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 Duluth Hornets 3820108489045 Minneapolis Millers 38171110446051 Winnipeg Maroons 3819145438377 St. Paul Saints 3717155394667 Chicago Cardinals / Americans 3711242245273 Detroit Greyhounds † 1001000522 † 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 Cecil Browne Winnipeg Maroons 352463084 Herbie Lewis Duluth Hornets 371862452 Cooney Weiland Minneapolis Millers 362122330 Art Somers Winnipeg Maroons 3211102173 Bill Borland Winnipeg Maroons 339112085 Mike Goodman Duluth Hornets 38154196 Happy Lessard Detroit / Chicago 321261821 Moose Jamieson Duluth Hornets 3810717124 Vic Desjardins St. Paul Saints 341341730 Barney Stanley Winnipeg Maroons 35881678 Ken Dunfield Duluth Hornets 37124166 Leo Lafrance Duluth Hornets 371241641 AHA 1926-27 League Leaders
Playoff
References
External links 1926-27 American Hockey Association Standings at hockeydb.com