January 2, 1928, as the Coeur d'Alene Eskimos were unable to come. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene faced each other six times on the season, with the former team claiming the L.M. Davenport Trophy.

1927-28 Game Results

• 12/25: Spokane Zips - Coeur d'Alene Eskimos (ID) 2:2 @ Couer'dAlene
• 1/22: Spokane Zips - Coeur d'Alene Eskimos (ID) 5:3 @ Spokane
• 1/29: Couer d'Alene Eskimos (ID) - Spokane Zips 5:2 @ Couer d'Alene
• 2/12: Spokane Zips - Couer d'Alene Eskimos (ID) 4:2 @ Coeur d'Alene - the Zips clinched the Inland Empire Championship and the L.M. Davenport Trophy
• 2/19: Coeur d'Alene Eskimos (ID) - Spokane Zips 2:2 2OT @ Couer d'Alene
• 2/26: Coeur d'Alene Eskimos (ID) - Spokane Zips 3:2 @ Couer d'Alene

St. Louis, Missouri

There were plans to stage an ice hockey game between the St. Louis Winter Garden and Alton, Illinois, teams as part of the Silver Skates Carnival in St. Louis on January 2, but it was cancelled.

Texas

The Kansas City Pla-Mors of the American Hockey Association in November 1927, facing the Dallas Ice Kings and the Polar Wave Bears of Houston.

1927-28 Game Results

• 11/4: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Dallas Ice Kings 5:3 @ Dallas
• 11/6: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Dallas Ice Kings @ Dallas
• 11/8: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Dallas Ice Kings 7:3 @ Dallas
• 11/13: Dallas Ice Kings - Kansas City Pla-Mors 3:3 @ Dallas
• 11/14: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Polar Wave Bears 7:2 @ Houston
• 11/15: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Polar Wave Bears 6:1 @ Houston
• 11/17: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Dallas Ice Kings 8:3 @ Dallas
• 11/19: Kansas City Pla-Mors - Dallas Ice Kings 7:2 @ Dallas
• 11/29: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 4:1 @ Dallas
• 12/5: Polar Wave Bears - Dallas Ice Kings 8:2 @ Houston
• 12/12: Dallas Ice Kings - Polar Wave Bears 2:1 @ Dallas
• 12/13: Dallas Ice Kings - Polar Wave Bears 3:2 OT @ Dallas

College ice hockey

See: 1927–28 American college hockey season

Sources

• Austin-American Statesman
• Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• The Spokesman-Review

American ice hockey seasons (1920-1945)
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