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1936-37 Leafs
1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division 3rd Canadian
1936–37 record 22–21–5
Goals for 119
Goals against 115
Team information
General manager Conn Smythe
Coach Dick Irvin
Captain Hap Day
Arena Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals Busher Jackson (21)
Assists Syl Apps (29)
Points Syl Apps (45)
Penalty minutes Red Horner (124)
Wins Turk Broda (22)
Goals against average Turk Broda (2.30)

The 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 20th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 2 games to 0.

Off-season[]

Regular Season[]

1936-Dec22-Bruins Leafs

Example of the Maple Leafs defensive style, December 22, 1936.

On November 17, 1936, Art Ross sent an open letter to the NHL's general managers encouraging them to play "open hockey" with an emphasis on speed and clean play. He offered to pay $1000 to any team if the Boston Bruins didn't play this style against them as long they agreed to the same penalty. Ross rival Conn Smythe refused the open hockey challenge and after the December 22 game against the Maple Leafs was marred by boring defensive hockey, in retaliation, Ross promised "if they want defensive hockey, we'll give them an overdose of it." [1] Good to his word, the Bruins surrounded their own net and barely attacked during the December 26 re-match in Toronto and won 2-1.

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

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[]

Regular Season Results
No. R Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 5, 1936 1–3 Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 0–1–0
2 L November 7, 1936 2–3 New York Americans (1936–37) 0–2–0
3 W November 14, 1936 6–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 1–2–0
4 T November 15, 1936 1–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 1–2–1
5 L November 21, 1936 3–4 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 1–3–1
6 L November 22, 1936 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 1–4–1
7 L November 24, 1936 1–5 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 1–5–1
8 W November 26, 1936 4–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 2–5–1
9 W November 28, 1936 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 3–5–1
10 W December 1, 1936 2–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 4–5–1
11 L December 5, 1936 1–3 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 4–6–1
12 L December 12, 1936 3–5 OT New York Rangers (1936–37) 4–7–1
13 W December 17, 1936 5–1 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 5–7–1
14 W December 19, 1936 3–1 New York Americans (1936–37) 6–7–1
15 W December 22, 1936 4–2 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 7–7–1
16 L December 26, 1936 1–2 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 7–8–1
17 L December 31, 1936 1–3 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 7–9–1
18 T January 2, 1937 0–0 OT Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 7–9–2
19 L January 3, 1937 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 7–10–2
20 L January 7, 1937 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 7–11–2
21 W January 9, 1937 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 8–11–2
22 L January 10, 1937 1–2 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 8–12–2
23 W January 16, 1937 3–2 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 9–12–2
24 W January 19, 1937 6–2 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 10–12–2
25 L January 21, 1937 3–6 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 10–13–2
26 W January 23, 1937 4–0 New York Rangers (1936–37) 11–13–2
27 L January 24, 1937 2–4 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 11–14–2
28 L January 26, 1937 1–3 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 11–15–2
29 W January 30, 1937 7–4 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 12–15–2
30 L February 2, 1937 1–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 12–16–2
31 W February 4, 1937 2–1 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 13–16–2
32 W February 6, 1937 5–0 New York Americans (1936–37) 14–16–2
33 L February 9, 1937 1–5 New York Rangers (1936–37) 14–17–2
34 L February 13, 1937 0–3 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 14–18–2
35 T February 14, 1937 3–3 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 14–18–3
36 W February 18, 1937 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 15–18–3
37 W February 20, 1937 4–3 New York Americans (1936–37) 16–18–3
38 L February 21, 1937 1–3 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 16–19–3
39 L February 23, 1937 1–2 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 16–20–3
40 W February 25, 1937 3–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 17–20–3
41 W February 27, 1937 3–2 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 18–20–3
42 W March 6, 1937 3–1 OT Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 19–20–3
43 T March 7, 1937 2–2 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 19–20–4
44 L March 11, 1937 2–3 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 19–21–4
45 W March 13, 1937 3–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 20–21–4
46 T March 16, 1937 1–1 OT @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 20–21–5
47 W March 18, 1937 2–1 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 21–21–5
48 W March 20, 1937 3–2 Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 22–21–5

Playoffs[]

New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 0[]

# Date Visitor Score Home Record
1 March 23 New York Rangers 3-0 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-0
2 March 25 Toronto Maple Leafs 1-2 (OT) New York Rangers 0-2

Player Stats[]

Regular Season[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Apps, SylSyl Apps C 48 16 29 45 10
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson LW 46 21 19 40 12
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon RW 41 16 17 33 2
Metz, NickNick Metz LW 48 9 11 20 19
Thoms, BillBill Thoms C 48 10 9 19 14
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler D 48 7 11 18 22
Davidson, BobBob Davidson LW 46 8 7 15 43
Horner, RedRed Horner D 48 3 9 12 124
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton D 39 3 7 10 32
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll LW 25 6 3 9 12
Finnigan, FrankFrank Finnigan RW 48 2 7 9 4
Shill, JackJack Shill C 32 4 4 8 26
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher RW 15 3 5 8 13
Day, HapHap Day D 48 3 4 7 20
Kendall, BillBill Kendall RW 15 2 4 6 4
Jackson, ArtArt Jackson C 14 2 0 2 2
Kelly, PepPep Kelly RW 16 2 0 2 8
Clancy, KingKing Clancy D 6 1 0 1 4
Jarvis, JamesJames Jarvis LW 24 1 0 1 0
Howard, JackJack Howard D 2 0 0 0 0
Parsons, GeorgeGeorge Parsons LW 5 0 0 0 0
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth G 3 0 0 0 0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda G 45 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda 2770 45 22 19 4 106 2.30 3
Hainsworth, GeorgeGeorge Hainsworth 190 3 0 2 1 9 2.84 0
Team: 2960 48 22 21 5 115 2.33 3

Playoffs[]

Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Jackson, BusherBusher Jackson LW 2 1 0 1 2
Apps, SylSyl Apps C 2 0 1 1 0
Hamilton, RegReg Hamilton D 2 0 1 1 2
Boll, BuzzBuzz Boll LW 2 0 0 0 0
Broda, TurkTurk Broda G 2 0 0 0 0
Conacher, CharlieCharlie Conacher RW 2 0 0 0 5
Davidson, BobBob Davidson LW 2 0 0 0 5
Day, HapHap Day D 2 0 0 0 0
Drillon, GordieGordie Drillon RW 2 0 0 0 0
Finnigan, FrankFrank Finnigan RW 2 0 0 0 0
Fowler, JimmyJimmy Fowler D 2 0 0 0 0
Horner, RedRed Horner D 2 0 0 0 7
Metz, NickNick Metz LW 2 0 0 0 0
Shill, JackJack Shill C 2 0 0 0 0
Thoms, BillBill Thoms C 2 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Broda, TurkTurk Broda 133 2 0 2 5 2.26 0
Team: 133 2 0 2 5 2.26 0

[2]

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalty Minutes; PPG=Power-play goals; SHG=Short-handed goals; GWG=Game-winning goals

MIN=Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SO = Shutouts

Awards and Records[]

Gallery[]

See Also[]

References[]

  1. Boston Globe, p.8, December 24, 1936.
  2. 1936-37 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com. hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-28.

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