1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 27th season of play. The Canadiens finished 4th in the Canadian division and did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Pre-season==
The Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens played a five-game series in Atlantic Canada. Pit Lepine of the Habs broke his thumb during the November 4 match and missed the first 12 games of the regular season.Boston Globe, p.21, November 5, 1935.
*October 28: Boston 2 Montreal 0 @ Saint John
*October 30: Montreal 3 Boston 2 @ Moncton
*November 1: Boston 5 Montreal 2 @ Halifax
*November 4: Montreal 5 Boston 5 @ Halifax
*November 6: Montreal 4 Boston 3 @ Charlottetown
==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.Coleman, pp. 263-265
===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 	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
==Playoffs==
*The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player 	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	47	15	11	26 	8
 	C 	48	5 	19	24 	24
 	LW 	48	15	8 	23 	16
Jack McGill	LW 	46	13	7 	20 	28
 	LW 	36	7 	11	18 	10
 	RW 	48	7 	9 	16 	42
 	C 	32	6 	10	16 	4
 	RW 	38	7 	6 	13 	0
 	D/LW	35	1 	12	13 	14
 	LW 	30	1 	8 	9 	19
 	D 	42	2 	4 	6 	25
 	LW 	11	1 	2 	3 	28
 	C/D 	17	1 	2 	3 	2
 	D 	44	0 	2 	2 	34
 	D 	18	0 	2 	2 	16
 	RW 	13	0 	2 	2 	6
 	D 	31	0 	2 	2 	11
 	C/LW	12	0 	2 	2 	4
 	D 	38	1 	0 	1 	24
 	LW 	9 	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	10	0 	1 	1 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	C 	6 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	47	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2940	47	11	26	10	122	2.49	6
 	70 	1 	0 	0 	1 	1 	0.86	0
Team: 	3010	48	11	26	11	123	2.45	6
Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals 
MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts 
==Awards and Records==
* Wilf Cude, Goaltender, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==Game Ads==
35-36NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
35-36NHLExhChttnGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Charlottetown
==See Also==
*1935–36 NHL season
==References==
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