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' 12th 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.

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

The Americans didn't qualify for the 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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See also

• 1936–37 NHL season

References

1. 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.
2. "1936-37 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

External links

• "1936–37 New York Americans Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-05-07.