# 1935–36 New York Americans season

The 1935–36 New York Americans season was the Americans' 11th season of play. Under coach Rosie Helmer, the team improved to third place in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs, for only the second time in the team's history. The club won its quarter-final series against the Chicago Black Hawks, before losing in the semi-final to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Canadian Division :
| | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
| Montreal Maroons | 48 | 22 | 16 | 10 | 114 | 106 | 54 |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 48 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 126 | 106 | 52 |
| New York Americans | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 109 | 122 | 39 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 48 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 82 | 123 | 33 |
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 | L | November 7, 1935 | 1–3 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | T | November 9, 1935 | 5–5 OT | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 0–1–1 |
| 3 | L | November 17, 1935 | 0–6 | Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 0–2–1 |
| 4 | L | November 19, 1935 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 0–3–1 |
| 5 | W | November 21, 1935 | 3–1 | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 1–3–1 |
| 6 | L | November 23, 1935 | 1–2 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 1–4–1 |
| 7 | L | November 26, 1935 | 0–1 | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 1–5–1 |
| 8 | W | November 30, 1935 | 2–1 | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 2–5–1 |
| 9 | W | December 5, 1935 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 3–5–1 |
| 10 | T | December 8, 1935 | 1–1 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 3–5–2 |
| 11 | W | December 10, 1935 | 4–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 4–5–2 |
| 12 | L | December 12, 1935 | 2–5 OT | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 4–6–2 |
| 13 | W | December 15, 1935 | 3–0 | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 5–6–2 |
| 14 | L | December 19, 1935 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 5–7–2 |
| 15 | L | December 21, 1935 | 3–5 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 5–8–2 |
| 16 | W | December 22, 1935 | 3–2 OT | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 6–8–2 |
| 17 | L | December 26, 1935 | 1–2 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 6–9–2 |
| 18 | W | December 29, 1935 | 5–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 7–9–2 |
| 19 | W | January 2, 1936 | 6–3 | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 8–9–2 |
| 20 | T | January 5, 1936 | 0–0 OT | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 8–9–3 |
| 21 | L | January 9, 1936 | 1–4 | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 8–10–3 |
| 22 | L | January 11, 1936 | 2–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 8–11–3 |
| 23 | L | January 14, 1936 | 0–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 8–12–3 |
| 24 | W | January 16, 1936 | 8–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 9–12–3 |
| 25 | L | January 19, 1936 | 1–2 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 9–13–3 |
| 26 | W | January 23, 1936 | 3–2 OT | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 10–13–3 |
| 27 | L | January 26, 1936 | 1–2 | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 10–14–3 |
| 28 | L | January 30, 1936 | 2–3 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 10–15–3 |
| 29 | L | February 2, 1936 | 1–2 OT | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 10–16–3 |
| 30 | T | February 4, 1936 | 1–1 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 10–16–4 |
| 31 | W | February 6, 1936 | 4–3 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 11–16–4 |
| 32 | L | February 8, 1936 | 0–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 11–17–4 |
| 33 | W | February 9, 1936 | 4–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 12–17–4 |
| 34 | T | February 13, 1936 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 12–17–5 |
| 35 | T | February 15, 1936 | 4–4 OT | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 12–17–6 |
| 36 | T | February 19, 1936 | 8–8 OT | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 12–17–7 |
| 37 | L | February 22, 1936 | 0–1 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 12–18–7 |
| 38 | L | February 23, 1936 | 3–4 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 12–19–7 |
| 39 | L | February 25, 1936 | 2–3 | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 12–20–7 |
| 40 | W | March 1, 1936 | 5–2 | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 13–20–7 |
| 41 | L | March 3, 1936 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 13–21–7 |
| 42 | L | March 5, 1936 | 1–4 | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 13–22–7 |
| 43 | W | March 8, 1936 | 1–0 | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 14–22–7 |
| 44 | W | March 10, 1936 | 3–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 15–22–7 |
| 45 | L | March 15, 1936 | 1–2 | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 15–23–7 |
| 46 | W | March 19, 1936 | 4–1 | Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) | 16–23–7 |
| 47 | L | March 21, 1936 | 1–4 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 16–24–7 |
| 48 | L | March 22, 1936 | 2–7 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 16–25–7 |

## Playoffs

The Americans made it into the playoffs for the second time in history. They defeated Chicago 7 goals to 5, or 7–5. They went against Toronto in the second round in a best of three series and lost in 3 games, or 1–2.

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

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Sweeney Schriner | 48 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 8 |
| Art Chapman | 48 | 10 | 28 | 38 | 14 |
| Nels Stewart | 48 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 16 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 44 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 15 |
| Harry Oliver | 45 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 12 |
| Joe Jerwa | 47 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 65 |
| Lorne Carr | 44 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 4 |
| Baldy Cotton | 45 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 |
| Red Dutton | 46 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 69 |
| Lloyd Klein | 42 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Carl Voss | 46 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 10 |
| John Doran | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 44 |
| Hap Emms | 32 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Tommy Anderson | 24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| Allan Murray | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| Bill Brydge | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Tony Hemmerling | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Hergerts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Kalbfleisch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Roy Worters | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Roy Worters | 3000 | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 122 | 2.44 | | | | 3 |
| Team: | 3000 | 48 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 122 | 2.44 | | | | 3 |

### Playoffs
#### Scoring

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Joe Jerwa | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Sweeney Schriner | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Eddie Wiseman | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Oliver | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Nels Stewart | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Art Chapman | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Lorne Carr | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Baldy Cotton | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Tommy Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| John Doran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Dutton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walter Kalbfleisch | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lloyd Klein | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Allan Murray | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carl Voss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Worters | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SA | SV | SV% | SO |
| Roy Worters | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2.20 | | | | 2 |
| Team: | 300 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2.20 | | | | 2 |