1936–37 NHL season

The **1936–37 NHL season** was the 20th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Detroit Red Wings were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the New York Rangers three games to two in the final series.

### Final standings

_Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes_

_Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|Canadian Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Montreal Canadiens**|48|24|18|6|54|115|111|298||||||||||
|**Montreal Maroons**|48|22|17|9|53|126|110|379||||||||||
|**Toronto Maple Leafs**|48|22|21|5|49|119|115|371||||||||||
|New York Americans|48|15|29|4|34|122|161|481||||||||||

|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|American Division|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|W|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|L|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|T|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="5%"|Pts|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GF|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|GA|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="7.5%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Detroit Red Wings**|48|25|14|9|59|128|102|244||||||||||
|**Boston Bruins**|48|23|18|7|53|120|110|303||||||||||
|**New York Rangers**|48|19|20|9|47|117|106|312||||||||||
|Chicago Black Hawks|48|14|27|7|35|99|131|291||||||||||

### Scoring leaders

_Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes_
|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30%"|PLAYER|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="40%"|TEAM|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|GP|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|G|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|A|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PTS|bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="6%"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Sweeney Schriner|New York Americans|48|21|25|46|17||||||||
|Syl Apps|Toronto Maple Leafs|48|16|29|45|10||||||||
|Marty Barry|Detroit Red Wings|48|17|27|44|6||||||||
|Larry Aurie|Detroit Red Wings|45|23|20|43|20||||||||
|Busher Jackson|Toronto Maple Leafs|46|21|19|40|12||||||||
|Johnny Gagnon|Montreal Canadiens|48|20|16|36|38||||||||
|Bob Gracie|Montreal Maroons|47|11|25|36|18||||||||
|Nels Stewart|Boston Bruins/New York Americans|43|23|12|35|37||||||||
|Paul Thompson|Chicago Black Hawks|47|17|18|35|28||||||||
|Bill Cowley|Boston Bruins|46|13|22|35|4||||||||

## NHL awards

|O'Brien Cup:|Montreal Canadiens|
| --- | --- |
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Detroit Red Wings|
|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Syl Apps, Toronto Maple Leafs|
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Babe Siebert, Montreal Canadiens|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Marty Barry, Detroit Red Wings|
|Vezina Trophy:|Normie Smith, Detroit Red Wings|

|Calder Memorial Trophy:|Mike Karakas, Chicago Black Hawks|
| --- | --- |
|Hart Memorial Trophy:|Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins|
|Lady Byng Memorial Trophy:|Doc Romnes, Chicago Black Hawks|
|O'Brien Cup:|Montreal Maroons|
|Prince of Wales Trophy:|Detroit Red Wings|
|Vezina Trophy:|Tiny Thompson, Boston Bruins|

### All-Star teams

|First Team|Position|Second Team||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Normie Smith, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|G|Wilf Cude, Montreal Canadiens|
|Babe Siebert, Montreal Canadiens|align=center|D|Earl Seibert, Chicago Black Hawks|
|Ebbie Goodfellow, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|D|Lionel Conacher, Montreal Maroons|
|Marty Barry, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|C|Art Chapman, New York Americans|
|Larry Aurie, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|RW|Cecil Dillon, New York Rangers|
|Busher Jackson, Toronto Maple Leafs|align=center|LW|Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans|
|Jack Adams, Detroit Red Wings|align=center|Coach|Cecil Hart, Montreal Canadiens|

## References

- Hockey Database
- NHL.com