1936–37 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1936–37 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 28th season of play. After coach Cecil Hart and Howie Morenz returned to the club, the Canadiens placed first in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs. Montreal met and lost to eventual Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the semi-finals.

Regular season

two men, one in suit, one in hockey uniform, look at the hockey equipment of a player in the dressing room.

Manager Hart and team-mate Aurele Joliat in the Canadiens' dressing room after learning of Morenz' death.

The Montreal Canadiens had hit the bottom in 1935–36, and Babe Siebert was obtained to shore up the defence. Cecil Hart was rehired as coach. Hart placed a condition on his returning to the club, that former star Howie Morenz would return to the club. After being traded to Chicago and from there to New York, Morenz had struggled and the Rangers were willing trade partners for Morenz. Goalie George Hainsworth also returned to the Canadiens, signed as a free agent.

The Canadiens went from last to first in the Canadian Division. Morenz was just hitting his stride in January 1937, when tragedy struck. On one of his hurtling rushes, he was being checked by Earl Seibert of Chicago when his left skate got caught in the dasher of the end boards, and Morenz suffered a badly fractured leg. After suffering a nervous breakdown worrying about if he'd be able to come back, more bad luck occurred. On March 8, 1937, X-rays revealed that Howie had blood clots in his healing leg. An operation was scheduled for the next day, but when Howie ate a light supper and told the nurse he wanted to rest, in falling asleep his pallor suddenly changed and the nurse knew something was wrong. A blood clot had stopped his heart, and attempts to revive Howie failed. News of Morenz's death shocked the hockey world, and thousands filed past his bier, many in tears, to pay their last respects.

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.

Playoffs

As champions of the Canadian division, the Canadiens proceeded directly to the semi-final against the Detroit Red Wings. Montreal lost the best-of-five series 3–2.

Schedule and results

Regular season

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

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Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	48	20	16	36	38
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	47	17	15	32	30
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	44	8	20	28	38
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	47	13	14	27	17
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	47	8	18	26	24
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	43	10	12	22	12
Morenz, HowieHowie Morenz	C	30	4	16	20	12
Desilets, JoffreJoffre Desilets	RW	48	7	12	19	17
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	34	7	8	15	15
Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	C	27	4	6	10	10
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	47	3	6	9	8
McGill, JackJack McGill	LW	44	5	2	7	9
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	39	4	3	7	22
Miller, BillBill Miller	C/D	48	3	1	4	12
Buswell, WaltWalt Buswell	D	44	0	4	4	30
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	7	1	1	2	0
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	C/LW	4	1	0	1	2
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	G	44	0	0	0	0
Drouin, PollyPolly Drouin	LW	4	0	0	0	0
Goupille, RedRed Goupille	D	4	0	0	0	0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	G	4	0	0	0	0
Jenkins, RogerRoger Jenkins	RW/D	10	0	0	0	8

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	2730	44	22	17	5	99	2.18	5
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth	270	4	2	1	1	12	2.67	0
Team:	3000	48	24	18	6	111	2.22	5

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Haynes, PaulPaul Haynes	C	5	2	3	5	0
Gagnon, JohnnyJohnny Gagnon	RW	5	2	1	3	9
Siebert, BabeBabe Siebert	LW/D	5	1	2	3	2
Joliat, AurelAurel Joliat	LW	5	0	3	3	2
Blake, ToeToe Blake	LW	5	1	0	1	0
Desilets, JoffreJoffre Desilets	RW	5	1	0	1	0
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	5	1	0	1	0
Lepine, PitPit Lepine	C	5	0	1	1	0
Brown, GeorgeGeorge Brown	C	4	0	0	0	0
Buswell, WaltWalt Buswell	D	5	0	0	0	2
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	G	5	0	0	0	0
Lorrain, RodRod Lorrain	RW	5	0	0	0	0
Mantha, GeorgesGeorges Mantha	D/LW	5	0	0	0	0
McGill, JackJack McGill	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Miller, BillBill Miller	C/D	5	0	0	0	0
Mondou, ArmandArmand Mondou	LW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Cude, WilfWilf Cude	352	5	2	3	13	2.22	0
Team:	352	5	2	3	13	2.22	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Wilf Cude – NHL Second All-Star team
Babe Siebert – NHL First All-Star team, Hart Memorial Trophy
O'Brien Cup – First place in Canadian division.

Transactions

September 1, 1936 – Howie Morenz traded to Montreal by NY Rangers for cash.
September 10, 1936 – Traded Leroy Goldsworthy, Sammy McManus and $10,000 to Boston for Babe Siebert and Roger Jenkins.
November 24, 1936 – George Hainsworth signed as a free agent.

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 263–265.
Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66324-3.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

Notes

↑ 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.
↑ "1936–37 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ "1936-37 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owners: Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Marc Bergevin
Head coach: Michel Therrien
Team captain: Vacant
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Hamilton Bulldogs; St. John's IceCaps (beginning in 2015-16)

ECHL: Wheeling Nailers

General managers

Head coaches

Media

TV	City TV (English) Sportsnet East (English) Réseau des sports (French)

Radio	English TSN Radio 990 French 98,5 FM

Culture and lore

Montreal Canadiens seasons

1900s	1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1936–37 NHL season by team

Canadian	Montreal Canadiens Montreal Maroons NY Americans Toronto

American	Boston Chicago Detroit NY Rangers

See also	1937 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

1936–37 Montreal Canadiens season

Regular season

Final standings

Playoffs

Schedule and results

Regular season

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References