1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season

The 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 20th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 2 games to 0.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
On November 17, 1936, Art Ross sent an open letter to the NHL's general managers encouraging them to play "open hockey" with an emphasis on speed and clean play. He offered to pay $1000 to any team if the Boston Bruins didn't play this style against them as long they agreed to the same penalty. Ross rival Conn Smythe refused the open hockey challenge and after the December 22 game against the Maple Leafs was marred by boring defensive hockey, in retaliation, Ross promised "if they want defensive hockey, we'll give them an overdose of it." Boston Globe, p.8, December 24, 1936. Good to his word, the Bruins surrounded their own net and barely attacked during the December 26 re-match in Toronto and won 2-1.
===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 5, 1936 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	0–1–0
2 	L 	November 7, 1936 	2–3 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	0–2–0
3 	W 	November 14, 1936 	6–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	1–2–0
4 	T 	November 15, 1936 	1–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	1–2–1
5 	L 	November 21, 1936 	3–4 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	November 22, 1936 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	November 24, 1936 	1–5 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	1–5–1
8 	W 	November 26, 1936 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	November 28, 1936 	4–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	3–5–1
10 	W 	December 1, 1936 	2–1 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	4–5–1
11 	L 	December 5, 1936 	1–3 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	4–6–1
12 	L 	December 12, 1936 	3–5 OT 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	4–7–1
13 	W 	December 17, 1936 	5–1 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	5–7–1
14 	W 	December 19, 1936 	3–1 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	6–7–1
15 	W 	December 22, 1936 	4–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	7–7–1
16 	L 	December 26, 1936 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	7–8–1
17 	L 	December 31, 1936 	1–3 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	7–9–1
18 	T 	January 2, 1937 	0–0 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	7–9–2
19 	L 	January 3, 1937 	2–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	7–10–2
20 	L 	January 7, 1937 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	7–11–2
21 	W 	January 9, 1937 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	8–11–2
22 	L 	January 10, 1937 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	8–12–2
23 	W 	January 16, 1937 	3–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	9–12–2
24 	W 	January 19, 1937 	6–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	10–12–2
25 	L 	January 21, 1937 	3–6 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	10–13–2
26 	W 	January 23, 1937 	4–0 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	11–13–2
27 	L 	January 24, 1937 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	11–14–2
28 	L 	January 26, 1937 	1–3 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	11–15–2
29 	W 	January 30, 1937 	7–4 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	12–15–2
30 	L 	February 2, 1937 	1–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	12–16–2
31 	W 	February 4, 1937 	2–1 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	13–16–2
32 	W 	February 6, 1937 	5–0 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	14–16–2
33 	L 	February 9, 1937 	1–5 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	14–17–2
34 	L 	February 13, 1937 	0–3 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	14–18–2
35 	T 	February 14, 1937 	3–3 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	14–18–3
36 	W 	February 18, 1937 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	15–18–3
37 	W 	February 20, 1937 	4–3 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	16–18–3
38 	L 	February 21, 1937 	1–3 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	16–19–3
39 	L 	February 23, 1937 	1–2 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	16–20–3
40 	W 	February 25, 1937 	3–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	17–20–3
41 	W 	February 27, 1937 	3–2 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	18–20–3
42 	W 	March 6, 1937 	3–1 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	19–20–3
43 	T 	March 7, 1937 	2–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	19–20–4
44 	L 	March 11, 1937 	2–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	19–21–4
45 	W 	March 13, 1937 	3–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	20–21–4
46 	T 	March 16, 1937 	1–1 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	20–21–5
47 	W 	March 18, 1937 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	21–21–5
48 	W 	March 20, 1937 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	22–21–5
==Playoffs==
===New York Rangers 2, Toronto Maple Leafs 0===
#	Date 	Visitor 	Score 	Home 	Record
1	March 23	New York Rangers 	3-0 	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-0
2	March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-2 (OT)	New York Rangers 	0-2
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	48	16	29	45 	10
 	LW 	46	21	19	40 	12
 	RW 	41	16	17	33 	2
 	LW 	48	9 	11	20 	19
 	C 	48	10	9 	19 	14
 	D 	48	7 	11	18 	22
 	LW 	46	8 	7 	15 	43
 	D 	48	3 	9 	12 	124
 	D 	39	3 	7 	10 	32
 	LW 	25	6 	3 	9 	12
 	RW 	48	2 	7 	9 	4
 	C 	32	4 	4 	8 	26
 	RW 	15	3 	5 	8 	13
 	D 	48	3 	4 	7 	20
 	RW 	15	2 	4 	6 	4
 	C 	14	2 	0 	2 	2
 	RW 	16	2 	0 	2 	8
 	D 	6 	1 	0 	1 	4
 	LW 	24	1 	0 	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	45	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2770	45	22	19	4	106	2.30	3
 	190 	3 	0 	2 	1	9 	2.84	0
Team: 	2960	48	22	21	5	115	2.33	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	LW 	2 	1	0	1 	2
 	C 	2 	0	1	1 	0
 	D 	2 	0	1	1 	2
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	5
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	5
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	RW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0	0	0 	7
 	LW 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	2 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	133	2 	0	2	5 	2.26	0
Team: 	133	2 	0	2	5 	2.26	0
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; 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==
*Calder Memorial Trophy: Syl Apps
*Busher Jackson, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Gallery==
21Feb1937-_Leafs-Amerks_fight.jpeg|Leafs-Americans melee, February 21, 1937.
1937-Mar16-Bruins-Leafs.jpg|Tiny Thompson save, March 16, 1937.
==See Also==
*1936–37 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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Category:1936 in hockey
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