1939–40 New York Americans season

1939–40 New York Americans
Division	6th NHL
1939–40 record	15–29–4
Goals for	106
Goals against	140
Team information
Coach	Red Dutton
Captain	Charlie Conacher
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Murray Armstrong (16)
Assists	Murray Armstrong (20)
Points	Murray Armstrong (36)
Penalty minutes	Charlie Conacher Hooley Smith (41)
Wins	Earl Robertson (15)
Goals against average	Earl Robertson (2.84)

The 1939–40 New York Americans season was the Americans' 15th season of play. The Americans finished 6th in the league and lost in the Quarter-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 2 games to 1.

Pre-season

The Americans held their training camp in Port Arthur, Ontario and played a six game series against the New York Rangers in western Canada:

• Friday, October 20 Rangers 2 Americans 2 @ Winnipeg
• Saturday, October 21 Rangers 3 Americans 2 @ Port Arthur
• Monday, October 23 Rangers 4 Americans 2 @ Winnipeg
• Tuesday, October 24 Rangers 5 Americans 2 @ Regina
• Saturday, October 28 Americans 2 Rangers 0 @ Regina
• Monday, October 30 Americans 3 Rangers 1 @ Winnipeg

The Rangers won the series 3 wins to 2, 1 tie.

Regular Season

Eddie Shore played 10 games for the New York Americans in 1940.

On January 25, 1940, Eddie Wiseman was traded to the Boston Bruins for Eddie Shore. Shore played his first game for the Americans on January 30, 1940 during the 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Frank Beisler played his last of two NHL games during the 2-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on March 7, 1940.

Final Standings

National Hockey League

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
Boston Bruins	48	31	12	5	170	98	330	67
New York Rangers	48	27	11	10	136	77	520	64
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	25	17	6	134	110	485	56
Chicago Black Hawks	48	23	19	6	112	120	351	52
Detroit Red Wings	48	16	26	6	90	126	250	38
New York Americans	48	15	29	4	106	140	236	34
Montreal Canadiens	48	10	33	5	90	167	338	25

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, PIM = Penalty Minutes, 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 9, 1939	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	0–1–0
2	L	November 12, 1939	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	0–2–0
3	L	November 14, 1939	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	0–3–0
4	L	November 18, 1939	1–3	New York Rangers (1939–40)	0–4–0
5	L	November 23, 1939	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	0–5–0
6	L	November 25, 1939	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	0–6–0
7	W	November 26, 1939	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	1–6–0
8	W	November 30, 1939	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	2–6–0
9	T	December 2, 1939	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	2–6–1
10	L	December 3, 1939	2–6	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	2–7–1
11	L	December 5, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	2–8–1
12	L	December 7, 1939	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	2–9–1
13	W	December 10, 1939	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	3–9–1
14	W	December 12, 1939	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	4–9–1
15	L	December 14, 1939	3–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	4–10–1
16	L	December 16, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–11–1
17	L	December 17, 1939	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–12–1
18	W	December 21, 1939	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	5–12–1
19	L	December 24, 1939	2–3	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	5–13–1
20	W	December 27, 1939	4–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	6–13–1
21	L	December 31, 1939	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	6–14–1
22	W	January 1, 1940	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	7–14–1
23	L	January 4, 1940	2–6	New York Rangers (1939–40)	7–15–1
24	L	January 7, 1940	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	7–16–1
25	L	January 9, 1940	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–17–1
26	L	January 12, 1940	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	7–18–1
27	W	January 14, 1940	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	8–18–1
28	L	January 20, 1940	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	8–19–1
29	W	January 21, 1940	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–19–1
30	L	January 23, 1940	3–5	New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–20–1
31	T	January 25, 1940	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	9–20–2
32	L	January 28, 1940	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–21–2
33	W	January 30, 1940	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	10–21–2
34	W	February 1, 1940	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–21–2
35	L	February 4, 1940	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	11–22–2
36	L	February 6, 1940	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	11–23–2
37	L	February 8, 1940	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–24–2
38	L	February 11, 1940	2–4	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	11–25–2
39	T	February 18, 1940	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–25–3
40	W	February 22, 1940	1–0 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	12–25–3
41	L	February 25, 1940	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	12–26–3
42	T	March 2, 1940	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	12–26–4
43	W	March 3, 1940	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	13–26–4
44	L	March 7, 1940	1–2	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	13–27–4
45	W	March 9, 1940	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	14–27–4
46	L	March 10, 1940	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	14–28–4
47	L	March 16, 1940	6–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	14–29–4
48	W	March 17, 1940	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	15–29–4

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 2, New York Americans 1

The American met the Detroit Red Wings in a best-of-three Quarter-final series. The Americans lost the series 2–1. The home team won all games in the series.

Date	Home	Score	Visitors	Score	Notes
March 19	Detroit Red Wings	2	New York Americans	1	OT
March 22	New York Americans	5	Detroit Red Wings	4
March 24	Detroit Red Wings	3	New York Americans	1

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
17	Murray Armstrong	47	16	20	36	12
8	Tommy Anderson	48	12	19	31	22
6	Charlie Conacher	47	10	18	28	41
9	Lorne Carr	48	8	17	25	17
12	John Sorrell	48	8	16	24	4
11	Busher Jackson	43	12	8	20	10
10	Eddie Wiseman	31	5	13	18	8
5	Hooley Smith	47	7	8	15	41
16	Buzz Boll	47	5	10	15	18
19	Nels Stewart	35	6	7	13	6
7	Art Chapman	26	4	6	10	2
14	Pat Egan	10	4	3	7	6
18	Johnny Gagnon	24	4	3	7	0
2	Eddie Shore	10	2	3	5	9
3	Al Murray	36	1	4	5	10
4	Wilf Field	45	1	3	4	28
18	Jack Tomson	12	1	1	2	0
15	Doc Romnes	15	0	1	1	0
15	Frank Beisler	1	0	0	0	0
2	Chuck Shannon	4	0	0	0	2
1	Earl Robertson	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	2960	48	15	29	4	140	2.84				6
Team:	2960	48	15	29	4	140	2.84				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Hooley Smith	3	3	1	4	2
Tommy Anderson	3	1	3	4	0
John Sorrell	3	0	3	3	2
Charlie Conacher	3	1	1	2	8
Eddie Shore	3	0	2	2	2
Johnny Gagnon	1	1	0	1	0
Art Chapman	3	1	0	1	0
Busher Jackson	3	0	1	1	2
Buzz Boll	1	0	0	0	0
Pat Egan	2	0	0	0	4
Lorne Carr	3	0	0	0	0
Al Murray	3	0	0	0	2
Murray Armstrong	3	0	0	0	0
Nels Stewart	3	0	0	0	0
Earl Robertson	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	180	3	1	2		9	3.00				0
Team:	180	3	1	2		9	3.00				0

Awards and Records

• The Americans did not win any awards this season.

Transactions

• Trade Sweeney Schriner to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Murray Armstrong, Buzz Boll, Busher Jackson and Doc Romnes on May 18, 1939.
• Purchase Charlie Conacher from Toronto on September 22, 1939.
• Sell Alfie Moore to the Detroit Red Wings on November 7, 1939.
• Purchase Johnny Gagnon from the Montreal Canadiens on January 3, 1940.
• Trade Eddie Wiseman to the Boston Bruins for Eddie Shore on January 25, 1940.

Trivia

• Americans who recorded a hat trick this season include:
  • Pat Egan during the 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 17, 1940.

Gallery

Connie Brown dekes Earl Robertson during Game 2 of the 1940 Quarter-finals, March 22, 1940.

See Also

• 1939–40 NHL season

External Links

• 1939–40 New York Americans Games. Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved on 2009-05-07.