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1927–28 AHA season

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1927–28 AHA season
LeagueAmerican Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
Number of games40
Number of teams5
Regular season
Season championsDuluth Hornets
Top scorerVic Desjardins (St. Paul)
Postseason
ChampionsMinneapolis Millers
  Runners-upDuluth Hornets
Seasons

The 1927–28 AHA season was the second season for the American Hockey Association.

Schedule and playoffs

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All five teams played their conference opponents 10 times each.

Chicago Americans

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After previous the season, the league voted to rescind Eddie Livingstone's ownership of the Chicago Americans.[1] The franchise was then moved to Kansas City and renamed Pla-Mors, after their new home venue.

Regular season

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GP W L T Pts GF GA
Duluth Hornets 40 18 9 13 49 63 49
Kansas City Pla-Mors 40 18 14 8 44 61 53
Minneapolis Millers 40 18 17 5 41 65 51
St. Paul Saints 40 14 17 9 37 76 87
Winnipeg Maroons 40 11 22 7 28 68 93

Scoring leaders

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Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Vic Desjardins St. Paul Saints 40 20 8 28 46
Cooney Weiland Minneapolis Millers 40 21 5 26 34
Moose Goheen St. Paul Saints 39 19 5 24 96
Rosario Couture Winnipeg Maroons 39 15 6 21 20
Herbie Lewis Duluth Hornets 40 14 5 19 56
Johnny Gottselig Winnipeg Maroons 39 14 5 19 24
Frank Sheppard St. Paul Saints 33 12 4 16 32
Ken Dunfield Kansas City Pla-Mors 39 8 7 15 24
Helge Bostrom Minneapolis Millers 36 10 3 13 39
Art Somers Winnipeg Maroons 40 8 5 13 71

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Playoff

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Semifinals
March 24–28
Championship
April 2–9
1 Duluth Hornets 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 Kansas City Pla-Mors 1 1 0 - - - 3 Minneapolis Millers 0 0 0 1 1 2
3 Minneapolis Millers 2 2 1 - - -

Note: the semifinal was a best-of-five series while the final was a five-game total-goal series.

References

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  1. ^ "Chicago "Referee" on Livvy's charges". Toronto Star. January 27, 1928. p. 10.
  2. ^ AHA 1927-28 League Leaders
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