1935 - 36 NHL season The 1935 - 36 NHL season was the 19th season of the National Hockey League . Eight teams each played 48 games . The Detroit Red Wings were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series . League Business . The previous season , 1934 - 35 , had seen the Ottawa Senators ( 1917 – 34 ) franchise attempt to become profitable by moving to St . Louis and play as the St . Louis Eagles . Prior to the ' 35 - 36 season , the franchise owners would ask the league to suspend operations for a year , and the league would decline the request . On October 15 , 1935 , the NHL bought back the franchise and players contracts for $ 40 , 000 and suspended operations . Chicago would not participate in the dispersal draft . During the season , the New York Americans were reported in financial trouble and were up for sale . Leo Dandurand , who had sold his interest in the Montreal Canadiens , was interested as was Joseph Cattarinich . Cattarinich said he would buy the team if the price was right . Later it was announced there would be no deal . Pre - season . Exhibitions . The Rangers played three games against a local all - star team in Calgary . Boston and the Canadiens played a five game series in the Maritme Provinces of Canada . Regular season . Howie Morenz played badly for Chicago and incurred the wrath of Chicago owner Frederic McLaughlin . He was subsequently traded to the New York Rangers . This was the year of Detroit . They finished first in the American Division . The Montreal Maroons finished first in the Canadian Division , but fans were starting to stay away from games they played , which worried now team president , manager and coach Tommy Gorman . At one point , Lionel Conacher had to run the team when Gorman experienced health and nervous problems . At . 500 at mid - season , they traded Toe Blake for Lorne Chabot , owned by the Canadiens after being suspended by Chicago and refusing demotion to the minors , and the team began to win with Chabot in the net . Final standings . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against , PIM = Penalties in minutes " < br > " Note : Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold " Scoring leaders . " Note : GP = Games played , G = Goals , A = Assists , PTS = Points , PIM = Penalties in minutes " Stanley Cup playoffs . In one of the most evenly matched series , the first game of the Maroons - Red Wings series set a record for the longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history . The game began at 8 : 30 p . m . at the Forum in Montreal , and ended at 2 : 25 a . m . The game was scoreless until in the sixth overtime , when Mud Bruneteau scored on Maroon goaltender Lorne Chabot to win the game . Normie Smith shut out the Maroons in the next game , and the Red Wings then beat the Maroons to win the series . This was the last NHL playoff series to feature a " two - game total - goals " series . Debuts . The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1935 - 36 ( listed with their first team , asterisk ( * ) marks debut in playoffs ) : Last games . The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1935 - 36 ( listed with their last team ) :