# 1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 27th season of play. The Canadiens slipped to last place in the Canadian division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

## Regular season

This was a season of numerous changes. Leo Dandurand sold his share of the team and gave up the general manager and coach positions. Ernest Savard became general manager and Sylvio Mantha was made playing coach for the season. Johnny Gagnon returned to the club from Boston. Hector Blake made his debut for the Canadiens. Nels Crutchfield had to retire after an auto accident, and a benefit game was held for him in January 1936. Wildor Larochelle was traded to Chicago.

### 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.

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

Regular season results :
| No. | R | Date | Score | Opponent | Record |
| 1 | L | November 12, 1935 | 1–2 OT | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 0–1–0 |
| 2 | W | November 17, 1935 | 6–0 | @ New York Americans (1935–36) | 1–1–0 |
| 3 | L | November 19, 1935 | 2–7 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 1–2–0 |
| 4 | W | November 21, 1935 | 2–1 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 2–2–0 |
| 5 | W | November 23, 1935 | 2–1 | New York Americans (1935–36) | 3–2–0 |
| 6 | T | November 28, 1935 | 0–0 OT | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | L | November 30, 1935 | 3–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 3–3–1 |
| 8 | L | December 1, 1935 | 0–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 3–4–1 |
| 9 | L | December 3, 1935 | 2–3 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 3–5–1 |
| 10 | L | December 7, 1935 | 2–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 3–6–1 |
| 11 | T | December 12, 1935 | 1–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 3–6–2 |
| 12 | L | December 15, 1935 | 1–2 | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 3–7–2 |
| 13 | T | December 17, 1935 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 3–7–3 |
| 14 | T | December 19, 1935 | 2–2 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 3–7–4 |
| 15 | L | December 21, 1935 | 1–2 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 3–8–4 |
| 16 | L | December 26, 1935 | 0–2 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 3–9–4 |
| 17 | L | December 29, 1935 | 1–5 | @ New York Americans (1935–36) | 3–10–4 |
| 18 | W | January 1, 1936 | 2–0 | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 4–10–4 |
| 19 | T | January 4, 1936 | 1–1 OT | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 4–10–5 |
| 20 | L | January 5, 1936 | 2–5 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 4–11–5 |
| 21 | T | January 9, 1936 | 1–1 OT | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 4–11–6 |
| 22 | W | January 11, 1936 | 7–3 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 5–11–6 |
| 23 | W | January 12, 1936 | 2–1 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 6–11–6 |
| 24 | W | January 14, 1936 | 1–0 | @ New York Americans (1935–36) | 7–11–6 |
| 25 | L | January 16, 1936 | 3–8 | New York Americans (1935–36) | 7–12–6 |
| 26 | W | January 18, 1936 | 3–1 | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 8–12–6 |
| 27 | T | January 23, 1936 | 1–1 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 8–12–7 |
| 28 | L | January 25, 1936 | 1–4 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 8–13–7 |
| 29 | L | January 28, 1936 | 2–3 OT | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 8–14–7 |
| 30 | W | January 30, 1936 | 3–0 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 9–14–7 |
| 31 | L | February 1, 1936 | 1–3 | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 9–15–7 |
| 32 | L | February 6, 1936 | 3–4 | Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 9–16–7 |
| 33 | L | February 8, 1936 | 2–7 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 9–17–7 |
| 34 | T | February 11, 1936 | 1–1 OT | New York Rangers (1935–36) | 9–17–8 |
| 35 | T | February 16, 1936 | 1–1 OT | @ New York Rangers (1935–36) | 9–17–9 |
| 36 | T | February 18, 1936 | 3–3 OT | Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 9–17–10 |
| 37 | L | February 20, 1936 | 1–2 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 9–18–10 |
| 38 | W | February 22, 1936 | 1–0 | New York Americans (1935–36) | 10–18–10 |
| 39 | L | February 29, 1936 | 2–4 | Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 10–19–10 |
| 40 | L | March 1, 1936 | 1–3 | @ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 10–20–10 |
| 41 | W | March 3, 1936 | 3–1 | New York Americans (1935–36) | 11–20–10 |
| 42 | L | March 7, 1936 | 1–8 | @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 11–21–10 |
| 43 | L | March 8, 1936 | 0–2 | @ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) | 11–22–10 |
| 44 | L | March 12, 1936 | 3–6 | Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) | 11–23–10 |
| 45 | T | March 14, 1936 | 1–1 OT | Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) | 11–23–11 |
| 46 | L | March 15, 1936 | 1–3 | @ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) | 11–24–11 |
| 47 | L | March 17, 1936 | 0–1 | @ Boston Bruins (1935–36) | 11–25–11 |
| 48 | L | March 19, 1936 | 1–4 | @ New York Americans (1935–36) | 11–26–11 |

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

| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| Leroy Goldsworthy | RW | 47 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 8 |
| Paul Haynes | C | 48 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 24 |
| Aurel Joliat | LW | 48 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 16 |
| Jack McGill | LW | 46 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 28 |
| Armand Mondou | LW | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 10 |
| Johnny Gagnon | RW | 48 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 42 |
| Pit Lepine | C | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| Joffre Desilets | RW | 38 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| Georges Mantha | D/LW | 35 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Polly Drouin | LW | 30 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| Sylvio Mantha | D | 42 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| Toe Blake | LW | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 |
| Bill Miller | C/D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Walt Buswell | D | 44 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
| Irv Frew | D | 18 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Wildor Larochelle | RW | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Jean Pusie | D | 31 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Paul Runge | C/LW | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Art Lesieur | D | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Jean Bourcier | LW | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rosie Couture | RW | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Max Bennett | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conrad Bourcier | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abbie Cox | G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilf Cude | G | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Goupille | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaston Leroux | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rod Lorrain | RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |

#### Goaltending

| Player | MIN | GP | W | L | T | GA | GAA | SO |
| Wilf Cude | 2940 | 47 | 11 | 26 | 10 | 122 | 2.49 | 6 |
| Abbie Cox | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.86 | 0 |
| Team: | 3010 | 48 | 11 | 26 | 11 | 123 | 2.45 | 6 |
    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;

## Awards and records

* Wilf Cude – NHL First All-Star team