1936–37 New York Rangers season

1936–37 New York Rangers
Division 3rd American
1936–37 record 19–20–9
Goals for 117
Goals against 106
Team information
General Manager Lester Patrick
Coach Lester Patrick
Captain Bill Cook
Arena Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals Butch Keeling (22)
Assists Neil Colville (18)
Points Cecil Dillon (31)
Penalties in minutes Joe Cooper/Ott Heller (42)
Wins Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average Dave Kerr (2.11)
<1935–36 1937–38>

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

Playoffs

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

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;

See also

References

  1. "1936–37 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  2. Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
  3. 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.
  4. Corio, Ray (1990-04-16). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
  5. "1936–37 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-10-23.
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