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.

1926–27 AHA season
LeagueAmerican Hockey Association
SportIce hockey
Number of games40*
Number of teams6
Regular season
Season championsDuluth Hornets
Top scorerCecil Browne (Winnipeg)
Postseason
ChampionsDuluth Hornets
  Runners-upMinneapolis Millers
Seasons

Schedule and playoffs

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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

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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

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GP W L T Pts GF GA
Duluth Hornets 38 20 10 8 48 90 45
Minneapolis Millers 38 17 11 10 44 60 51
Winnipeg Maroons 38 19 14 5 43 83 77
St. Paul Saints 37 17 15 5 39 46 67
Chicago Cardinals / Americans 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

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

Player Team GP G A Pts PIM
Cecil Browne Winnipeg Maroons 35 24 6 30 84
Herbie Lewis Duluth Hornets 37 18 6 24 52
Cooney Weiland Minneapolis Millers 36 21 2 23 30
Art Somers 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
Vic Desjardins St. Paul Saints 34 13 4 17 30
Barney Stanley Winnipeg Maroons 35 8 8 16 78
Ken Dunfield Duluth Hornets 37 12 4 16 6
Leo Lafrance Duluth Hornets 37 12 4 16 41

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Playoff

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Semifinals
March 24–29
Championship
April 2–6
1 Duluth Hornets 3 1 1 - -
2 Minneapolis Millers 2 4 2 - - 2 Minneapolis Millers 0 0 0 - -
3 Winnipeg Maroons 0 2 1 - -

References

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