Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
| Pittsburgh Pirates | |
|---|---|
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| Division | American Division |
| Founded | 1925 |
| History |
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets 1915–1921 (independent) 1921–1925 (USAHA) Pittsburgh Pirates 1925–1930 Philadelphia Quakers 1930–1931 |
| Home arena | Duquesne Gardens |
| City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Colors |
Black, gold, white, orange |
| Media |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Press KDKA (AM) |
| Owner(s) |
 James F. Callahan1925–1928 Bill Dwyer1928–1930 Benny Leonard1928–1930 |
| Head coach |
 Odie Cleghorn 1925–1929 Frank Fredrickson 1929–1930 |
| Captain |
Lionel Conacher 1925–1926 Harold Cotton1926–1929 Gerry Lowrey1929–1930 |
| Stanley Cups | 0 |
| Conference championships | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
Black, gold, white, orange
The Pittsburgh Pirates were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL), based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1925–26 to 1929–30. The nickname comes from the baseball team also based in the city. For the 1930–31 season, the team moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and played one season as the Philadelphia Quakers.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are traced back to the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the US Amateur Hockey Association. The Yellow Jackets' owner was Roy Schooley, a former referee. Even though the team won the USAHA Championship in 1924 and 1925, Schooley encountered financial problems. His team was then sold to attorney James F. Callahan. Pittsburgh was granted a franchise by the National Hockey League on November 7, 1925. The move came after Eddie Livingstone, the former owner of the Toronto Shamrocks and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association saw Pittsburgh as a possible member for a proposed rival league to the NHL; Pittsburgh had, in the 1890s, been the first metropolitan area to professionalize the game of ice hockey. In order to thwart the new league, the President of the NHL, Frank Calder, negotiated to put a franchise in Pittsburgh, which become the seventh team to join the NHL as well as the league's third US-based team. Callahan then renamed his team the Pittsburgh Pirates, after he received permission from Barney Dreyfuss, the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team.
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