1925–26 Boston Bruins season

NHL hockey team season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1925–26 1925 Boston Bruins 4th 17–15–4 (38 points) 10–7–1 7–8–3 92 85 Art Ross Art Ross Sprague CleghornSprague Cleghorn selected as coach of Boston Bruins https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bH0uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708,478148&dq=cleghorn+boston&hl=en The Gazette Montreal November 3, 1927 November 2, 2017 Boston Arena Carson Cooper (28) Jimmy Herbert, Sprague Cleghorn (5) Carson Cooper, Jimmy Herbert (31) Jimmy Herbert (50) Doc Stewart (16) Charles Stewart (2.21) The 1925–26 Boston Bruins season was the team's second season in the NHL. The Bruins finished fourth in the league standings, failing to make the playoffs. 2 Regular season 1925–26 NHL season Opening the season with a 2–1 loss to the expansion Pittsburgh Pirates, it looked initially as if the Bruins would turn in as poor a season as the year before, as they won only two of their first ten games, and after two consecutive wins, turned in an 0–5–3 record for most of January.Vautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 40 978-1-55022-334-7 From a 5–0 shutout victory over the Maroons on January 30, however, the Bruins won 13 of their last 17 games, a 2–1 overtime loss to the Pirates on March 12 being the difference to lose out on a playoff berth to Pittsburgh by a single point.Vautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 41 978-1-55022-334-7 The winning percentage improvement of .328 from the previous season was an NHL record at the time, and remains the third best single season improvement ever.Klein Jeff Z. Reif Karl-Eric 1987 The Klein & Reif Hockey Compendium Toronto McClelland & Stewart 63 978-0-7710-4529-5 A healthy Carson Cooper contributed to a near doubling of goals scored to lead the league, while the purchase of veteran star defenseman Sprague Cleghorn from the Montreal Maroons for $5000 solidified the defenseVautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 39 978-1-55022-334-7 – despite a knee injury in the opener against Pittsburgh that sidelined Cleghorn for a month – and saw goals allowed decline by over a third.Coleman Charles L. 1964 Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. Sherbrooke National Hockey League 489 Cooper and Jimmy "Sailor" Herbert finished second and third respectively in the league scoring race, behind Nels Stewart of the Maroons.Coleman Charles L. 1964 Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. Sherbrooke National Hockey League 494 Among other debuts was that of goaltender Moe Roberts, at age 19 the second youngest player in the league and its first Jewish player.Vautour Kevin 1997 The Bruins Book Toronto ECW Press 39 978-1-55022-334-7 Roberts would wind up with one of the longest professional careers on record, playing his final game for the Chicago Black Hawks in 1951, the oldest player ever to play in the NHL, prior to Gordie Howe. He was the youngest player ever to play goal for twenty years, until surpassed by future Bruin Harry Lumley. Final standings BOS Record vs. opponents BOS Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 5px solid; 1925–26 regular season1925-26 Boston Bruins Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/BOS/1926_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 3, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||L||November 26, 1925||1–2 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||0–1–0 |- |2||W||November 28, 1925||3–2 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||1–1–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |3||L||December 1, 1925||2–3 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||1–2–0 |- |4||L||December 3, 1925||0–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||1–3–0 |- |5||L||December 5, 1925||0–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||1–4–0 |- |6||W||December 8, 1925||3–2 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||2–4–0 |- |7||L||December 11, 1925||3–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||2–5–0 |- |8||L||December 15, 1925||1–2 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||2–6–0 |- |9||L||December 19, 1925||5–6 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||2–7–0 |- |10||L||December 22, 1925||2–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1925–26) ||2–8–0 |- |11||W||December 29, 1925||3–0 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||3–8–0 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |12||W||January 5, 1926||3–0 || align="left"| Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||4–8–0 |- |13||T||January 7, 1926||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1925–26) ||4–8–1 |- |14||L||January 9, 1926||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||4–9–1 |- |15||L||January 12, 1926||2–4 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||4–10–1 |- |16||L||January 15, 1926||1–5 || align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||4–11–1 |- |17||T||January 19, 1926||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||4–11–2 |- |18||T||January 23, 1926||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1925–26) ||4–11–3 |- |19||L||January 26, 1926||2–8 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||4–12–3 |- |20||W||January 30, 1926||5–0 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||5–12–3 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |21||W||February 2, 1926||3–2 || align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||6–12–3 |- |22||W||February 4, 1926||3–2 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||7–12–3 |- |23||T||February 6, 1926||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||7–12–4 |- |24||W||February 9, 1926||4–0 || align="left"| New York Americans (1925–26) ||8–12–4 |- |25||W||February 13, 1926||7–4 || align="left"| @ Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||9–12–4 |- |26||W||February 16, 1926||3–2 OT|| align="left"| Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||10–12–4 |- |27||W||February 18, 1926||7–3 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1925–26) ||11–12–4 |- |28||W||February 20, 1926||3–1 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||12–12–4 |- |29||W||February 22, 1926||2–1 OT|| align="left"| Toronto St. Patricks (1925–26) ||13–12–4 |- |30||L||February 27, 1926||2–3 || align="left"| @ Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||13–13–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#764F25 2px solid; border-bottom:#FFC70C 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |31||W||March 2, 1926||4–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1925–26) ||14–13–4 |- |32||W||March 4, 1926||3–2 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||15–13–4 |- |33||W||March 6, 1926||1–0 || align="left"| Ottawa Senators (1925–26) ||16–13–4 |- |34||L||March 9, 1926||0–1 || align="left"| New York Americans (1925–26) ||16–14–4 |- |35||L||March 12, 1926||1–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Pittsburgh Pirates (1925–26) ||16–15–4 |- |36||W||March 16, 1926||1–0 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1925–26) ||17–15–4 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Player statistics Leading scorers Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes     Regular season   Playoffs Player GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM Carson Cooper 36 28 3 31 10 – – – – – Jimmy Herbert 36 26 5 31 47 – – – – – Lionel Hitchman 36 7 4 11 70 – – – – – Sprague Cleghorn 25 6 5 11 49 – – – – – Hago Harrington 26 7 2 9 6 – – – – – Red Stuart 33 6 1 7 41 – – – – – George Geran 33 5 1 6 6 – – – – – Stan Jackson 28 3 3 6 30 – – – – – Herb Mitchell 26 3 0 3 14 – – – – – Normand Shay 13 2 0 2 2 – – – – – Goaltenders Note: GP = Games played; Min = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average     Regular season   Playoffs Player GP Min W L T GA SO GAA GP Min W L GA SO GAADoc Stewart 35 2173 16 14 4 80 6 2.21 – – – – – – –Moe Roberts 2 85 1 1 0 5 0 3.53 – – – – – – – Transactions Purchased Sprague Cleghorn from the Montreal Maroons for $5,000.Coleman Charles L. 1964 Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol I. Sherbrooke National Hockey League 488 See also 1925–26 NHL season References 3 Category:Boston Bruins seasons Boston Boston Bruins Boston Bruins Category:1920s in Boston