# 1937–38 New York Americans season

The 1937–38 New York Americans season was the Americans' 13th season of play.

## Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Rangers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 151 | 127 | 57 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 110 | 111 | 49 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 123 | 128 | 49 |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 12 | 30 | 6 | 101 | 149 | 30 |
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

| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | W | November 4, 1937 | 3–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 1–0–0 |
| 2 | L | November 6, 1937 | 3–6 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | W | November 14, 1937 | 2–0 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 2–1–0 |
| 4 | L | November 16, 1937 | 0–1 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | L | November 18, 1937 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 2–3–0 |
| 6 | W | November 23, 1937 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 3–3–0 |
| 7 | W | November 27, 1937 | 4–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 4–3–0 |
| 8 | T | November 28, 1937 | 3–3 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 4–3–1 |
| 9 | W | December 4, 1937 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 5–3–1 |
| 10 | W | December 5, 1937 | 2–1 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 6–3–1 |
| 11 | L | December 11, 1937 | 3–4 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 6–4–1 |
| 12 | T | December 12, 1937 | 4–4 OT | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 6–4–2 |
| 13 | L | December 16, 1937 | 0–2 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 6–5–2 |
| 14 | L | December 18, 1937 | 2–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 6–6–2 |
| 15 | W | December 19, 1937 | 1–0 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 7–6–2 |
| 16 | L | December 25, 1937 | 0–1 | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 7–7–2 |
| 17 | W | December 26, 1937 | 3–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 8–7–2 |
| 18 | L | December 28, 1937 | 0–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 8–8–2 |
| 19 | W | January 1, 1938 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 9–8–2 |
| 20 | W | January 2, 1938 | 2–1 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 10–8–2 |
| 21 | T | January 4, 1938 | 5–5 OT | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 10–8–3 |
| 22 | T | January 6, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 10–8–4 |
| 23 | T | January 11, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 10–8–5 |
| 24 | L | January 16, 1938 | 0–4 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 10–9–5 |
| 25 | T | January 20, 1938 | 1–1 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 10–9–6 |
| 26 | L | January 22, 1938 | 0–4 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 10–10–6 |
| 27 | L | January 23, 1938 | 2–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 10–11–6 |
| 28 | L | January 30, 1938 | 2–4 | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 10–12–6 |
| 29 | L | February 3, 1938 | 1–6 | Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 10–13–6 |
| 30 | T | February 5, 1938 | 3–3 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 10–13–7 |
| 31 | W | February 8, 1938 | 3–1 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 11–13–7 |
| 32 | T | February 13, 1938 | 2–2 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) | 11–13–8 |
| 33 | W | February 15, 1938 | 4–0 | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 12–13–8 |
| 34 | T | February 17, 1938 | 3–3 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 12–13–9 |
| 35 | W | February 19, 1938 | 4–0 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 13–13–9 |
| 36 | L | February 20, 1938 | 2–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 13–14–9 |
| 37 | W | February 26, 1938 | 5–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 14–14–9 |
| 38 | L | February 27, 1938 | 2–4 | Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 14–15–9 |
| 39 | W | March 1, 1938 | 4–2 | Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 15–15–9 |
| 40 | T | March 3, 1938 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) | 15–15–10 |
| 41 | W | March 6, 1938 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1937–38) | 16–15–10 |
| 42 | L | March 8, 1938 | 0–7 | @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 16–16–10 |
| 43 | T | March 10, 1938 | 2–2 OT | Boston Bruins (1937–38) | 16–16–11 |
| 44 | W | March 12, 1938 | 3–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) | 17–16–11 |
| 45 | W | March 15, 1938 | 2–1 | Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) | 18–16–11 |
| 46 | L | March 17, 1938 | 3–5 | @ New York Rangers (1937–38) | 18–17–11 |
| 47 | L | March 19, 1938 | 5–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 18–18–11 |
| 48 | W | March 20, 1938 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) | 19–18–11 |

## Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs. They defeated the Rangers in 3 games in a best of three series, or 2–1. They went against the Black Hawks in a best of three series and got defeated in 3 games, or 1–2.

## Player stats
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sweeney Schriner | 48 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 22 |
| Nels Stewart | 48 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 29 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 48 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 32 |
| Art Chapman | 45 | 2 | 27 | 29 | 8 |
| Tommy Anderson | 45 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 22 |
| Lorne Carr | 48 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 12 |
| Hooley Smith | 47 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 23 |
| Joe Jerwa | 48 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 53 |
| John Sorrell | 17 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
| John Gallagher | 46 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Red Beattie | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 |
| Hap Emms | 20 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Jack Shill | 22 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Hap Day | 43 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| Joe Lamb | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Lloyd Klein | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Allan Murray | 47 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
| Ching Johnson | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Charley Mason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Robertson | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 3000 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 111 | 2.22 | | | | 6 |
| Team: | 3000 | 48 | 19 | 18 | 11 | 111 | 2.22 | | | | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Nels Stewart | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Tommy Anderson | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| John Sorrell | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Lorne Carr | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Red Beattie | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Hooley Smith | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| John Gallagher | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Sweeney Schriner | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Art Chapman | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hap Day | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Jerwa | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Ching Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Allan Murray | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Earl Robertson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 475 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | 12 | 1.52 | | | | 0 |
| Team: | 475 | 6 | 3 | 3 | | 12 | 1.52 | | | | 0 |