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
Champions Detroit Red Wings
  Runners-up Toronto Maple Leafs

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.[1] 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

American Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Detroit Red Wings 48 24 16 8 124 103 56
Boston Bruins 48 22 20 6 92 83 50
Chicago Black Hawks 48 21 19 8 93 92 50
New York Rangers 48 19 17 12 91 96 50
Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA Pts
Montreal Maroons 48 22 16 10 114 106 54
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 23 19 6 126 106 52
New York Americans 48 16 25 7 109 122 39
Montreal Canadiens 48 11 26 11 82 123 33

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

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.

Finals

Playoff bracket

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Stanley Cup Final
                           
       
  C1  Montreal Maroons 0  
    A1  Detroit Red Wings 3  
     
         
    A1  Detroit Red Wings 3
  C2  Toronto Maple Leafs 1
  C2  Toronto Maple Leafs 8G  
A2  Boston Bruins 6G  
C2  Toronto Maple Leafs 2
    C3  New York Americans 1  
C3  New York Americans 7G
  A3  Chicago Black Hawks 5G  

Awards

Eddie Shore won his second consecutive Hart trophy. Frank Boucher's run of seven Lady Byng trophy awards came to an end as Doc Romnes won the award. Tiny Thompson won the Vezina trophy for the third time in his career.

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

All-Star teams

First Team   Position   Second Team
Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins G Wilf Cude, Montreal Canadiens
Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins D Earl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks
Babe Siebert, Boston Bruins D Ebbie Goodfellow, Detroit Red Wings
Hooley Smith, Montreal Maroons C Bill Thoms, Toronto Maple Leafs
Charlie Conacher, Toronto Maple Leafs RW Cecil Dillon, New York Rangers
Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans LW Paul Thompson, Chicago Black Hawks
Lester Patrick, New York Rangers Coach Tommy Gorman, Montreal Maroons

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.[2]

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1935–36 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1935–36 (listed with their last team):

See also

References

Notes
  1. ↑ "Ottawa Interests Through;NHL Purchases Franchise", Toronto Star, October 16, 1935
  2. ↑ Dinger 2011, p. 147.

External links

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