# 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 20th season of play for the Toronto NHL franchise, tenth as the Maple Leafs.

## Regular season
### 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.

### Record vs. opponents
## Schedule and 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

The Maple Leafs played the New York Rangers in the first round in a best of three series and got swept in 2 games.

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Syl Apps | C | 48 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 10 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 46 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 12 |
| Gordie Drillon | RW | 41 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 2 |
| Nick Metz | LW | 48 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 19 |
| Bill Thoms | C | 48 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 14 |
| Jimmy Fowler | D | 48 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 22 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 46 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 43 |
| Red Horner | D | 48 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 124 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 39 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 25 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| Frank Finnigan | RW | 48 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Jack Shill | C | 32 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Hap Day | D | 48 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| Bill Kendall | RW | 15 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Art Jackson | C | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pep Kelly | RW | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| King Clancy | D | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| James "Bud" Jarvis | LW | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | G | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hainsworth | G | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Howard | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Parsons | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 2770 | 45 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 106 | 2.30 | 3 |
| George 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 |
| Busher Jackson | LW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Syl Apps | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reg Hamilton | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Buzz Boll | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Turk Broda | G | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Conacher | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Bob Davidson | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Hap Day | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordie Drillon | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Finnigan | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Fowler | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Horner | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Nick Metz | LW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Shill | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Thoms | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | GA | GAA | SO |
| Turk Broda | 133 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.26 | 0 |
| Team: | 133 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.26 | 0 |
    Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
    Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

## Transactions

* May 6, 1936: Acquired Turk Broda from the Detroit Red Wings for $8,000
* May 7, 1936: Traded Andy Blair to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash
* May 7, 1936: Claimed Murray Armstrong from the New York Rangers in Inter-league Draft
* November 24, 1936: King Clancy retires
* December 29, 1936: Acquired loan of Bill Kendall from the Chicago Black Hawks for loan of Pep Kelly for remainder of the 1936–37 season