1926–27 AHA season explained

1926–27 AHA season
League:	American Hockey Association
Sport:	Ice hockey
Season:	Regular season
No Of Teams:	6
No Of Games:	40*
Season Champs:	Duluth Hornets
Top Scorer:	Cecil Browne (Winnipeg)
Finals:	Postseason
Finals Champ:	Duluth Hornets
Finals Runner-Up:	Minneapolis Millers
Nextseason Year:	1927–28

The 1926–27 AHA season was the inaugural season for the American Hockey Association. Five franchises who had played the previous year in the Central Hockey League were joined by a new sixth member, the Chicago Cardinals.

Schedule and playoffs

The teams were scheduled to play 40 games with 8 coming against each of their five opponents. The top three teams by points would qualify for the postseason with the regular season champion receiving a bye into the final round.

Detroit Greyhounds

Due to their expected home rink still being under construction at the start of the season, the Detroit Greyhounds forfeited their first four home games. In mid-December, with delays still plaguing the Greyhounds' rink, the team withdrew from the league. The league rearranged the schedule on the fly and ended up with a slight imbalance in games played by the end of the season, however, the difference in games did not affect the final standings.

Regular season

	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
	38	20	10	8	48	90	45
	38	17	11	10	44	60	51
	38	19	14	5	43	83	77
	37	17	15	5	39	46	67
	37	11	24	2	24	52	73
Detroit Greyhounds ^†	10	0	10	0	0	5	22

† Detroit played 6 games and forfeited 4 due to a lack of ice before withdrawing from the league.

Scoring leaders

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

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	Winnipeg Maroons	35	24	6	30	84
	Duluth Hornets	37	18	6	24	52
	Minneapolis Millers	36	21	2	23	30
	Winnipeg Maroons	32	11	10	21	73
Bill Borland	Winnipeg Maroons	33	9	11	20	85
Mike Goodman	Duluth Hornets	38	15	4	19	6
Happy Lessard	Detroit / Chicago	32	12	6	18	21
Moose Jamieson	Duluth Hornets	38	10	7	17	124
	St. Paul Saints	34	13	4	17	30
	Winnipeg Maroons	35	8	8	16	78
Ken Dunfield	Duluth Hornets	37	12	4	16	6
	Duluth Hornets	37	12	4	16	41

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External links

• 1926-27 American Hockey Association Standings at hockeydb.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/top_league.php?lid=aha1927&sid=1927&leaguenm=AHA AHA 1926-27 League Leaders