1936–37 New York Rangers season

The 1936–37 New York Rangers season was the 11th season for the team in the National Hockey League. During the regular season, the Rangers posted a third-place finish in the American Division, with a 19–20–9 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the team defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Maroons to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. In the Cup Finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings, three games to two.^[1]

Regular season

On November 16, 1936, Hal Winkler made his NHL debut for the New York Rangers and gained a 1–0 shutout over the Montreal Maroons. He was the first goaltender to have a shutout in his NHL debut.^[2]

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	14	9	128	102	59
Boston Bruins	48	23	18	7	120	110	53
New York Rangers	48	19	20	9	117	106	47
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	27	7	99	131	35

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

Schedule and results

1936–37 Game Log

November: 5–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–2–0)

December: 5–2–3 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 3–2–0)

January: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–3–0)

February: 3–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–3–2)

March: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–2–0)

Playoffs

Main articles: 1937 Stanley Cup playoffs and 1937 Stanley Cup Finals

Stanley Cup Final

The Rangers were unable to play at home after game one due to the circus.^[4]

Key: Win Loss

1937 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 23	New York Rangers	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–2	New York Rangers	OT	New York Rangers win series 2–0

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – New York Rangers win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 1	Montreal Maroons	0–1	New York Rangers		New York Rangers leads series 1–0
2	April 3	New York Rangers	4–0	Montreal Maroons		New York Rangers win series 2–0

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 3–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 6	Detroit Red Wings	1–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 8	New York Rangers	2–4	Detroit Red Wings		Series tied 1–1
3	April 11	New York Rangers	1–0	Detroit Red Wings		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 13	New York Rangers	0–1	Detroit Red Wings		Series tied 2–2
5	April 15	New York Rangers	0–3	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit wins series 3–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	48	20	11	31	13
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	48	11	17	28	22
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	45	10	18	28	33
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	48	22	4	26	18
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	45	8	16	24	23
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	47	14	8	22	30
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	44	7	13	20	5
Colville, MacMac Colville	46	7	12	19	10
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	48	5	12	17	42
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	47	8	7	15	23
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	48	0	14	14	16
Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter	47	1	5	6	27
Cook, BillBill Cook	21	1	4	5	6
Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper	48	0	3	3	42
Wares, EddieEddie Wares	2	2	0	2	0
Smith, ClintClint Smith	2	1	0	1	0
Hextall, BryanBryan Hextall	3	0	1	1	0
Krol, JoeJoe Krol	1	0	0	0	0
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	34	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Colville, NeilNeil Colville	9	3	3	6	0
Boucher, FrankFrank Boucher	9	2	3	5	0
Shibicky, AlexAlex Shibicky	9	1	4	5	0
Keeling, MelvilleMelville Keeling	9	3	2	5	2
Pratt, WalterWalter Pratt	9	3	1	4	11
Coulter, ArthurArthur Coulter	9	0	3	3	15
Colville, MacMac Colville	9	1	2	3	2
Patrick, LynnLynn Patrick	9	3	0	3	2
Dillon, CecilCecil Dillon	9	0	3	3	0
Cooper, JoeJoe Cooper	9	1	1	2	12
Murdoch, MurrayMurray Murdoch	9	1	1	2	0
Watson, PhilPhil Watson	9	0	2	2	9
Johnson, IvanIvan Johnson	9	0	1	1	4
Heller, EhrhardtEhrhardt Heller	9	0	0	0	11

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	48	3020	19	20	9	106	2.11	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Kerr, DaveDave Kerr	9	553	6	3	10	1.08	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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;

References

↑ "1936–37 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ Corio, Ray (1990-04-16). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
↑ "1936–37 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

New York Rangers

Founded in 1926
Based in New York City, New York

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Owners: The Madison Square Garden Company (James Dolan, chairman)
President: Glen Sather
General manager: Jeff Gorton
Head coach: Alain Vigneault
Team captain: Ryan McDonagh
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New York Rangers seasons

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2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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

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