# 1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season was the 11th season for the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the fifth operating as the Red Wings. In their 10th season under head coach Jack Adams, the Red Wings compiled a 25–14–9 record, the Red Wings finished first in the American Division and won the Stanley Cup championship. The Wings scored 128 goals, the most in the NHL, and gave up 102 goals by opponents. The team played its home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.
In the Stanley Cup semifinals, the Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens, three games to two. In the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals, the Wings defeated the New York Rangers, three games to two. It was the Red Wings' second consecutive Stanley Cup championship.
Although Defenceman Doug Young was originally the team captain, Herbie Lewis, arguably the team's best player, was eventually chosen as team captain, and led the Red Wings down the stretch to their second Stanley Cup in as many years. The team's statistical leaders included Larry Aurie with 23 goals, Marty Barry and 27 assists and 44 points scored, and Ebbie Goodfellow with 43 penalty minutes. Aurie's 23 goals tied for the most in the NHL during the 1936–37 season, and Barry's 27 assists were second most in the league. Normie Smith was the team's goaltender in all 48 games. Smith's 25 wins as goaltender led the NHL during the 1936–37 season, and his 2,980 minutes in goal were the second most in the league.
Four members of the team have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Ebbie Goodfellow (inducted in 1963); Syd Howe (inducted 1965); Marty Barry (inducted 1965); and Herbie Lewis (inducted 1989).

## Regular season
### 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 |
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.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and results

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

## Playoffs
### Playoffs
#### (C1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A1) Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Mar 23 | Montreal C. | 0 | Detroit | 4 |
| Mar 25 | Montreal C. | 1 | Detroit | 5 |
| Mar 27 | Detroit | 1 | Montreal C. | 3 |
| Mar 30 | Detroit | 1 | Montreal C. | 3 |
| Apr 1 | Detroit | 2 | Montreal C. | 1 (3OT) |
Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–2.

#### (A1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (A3) New York Rangers

New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings :
| Date | Visitors | Score | Home | Score |
| Apr 6 | Detroit | 1 | New York R. | 5 |
| Apr 8 | New York R. | 2 | Detroit | 4 |
| Apr 11 | New York R. | 1 | Detroit | 0 |
| Apr 13 | New York R. | 0 | Detroit | 1 |
| Apr 15 | New York R. | 0 | Detroit | 3 |
Detroit wins the Stanley Cup 3–2.

## Player statistics
### Regular season
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Marty Barry | C | 47 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 6 |
| Larry Aurie | RW | 45 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 20 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 45 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 14 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 45 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 10 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 48 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 43 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 48 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 4 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 48 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 13 |
| Wally Kilrea | RW/C | 47 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 6 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 42 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 48 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 |
| Pete Kelly | RW | 47 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 47 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| Rolly Roulston** | LW/D | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| John Gallagher | D | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Howie Mackie | RW/D | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Ralph Bowman | D | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 |
| Jimmy Orlando | D | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Don Deacon | LW | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| John Sherf | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normie Smith | G | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burr Williams | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Doug Young* | D | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Normie Smith | 2980 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 102 | 2.05 | 6 |
| Team: | 2980 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 102 | 2.05 | 6 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Marty Barry | C | 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| Herbie Lewis | LW | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Syd Howe | C/LW | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
| John Sorrell | LW | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Hec Kilrea | LW | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Ebbie Goodfellow | C/D | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| Mud Bruneteau | RW | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Pete Kelly | RW | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Wally Kilrea | RW/C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gord Pettinger | C | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| John Gallagher | D | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Ralph Bowman | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| John Sherf | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jimmy Franks | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howie Mackie | RW/D | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bucko McDonald | D | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Earl Robertson | G | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Normie Smith | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Earl Robertson | 340 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1.41 | 2 |
| Normie Smith | 282 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1.28 | 1 |
| Jimmy Franks | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 |
| Team: | 652 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 1.47 | 3 |
* *Doug Young was the Captain, but spent most of the injured. Ebbie Goodfellow served as captain in his place.
* **Orville "Rolly" Roulston also missed most of the season injured.
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; 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;