1936–37 New York Americans season

1936–37 New York Americans
Division 4th Canadian
1936–37 record 15–29–4
Goals for 122
Goals against 161
Team information
Coach Red Dutton
Captain Sweeney Schriner
Team leaders
Goals Sweeney Schriner (21)
Assists Sweeney Schriner (25)
Points Sweeney Schriner (46)
Penalties in minutes Allan Shields (79)
Wins Alfie Moore (7)
Goals against average Alex Woods (2.57)
<1935–36 1937–38>

The 1936–37 New York Americans season was the Americans' twelfth season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in 1936, the Americans again placed last in the Canadian Division to miss qualifying for the playoffs. The Americans had now failed to qualify in ten of the franchise's twelve seasons in New York.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Canadiens 48 24 18 6 115 111 54
Montreal Maroons 48 22 17 9 126 110 53
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 22 21 5 119 115 49
New York Americans 48 15 29 4 122 161 34

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Game log

No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 T November 5, 1936 1–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 0–0–1
2 W November 7, 1936 3–2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 1–0–1
3 T November 12, 1936 0–0 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 1–0–2
4 W November 15, 1936 2–1 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 2–0–2
5 W November 17, 1936 5–2 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 3–0–2
6 L November 19, 1936 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 3–1–2
7 W November 22, 1936 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 4–1–2
8 L November 26, 1936 1–3 New York Rangers (1936–37) 4–2–2
9 L November 28, 1936 2–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 4–3–2
10 W November 29, 1936 2–0 @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 5–3–2
11 T December 6, 1936 3–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 5–3–3
12 L December 13, 1936 3–4 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 5–4–3
13 L December 15, 1936 3–5 OT @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 5–5–3
14 L December 17, 1936 1–5 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 5–6–3
15 L December 19, 1936 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 5–7–3
16 L December 20, 1936 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 5–8–3
17 W December 22, 1936 3–1 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 6–8–3
18 L December 26, 1936 3–4 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 6–9–3
19 L December 29, 1936 1–5 New York Rangers (1936–37) 6–10–3
20 L December 31, 1936 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 6–11–3
21 L January 2, 1937 1–5 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 6–12–3
22 L January 3, 1937 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 6–13–3
23 L January 5, 1937 1–7 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 6–14–3
24 L January 7, 1937 2–4 Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 6–15–3
25 W January 12, 1937 4–0 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 7–15–3
26 L January 17, 1937 0–3 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 7–16–3
27 W January 21, 1937 6–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 8–16–3
28 T January 23, 1937 6–6 OT @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 8–16–4
29 L January 26, 1937 0–9 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 8–17–4
30 W January 30, 1937 4–0 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 9–17–4
31 L January 31, 1937 2–3 OT Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 9–18–4
32 L February 4, 1937 1–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 9–19–4
33 L February 6, 1937 0–5 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 9–20–4
34 L February 7, 1937 1–5 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 9–21–4
35 W February 9, 1937 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 10–21–4
36 W February 14, 1937 5–4 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 11–21–4
37 L February 16, 1937 1–2 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 11–22–4
38 L February 20, 1937 3–4 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 11–23–4
39 W February 21, 1937 3–1 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 12–23–4
40 L February 23, 1937 2–5 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 12–24–4
41 W February 25, 1937 3–1 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 13–24–4
42 L February 27, 1937 2–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 13–25–4
43 L March 6, 1937 3–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 13–26–4
44 W March 7, 1937 3–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 14–26–4
45 L March 9, 1937 5–7 OT New York Rangers (1936–37) 14–27–4
46 L March 14, 1937 4–6 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 14–28–4
47 W March 18, 1937 9–4 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 15–28–4
48 L March 20, 1937 4–8 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 15–29–4

Playoffs

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sweeney Schriner 48 21 25 46 17
Lorne Carr 48 18 16 34 22
Eddie Wiseman 44 14 19 33 12
Art Chapman 43 8 23 31 36
Nels Stewart 32 20 10 30 31
Tommy Anderson 45 10 15 25 24
Joe Jerwa 20 6 8 14 27
Hap Emms 46 4 8 12 48
Joe Lamb 48 3 9 12 53
Les Cunningham 23 1 8 9 19
Tony Hemmerling 19 3 3 6 4
Roger Jenkins 26 1 4 5 6
Al Shields 27 3 0 3 79
Ted Graham 31 2 1 3 30
Lloyd Klein 14 2 1 3 2
Harry Oliver 20 2 1 3 2
Baldy Cotton 29 2 0 2 23
Lloyd Jackson 14 1 1 2 0
Allan Murray 40 0 2 2 22
Pete Leswick 1 1 0 1 0
John Doran 21 0 1 1 10
Oscar Asmundson 1 0 0 0 0
Frank Beisler 1 0 0 0 0
Lorne Chabot 6 0 0 0 0
Wilf Field 2 0 0 0 0
John Gallagher 9 0 0 0 8
Walter Kalbfleisch 6 0 0 0 4
Alfie Moore 18 0 0 0 0
Gord Reid 1 0 0 0 2
Alex Woods 1 0 0 0 0
Roy Worters 23 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SA SV SV% SO
Alfie Moore 1110 18 7 11 0 64 3.46 1
Roy Worters 1430 23 6 14 3 69 2.90 2
Lorne Chabot 370 6 2 3 1 25 4.05 1
Alex Woods 70 1 0 1 0 3 2.57 0
Team: 2980 48 15 29 4 161 3.24 4

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Awards and records

Transactions

Roster

See also

References

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy et al. ed. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0. 
  2. ^ "1936-37 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. http://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/NYA/1937.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26. 

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