1935–36 NHL season

1935–36 NHL season
League	National Hockey League
Sport	Ice hockey
Duration	November 7, 1935 – April 11, 1936
Number of games	48
Number of teams	8
Regular season
Season champions	Detroit Red Wings
Season MVP	Eddie Shore (Boston Bruins)
Top scorer	Sweeney Schriner (New York Americans)
Canadian Division champions	Montreal Maroons
American Division champions	Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup
Finals champions	Detroit Red Wings
Runners-up	Toronto Maple Leafs
NHL seasons
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 NHL season was the 19th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). The St. Louis Eagles dropped out of the league, leaving eight teams. The Detroit Red Wings were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series.

League business

Prior to the season, the St. Louis Eagles franchise owners asked the league for permission to suspend operations for a year and then relocate back to Ottawa, however the league denied the requests. On October 15, 1935, the NHL bought back the franchise and players contracts for $40,000 and suspended operations. Chicago would not participate in the dispersal draft, while St. Louis would not have another NHL team until 1967.

During the season, the New York Americans were reported in financial trouble and were up for sale. Leo Dandurand, who had sold his interest in the Montreal Canadiens, was interested as was Joseph Cattarinich. Cattarinich said he would buy the team if the price was right. Later it was announced there would be no deal.

Regular season

Howie Morenz played badly for Chicago and incurred the wrath of Chicago owner Frederic McLaughlin. He was subsequently traded to the New York Rangers.

This was the year of Detroit. They finished first in the American Division. The Montreal Maroons finished first in the Canadian Division, but fans were starting to stay away from games they played, which worried now team president, manager and coach Tommy Gorman. At one point, Lionel Conacher had to run the team when Gorman experienced health and nervous problems. At .500 at mid-season, they traded Toe Blake for Lorne Chabot, owned by the Canadiens after being suspended by Chicago and refusing demotion to the minors, and the team began to win with Chabot in the net.

Final standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold

Canadian Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Montreal Maroons	48	22	16	10	54	114	106	504
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	19	6	52	126	106	579
New York Americans	48	16	25	7	39	109	122	392
Montreal Canadiens	48	11	26	11	33	82	123	317

American Division	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA	PIM
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	56	124	103	384
Boston Bruins	48	22	20	6	50	92	83	397
Chicago Black Hawks	48	21	19	8	50	93	92	411
New York Rangers	48	19	17	12	50	91	96	381

Playoffs

In one of the most evenly matched series, the first game of the Maroons-Red Wings series set a record for the longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history, as well as the longest ice hockey game ever played. The game began at 8:30 p.m. at the Forum in Montreal, and ended at 2:25 a.m. The game was scoreless until the sixth overtime, when Mud Bruneteau scored on Maroon goaltender Lorne Chabot to win the game. Normie Smith shut out the Maroons in the next game, and the Red Wings then beat the Maroons to win the series.

This was the last NHL playoff series to feature a "two-game total-goals" series.

First round

Montreal Maroons vs. Detroit Red Wings Date Away Team Home Team Notes March 24 Detroit 1 0 Mtl. Maroons 6OT March 26 Detroit 3 0 Mtl. Maroons March 29 Mtl. Maroons 1 2 Detroit Detroit won series three-games-to-none and advanced to the final.

Boston Bruins vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Date Away Team Home Team March 24 Toronto 0 3 Boston March 26 Boston 3 8 Toronto Toronto won the series 8-6 in total goals.

New York Americans vs. Chicago Blackhawks Date Away Team Home Team March 24 Chicago 0 3 NY Americans March 26 NY Americans 4 5 Chicago NY Americans won the series 7-5 in total goals.

Second round

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. New York Americans Date Away Team Home Team March 28 NY Americans 1 3 Toronto March 31 Toronto 0 1 NY Americans April 2 NY Americans 1 3 Toronto Toronto won the series 2-games-to-one.

Finals

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	Detroit Red Wings	3
April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	Detroit Red Wings	9
April 9	Detroit Red Wings	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	OT
April 11	Detroit Red Wings	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2

Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–1.

Awards

Hart Trophy: (Most valuable player)	Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins
Lady Byng Trophy: (Excellence and sportsmanship)	Doc Romnes, Chicago Black Hawks
O'Brien Cup: (Canadian Division champion)	Montreal Maroons
Prince of Wales Trophy: (American Division champion)	Detroit Red Wings
Rookie of the Year: (Best first-year player)	Mike Karakas, Chicago Black Hawks
Vezina Trophy: (Fewest goals allowed)	Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins

Player statistics

Scoring leaders

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Player	Team	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
Sweeney Schriner	New York Americans	48	19	26	45	8
Marty Barry	Detroit Red Wings	48	21	19	40	46
Paul Thompson	Chicago Black Hawks	45	17	23	40	19
Charlie Conacher	Toronto Maple Leafs	44	23	15	38	74
Bill Thoms	Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	15	38	29
Hooley Smith	Montreal Maroons	47	19	19	38	75
Doc Romnes	Chicago Black Hawks	48	13	25	38	6
Art Chapman	New York Americans	47	10	28	38	14
Herbie Lewis	Detroit Red Wings	45	14	23	37	25
Baldy Northcott	Montreal Maroons	48	15	21	36	41

Source: NHL.

References

• (2000) in Diamond, Dan: Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X. 
• (2011) The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book 2012. Dan Diamond & Associates. ISBN 978-1-894801-22-5. 
• (2000) Century of hockey. Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.. ISBN 0-7710-4179-9. 
• (2003) The Hockey Chronicle: Year-by-Year History of the National Hockey League. Publications International Inc.. ISBN 0-7853-9624-1. 
• McFarlane, Brian (1973). The Story of the National Hockey League. New York, NY: Pagurian Press. ISBN 0-684-13424-1. 

Notes

External links

• Hockey Database
• NHL.com

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