1936–37 New York Americans season

The 1936–37 New York Americans season was the Americans' 12th season of play. After qualifying for the playoffs in 1936, the Americans again placed last in the Canadian Division and missed the playoffs for the tenth time in twelve seasons.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
The Americans had started in first place, but then their players came down with influenza and the team sagged. Scorer Nels Stewart was acquired from the Boston Bruins and despite scoring a point a game, the Americans continued to slide and won only once in December. On December 29, 1936, defenseman Gord Reid played his only NHL game in the 5-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Disaster struck during the 7-1 loss on January 5, 1937 to the Rangers when goalie Roy Worters suffered a hernia and had to retire. Tony Hemmerling played his first NHL game during the 4-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on January 30, 1937. The next night, goalie Alex Wood played his only NHL game and lost to the Canadiens 3-2. During the 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on February 9, 1937, Frank Beisler played his first NHL game. Beisler would play one more, during the 1939–40 New York Americans season.
Former All-Star goalie Lorne Chabot replaced Worters but after a poor six game performance (his last in the NHL) he was replaced by Alfie Moore. 
The Americans best game of the season was on March 18, 1937 against the Chicago Black Hawks. Wilf Field and Pete Leswick both played their first NHL games with Leswick scoring. Sweeney Schriner and Nels Stewart both had a hat trick (as did Chicago's Paul Thompson) as the Americans won 9-4. Field went on to a 215 game NHL career while Leswick would have to wait eight more seasons before playing two games for the 1944–45 Boston Bruins.
Despite the win, the Amerks finished last in the Canadian Division.
===Final Standings===
===Game Log===
Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results	Regular Season Results 	Regular Season Results
No. 	R 	Date 	Score 	Opponent 	Record
1 	T 	November 5, 1936 	1–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	0–0–1
2 	W 	November 7, 1936 	3–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	1–0–1
3 	T 	November 12, 1936 	0–0 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	1–0–2
4 	W 	November 15, 1936 	2–1 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	2–0–2
5 	W 	November 17, 1936 	5–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	3–0–2
6 	L 	November 19, 1936 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	3–1–2
7 	W 	November 22, 1936 	3–2 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	4–1–2
8 	L 	November 26, 1936 	1–3 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	4–2–2
9 	L 	November 28, 1936 	2–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	4–3–2
10 	W 	November 29, 1936 	2–0 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	5–3–2
11 	T 	December 6, 1936 	3–3 OT 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	5–3–3
12 	L 	December 13, 1936 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	5–4–3
13 	L 	December 15, 1936 	3–5 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	5–5–3
14 	L 	December 17, 1936 	1–5 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	5–6–3
15 	L 	December 19, 1936 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	5–7–3
16 	L 	December 20, 1936 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	5–8–3
17 	W 	December 22, 1936 	3–1 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	6–8–3
18 	L 	December 26, 1936 	3–4 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	6–9–3
19 	L 	December 29, 1936 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	6–10–3
20 	L 	December 31, 1936 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	6–11–3
21 	L 	January 2, 1937 	1–5 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	6–12–3
22 	L 	January 3, 1937 	2–4 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	6–13–3
23 	L 	January 5, 1937 	1–7 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	6–14–3
24 	L 	January 7, 1937 	2–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	6–15–3
25 	W 	January 12, 1937 	4–0 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	7–15–3
26 	L 	January 17, 1937 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	7–16–3
27 	W 	January 21, 1937 	6–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	8–16–3
28 	T 	January 23, 1937 	6–6 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	8–16–4
29 	L 	January 26, 1937 	0–9 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	8–17–4
30 	W 	January 30, 1937 	4–0 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	9–17–4
31 	L 	January 31, 1937 	2–3 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	9–18–4
32 	L 	February 4, 1937 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	9–19–4
33 	L 	February 6, 1937 	0–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	9–20–4
34 	L 	February 7, 1937 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	9–21–4
35 	W 	February 9, 1937 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	10–21–4
36 	W 	February 14, 1937 	5–4 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	11–21–4
37 	L 	February 16, 1937 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	11–22–4
38 	L 	February 20, 1937 	3–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	11–23–4
39 	W 	February 21, 1937 	3–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	12–23–4
40 	L 	February 23, 1937 	2–5 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	12–24–4
41 	W 	February 25, 1937 	3–1 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	13–24–4
42 	L 	February 27, 1937 	2–3 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	13–25–4
43 	L 	March 6, 1937 	3–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	13–26–4
44 	W 	March 7, 1937 	3–1 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	14–26–4
45 	L 	March 9, 1937 	5–7 OT 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	14–27–4
46 	L 	March 14, 1937 	4–6 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	14–28–4
47 	W 	March 18, 1937 	9–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	15–28–4
48 	L 	March 20, 1937 	4–8 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	15–29–4
==Playoffs==
*The Americans did not qualify for the post season.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
11	Sweeney Schriner 	48	21	25	46 	17
9 	Lorne Carr 	48	18	16	34 	22
12	Eddie Wiseman 	44	14	19	33 	12
7 	Art Chapman 	43	8 	23	31 	36
5 	Nels Stewart 	32	20	10	30 	31
16	Tommy Anderson 	45	10	15	25 	24
2 	Joe Jerwa 	20	6 	8 	14 	27
15	Hap Emms 	46	4 	8 	12 	48
14	Joe Lamb 	48	3 	9 	12 	53
8 	Les Cunningham 	23	1 	8 	9 	19
6 	Tony Hemmerling 	19	3 	3 	6 	4
10	Roger Jenkins 	26	1 	4 	5 	6
2 	Al Shields 	27	3 	0 	3 	79
4 	Ted Graham 	31	2 	1 	3 	30
8 	Lloyd Klein 	14	2 	1 	3 	2
10	Harry Oliver 	20	2 	1 	3 	2
6 	Baldy Cotton 	29	2 	0 	2 	23
8 	Lloyd Jackson 	14	1 	1 	2 	0
3 	Al Murray 	40	0 	2 	2 	22
17	Pete Leswick 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0
17	John Doran 	21	0 	1 	1 	10
17	Oscar Asmundson 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
17	Frank Beisler 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
3 	Gord Reid 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
18	Wilf Field 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
4 	Walter Kalbfleisch	6 	0 	0 	0 	4
4 	John Gallagher 	9 	0 	0 	0 	8
1 	Alex Wood 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Lorne Chabot 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Alfie Moore 	18	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	Roy Worters 	23	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SO
Alfie Moore 	1110	18	7 	11	0	64 	3.46	 	 	1
Roy Worters 	1430	23	6 	14	3	69 	2.90	 	 	2
Lorne Chabot	370 	6 	2 	3 	1	25 	4.05	 	 	1
Alex Wood 	70 	1 	0 	1 	0	3 	2.57	 	 	0
Team: 	2980	48	15	29	4	161	3.24	 	 	4
==Awards and Records==
*NHL Scoring Leader: Sweeney Schriner
*Sweeney Schriner, Left Wing, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
*Trade Carl Voss to the Montreal Maroons for Joe Lamb on September 6, 1936.
*Purchase the loan of Allan Shields from the Maroons on September 15, 1936.
*Purchase John Gallagher from the Detroit Red Wings on October 7, 1936.
*Purchase Lorne Chabot from the Maroons on October 22, 1936.
*Sell John Gallagher to Detroit on November 29, 1936.
*Trade Walter Kalbfleisch to the Boston Bruins for Ted Graham on December 19, 1936.
*Purchase Nels Stewart from Boston on December 19, 1936.
*Trade Tom Cooper, rights to Terry Reardon and loan of Allan Shields to Boston for Joe Jerwa on January 25, 1937.
==Trivia==
*Americans who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Sweeney Schriner during the 9-4 win over the Chicago Black Hawks on March 18, 1937.
**Nels Stewart during the 9-4 win over Chicago on March 18, 1937.
==Gallery==
1937-Jan17-Smith goal.gif|Hooley Smith's game winner, January 17, 1937.
1937-Jan23-Bruins-NYA.jpg|Eddie Shore after being high-sticked by Sweeney Schriner, January 23, 1937.
21Feb1937-_Leafs-Amerks_fight.jpeg|Leafs-Americans melee, February 21, 1937.
==See Also==
*1936–37 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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