The 1928–29 New York Americans season was the fourth

season A season is a division of the year based on changes in weather, ecology, and the number of daylight hours in a given region. On Earth, seasons are the result of the axial parallelism of Earth's axial tilt, tilted orbit around the Sun. In temperat ...

of play of the Americans. After finishing out of the playoffs in the first three seasons, the team placed second in its division to make the playoffs for the first time. The team met the

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays ...

for a two-game total-goals series. The series was won by the Rangers, the only goal an over-time goal in the second game.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

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( 1928–29) , , 3–1–2 , - , 7, , L, , December 2, 1928, , 1–2 , , align="left", @ Detroit Cougars ( 1928–29) , , 3–2–2 , - , 8, , L, , December 6, 1928, , 1–4 , , align="left", @

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( 1928–29) , , 3–3–2 , - , 9, , W, , December 9, 1928, , 2–1 , , align="left",

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The t ...

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( 1928–29) , , 5–3–2 , - , 11, , W, , December 13, 1928, , 2–1 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 6–3–2 , - , 12, , W, , December 16, 1928, , 1–0 , , align="left", @

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( 1928–29) , , 7–3–2 , - , 13, , W, , December 18, 1928, , 2–0 , , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 8–3–2 , - , 14, , L, , December 20, 1928, , 0–1 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 8–4–2 , - , 15, , L, , December 23, 1928, , 0–2 , , align="left", Detroit Cougars ( 1928–29) , , 8–5–2 , - , 16, , W, , December 25, 1928, , 1–0 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 9–5–2 , - , 17, , L, , December 27, 1928, , 0–2 , , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 9–6–3 , - , - , 19, , T, , January 1, 1929, , 1–1 OT, , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 9–6–4 , - , 20, , T, , January 6, 1929, , 0–0 OT, , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 9–6–5 , - , 21, , W, , January 10, 1929, , 2–0 , , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 11–6–5 , - , 23, , T, , January 15, 1929, , 1–1 OT, , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 11–6–7 , - , 25, , L, , January 20, 1929, , 0–2 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 11–7–7 , - , 26, , W, , January 24, 1929, , 2–0 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 12–7–7 , - , 27, , W, , January 27, 1929, , 2–1 , , align="left", @ Detroit Cougars ( 1928–29) , , 13–7–7 , - , 28, , L, , January 29, 1929, , 0–1 , , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 13–9–7 , - , - , 30, , L, , February 3, 1929, , 1–3 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 13–10–7 , - , 31, , W, , February 5, 1929, , 1–0 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 14–10–7 , - , 32, , W, , February 7, 1929, , 1–0 , , align="left",

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( 1928–29) , , 16–10–7 , - , 34, , T, , February 14, 1929, , 1–1 OT, , align="left", Detroit Cougars ( 1928–29) , , 16–10–8 , - , 35, , T, , February 16, 1929, , 1–1 OT, , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 16–10–9 , - , 36, , L, , February 19, 1929, , 0–1 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 16–11–9 , - , 37, , W, , February 21, 1929, , 4–2 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 17–11–9 , - , 38, , T, , February 24, 1929, , 2–2 OT, , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 17–11–10 , - , 39, , T, , February 28, 1929, , 0–0 OT, , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 17–11–11 , - , - , 40, , T, , March 5, 1929, , 1–1 OT, , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 17–11–12 , - , 41, , W, , March 9, 1929, , 3–2 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 18–11–12 , - , 42, , W, , March 12, 1929, , 2–1 , , align="left",

( 1928–29) , , 19–11–12 , - , 43, , L, , March 14, 1929, , 0–5 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 19–12–12 , - , 44, , L, , March 16, 1929, , 1–4 , , align="left", @

( 1928–29) , , 19–13–12 , - , - , ''Legend'':

Playoffs

The Americans qualified for the playoff for the first time in history. They lost in the first round by the Rangers 1 goal to 0, or 0–1.

Player statistics

Regular season

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Playoffs

;Scoring ;Goaltending

Awards and records

Hart Trophy The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, is an annual award for the most valuable player to his team in the National Hockey League (NHL), voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. The original t ...

– Roy Worters

Transactions

References

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Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References