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
November: 5–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–2–0) Game November Opponent Score Record 1 8 @ Detroit Red Wings 5–2 0–1–0 2 10 @ Montreal Maroons 4–1 1–1–0 3 15 New York Americans 2–1 1–2–0 4 17 @ Boston Bruins 6–1 2–2–0 5 19 Detroit Red Wings 1–0 3–2–0 6 21 @ Montreal Canadiens 3 – 1 OT 3–3–0 7 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 4–3–0 8 26 @ New York Americans 3–1 5–3–0 9 28 Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 5–3–1
December: 5–2–3 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 3–2–0) Game December Opponent Score Record 10 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–0 5–4–1 11 6 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–1 6–4–1 12 8 Chicago Black Hawks 0 – 0 OT 6–4–2 13 12 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5 – 3 OT 7–4–2 14 15 Montreal Maroons 2 – 2 OT 7–4–3 15 19 @ Montreal Canadiens 4 – 2 OT 7–5–3 16 20 Montreal Canadiens 5 – 3 OT 8–5–3 17 27 Chicago Black Hawks 1–0 9–5–3 18 29 @ New York Americans 5–1 10–5–3 19 31 Boston Bruins 2 – 2 OT 10–5–4
January: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–3–0) Game January Opponent Score Record 20 3 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 10–6–4 21 5 New York Americans 7–1 11–6–4 22 9 @ Montreal Maroons 3–2 12–6–4 23 10 Montreal Maroons 5–2 12–7–4 24 14 Detroit Red Wings 2–0 12–8–4 25 19 Montreal Canadiens 1 – 1 OT 12–8–5 26 21 @ Chicago Black Hawks 2–0 12–9–5 27 23 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 4–0 12–10–5 28 24 Toronto Maple Leafs 4–2 13–10–5 29 26 @ Boston Bruins 3–0 14–10–5 30 28 Boston Bruins 1 – 1 OT 14–10–6
February: 3–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–3–2) Game February Opponent Score Record 31 2 Detroit Red Wings 4 – 4 OT 14–10–7 32 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 2 – 2 OT 14–10–8 33 6 @ Montreal Maroons 1 – 1 OT 14–10–9 34 7 Montreal Maroons 4–2 14–11–9 35 9 @ Toronto Maple Leafs 5–1 15–11–9 36 11 @ Chicago Black Hawks 5–2 15–12–9 37 14 New York Americans 5–4 15–13–9 38 16 @ Boston Bruins 3–2 15–14–9 39 18 Chicago Black Hawks 2 – 1 OT 16–14–9 40 23 Toronto Maple Leafs 2–1 17–14–9 41 28 @ Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 17–15–9
March: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–2–0) Game March Opponent Score Record 42 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 2–1 17–16–9 43 7 Boston Bruins 1–0 17–17–9 44 9 @ New York Americans 7 – 5 OT 18–17–9 45 11 Detroit Red Wings 4–2 18–18–9 46 13 @ Montreal Canadiens 1–0 18–19–9 47 16 Chicago Black Hawks 4–3 18–20–9 48 21 Montreal Canadiens 3–1 19–20–9

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

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;

See also

• 1936–37 NHL season

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.