List of Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) players

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This is a complete list of ice hockey players who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National Hockey League (NHL). It includes players that played at least one match, either in the NHL regular season or in the NHL playoffs. Granted a franchise by the NHL in 1925, the Pirates played in Pittsburgh from 1925 to 1930 and then moved to Philadelphia and became the Philadelphia Quakers. After their only season in Philadelphia, the franchise was cancelled due to financial problems. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh were each awarded an expansion team over a quarter of a century later, in 1967 (the Flyers and Penguins, respectively).

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The "Seasons" column lists the first year of the season of the player's first game and the last year of the season of the player's last game. For example, a player who played one game in the 2000–2001 season would be listed as playing with the team from 2000–2001, regardless of what calendar year the game occurred within.

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Regular SeasonPlayoffs
PlayerPositionYearsGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
Ty Arbour L1926–192848781510
Cliff Barton R1929–1930394264
Louis Berlinquette L1925–192630000820000
Edmond Bouchard L1928–1929120002
Archie Briden L1929–19302943720
Marty Burke D1927–1928352135121012
Odie Cleghorn R1925–192822213810000
Lionel Conacher (1994)D1925–19274294137620000
Baldy Cotton L1925–19291442463011742132
Harold Darragh L1925–19302065932913841120
Herb Drury D1925–193018924113519341120
Gord Fraser D1929–193030641037
Frank Fredrickson (1958)C1928–1930407142148
Albert Holway D1928–19294040420
James Jarvis L1929–1930441181932
Charlie Langlois R1926–19284451644
Fred Lowrey R1925–192616000220006
Gerry Lowrey L1928–19305618153336
Mickey MacKay C1928–1929101012
Rennison Manners C1929–19303332514
Bert McCaffrey R1927–1930921071760
Duke McCurry L1925–192914821113211940222
Mickey McGuire (1952)L1926–1928363036
John McKinnon D1926–193016727103717820004
Hib Milks L1925–193020970289812540002
Sam Rothschild L1927–1928120000
Alf Skinner R1925–192670002
Rodger Smith D1925–19302012042417243030
Jesse Spring D1925–1930596064320222
Tex White R1925–193018128113913120002

Goaltenders

Regular SeasonPlayoffs
PlayerYearsGPWLTSOGAASV%GPWLSOGAASV%
Joe Miller 1928–193087146211112.87
Red Spooner 1929–1930101006.00
Roy Worters (1969)1925–1928123525912221.9941203

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