I tried to hang in there and let them hit me. That was a firing squad we saw there.
ROY WORTERS
Pirates' goaltender, after stopping 70 saves in a 3-1 loss to the New York Americans on December 26, 1926. The Pirates and Americans combined for 141 shots in the game – still an NHL record.
• The Pirates were the city's first NHL team.

• New York Americans' Billy Burch, the reigning MVP, scored a the first NHL goal in the city of Pittsburgh.

• Captain Lionel "L-Train" Conacher scored Pittsburgh's first-ever NHL goal.

• The Pirates colors of black and gold would be used as supporting evidence when the Pittsburgh Penguins switched to those colors in 1980.

Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics 1925-26
18-17-2 (Coach Odie Cleghorn)
September 26, 1925 - Baldy Cotton, Harold Darragh, Herb Drury, Duke McCurry, Hib Milks, Rodger Smith, Tex White & Roy Worters were signed as free agents.

October 18, 1925 - Odie Cleghorn signed as a free agent and named player/coach.

November 10, 1925 - Louis Berlinquette & Alf Skinner were signed as free agents.

November 11, 1925 - Lionel Conacher signed as a free agent.

November 25, 1925 - Jesse Spring loaned to Pittsburgh by New York Americans for future considerations.

January 12, 1926 - Fred Lowrey claimed on waivers by from Montreal Maroons.

January 23, 1926 - Joe Miller's NHL rights traded to New York Americans by Pittsburgh for the rights to Odie Cleghorn and the loan of Jesse Spring.
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
4
  Hib Milks
 36 
14
5
19
17
2
0
0
0
0
5
  Duke McCurry
 36 
13
4
17
32
2
0
2
2
4
6
  Harold Darragh
 35 
10
7
17
6
2
0
1
1
0
2
  Lionel Conacher "C"
 33 
9
4
13
64
2
0
0
0
0
3
  Rodger Smith
 36 
9
1
10
22
2
1
0
1
0
10
  Wilfred 'Tex' White
 35 
7
1
8
22
-
-
-
-
-
9
  Harold 'Baldy' Cotton
 33 
7
1
8
22
2
1
0
1
0
8
  Herbert Drury
 33 
6
2
8
40
2
1
0
1
0
14
  Jesse Spring
 32 
5
0
5
23
2
0
2
2
2
7
  Odie Cleghorn
 17 
2
1
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
11
  Louis Berlinquette
 30 
0
0
0
8
2
0
0
0
0
12
  Fred Lowrey
 16 
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
6
12
  Alf Skinner
 7 
0
0
0
2
-
-
-
-
-
#
 Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
1
 Roy Worters
35
0
0
0
0
18
16
1
2145
68
1.90
7
0
.000
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
120
6
3.00


Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics 1926-27
15-26-3 (Coach Odie Cleghorn)
October 7, 1926 - Mickey McGuire signed as a free agent.

October 9, 1926 - Ty Arbour was traded to Pittsburgh by Vancouver Maroons (WHL) for cash.

October 28, 1926 - John McKinnon traded to Pittsburgh by the Montreal Canadiens for cash.

December 16, 1926 - Lionel Conacher was traded to New York Americans by Pittsburgh for Charlie Langlois and $2,000.
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
4
  Hib Milks
 44 
16
6
22
18
-
-
-
-
-
6
  Harold Darragh
 42 
12
3
15
4
-
-
-
-
-
12
  Ernest 'Ty' Arbour
 41 
7
8
15
10
-
-
-
-
-
11
  Johnny McKinnon
 44 
13
0
13
21
-
-
-
-
-
10
  Wilfred 'Tex' White
 43 
5
4
9
21
-
-
-
-
-
2
  Charlie Langlois
 36 
6
1
7
36
-
-
-
-
-
8
  Herbert Drury
 42 
5
1
6
48
-
-
-
-
-
5
  Duke McCurry
 33 
3
3
6
23
-
-
-
-
-
9
  Harold 'Baldy' Cotton "C"
 35 
5
0
5
17
-
-
-
-
-
3
  Rodger Smith
 36 
4
0
4
6
-
-
-
-
-
7
  Frank 'Mickey' McGuire
 32 
3
0
3
6
-
-
-
-
-
2
  Lionel Conacher
 10 
0
0
0
12
-
-
-
-
-
14
  Odie Cleghorn
 3 
0
0
0
0
-
-
-
-
-
#
 Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L T MIN GA GAA SO SV PCT
1
 Roy Worters
44
0
0
0
0
15
26
3
2711
108
2.39
4
0
.000


Pittsburgh Pirates Statistics 1927-28
19-17-8 (Coach Odie Cleghorn)
November, 1927 - Sam Rothschild signed as a free agent.

December 1, 1927 - Mickey McGuire traded to Windsor Hornets (Can-Pro) by Pittsburgh for cash.

December 16, 1927 - Marty Burke was loaned to Pittsburgh by Montreal Maroons for remainder of 1927-28 season for the loan of Charlie Langlois.

December 26, 1927 - Sam Rothschild was suspended by Pittsburgh for breaking training rules.

December, 1927 - Ty Arbour traded to the Chicago Blackhawks by Pittsburgh to complete three-team transaction that sent Bert McCaffrey to Pittsburgh and Eddie Rodden to Toronto.
REGULAR SEASON
 PLAYOFFS
#
 Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
4
  Hib Milks
 44 
18
3
21
32
2
0
0
0
2