1936–37 Montreal Canadiens season

The 1936–37 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 28th season of play. The Canadiens finished 1st in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 3 games to 1.
==Regular Season==
The Montreal Canadiens had hit the bottom in 1935–36, and Babe Siebert was obtained to shore up the defence. Cecil Hart was rehired as coach. Hart placed a condition on his returning to the club, that former star Howie Morenz would return to the club. After being traded to Chicago and from there to New York, Morenz had struggled and the Rangers were willing trade partners for Morenz. Goalie George Hainsworth also returned to the Canadiens, signed as a free agent.
The Canadiens went from last to first in the Canadian Division. Morenz was just hitting his stride in January 1937, when tragedy struck. On one of his hurtling rushes, he was being checked by Earl Seibert of Chicago when his left skate got caught in the dasher of the end boards, and Morenz suffered a badly fractured leg. After suffering a nervous breakdown worrying about if he'd be able to come back, more bad luck occurred. On March 8, 1937, X-rays revealed that Howie had blood clots in his healing leg. An operation was scheduled for the next day, but when Howie ate a light supper and told the nurse he wanted to rest, in falling asleep his pallor suddenly changed and the nurse knew something was wrong. A blood clot had stopped his heart, and attempts to revive Howie failed. News of Morenz's death shocked the hockey world, and thousands filed past his bier, many in tears, to pay their last respects.
===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 	W 	November 7, 1936 	2–0 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	1–0–0
2 	W 	November 12, 1936 	2–1 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	2–0–0
3 	L 	November 15, 1936 	1–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	2–1–0
4 	L 	November 17, 1936 	2–5 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	2–2–0
5 	W 	November 19, 1936 	3–2 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	November 21, 1936 	3–1 OT 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	4–2–0
7 	T 	November 24, 1936 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	4–2–1
8 	L 	November 26, 1936 	2–4 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	4–3–1
9 	L 	November 28, 1936 	2–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	4–4–1
10 	W 	November 29, 1936 	2–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	5–4–1
11 	W 	December 5, 1936 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	6–4–1
12 	L 	December 10, 1936 	1–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	6–5–1
13 	T 	December 12, 1936 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	6–5–2
14 	W 	December 15, 1936 	4–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	7–5–2
15 	W 	December 19, 1936 	4–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	8–5–2
16 	L 	December 20, 1936 	3–5 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	8–6–2
17 	W 	December 22, 1936 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	9–6–2
18 	W 	December 27, 1936 	5–2 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	10–6–2
19 	L 	December 29, 1936 	1–5 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	10–7–2
20 	W 	January 2, 1937 	5–1 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	11–7–2
21 	W 	January 3, 1937 	4–2 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	12–7–2
22 	L 	January 5, 1937 	2–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	12–8–2
23 	W 	January 7, 1937 	4–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	13–8–2
24 	L 	January 9, 1937 	1–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	13–9–2
25 	W 	January 12, 1937 	4–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	14–9–2
26 	W 	January 16, 1937 	5–0 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	15–9–2
27 	T 	January 19, 1937 	1–1 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	15–9–3
28 	W 	January 24, 1937 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	16–9–3
29 	W 	January 26, 1937 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	17–9–3
30 	W 	January 28, 1937 	6–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	18–9–3
31 	L 	January 30, 1937 	0–4 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	18–10–3
32 	W 	January 31, 1937 	3–2 OT 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	19–10–3
33 	W 	February 2, 1937 	1–0 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	20–10–3
34 	L 	February 4, 1937 	2–6 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	20–11–3
35 	W 	February 11, 1937 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	21–11–3
36 	L 	February 13, 1937 	1–5 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	21–12–3
37 	W 	February 16, 1937 	2–1 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	22–12–3
38 	T 	February 21, 1937 	2–2 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	22–12–4
39 	L 	February 25, 1937 	1–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	22–13–4
40 	W 	February 27, 1937 	3–2 OT 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	23–13–4
41 	T 	February 28, 1937 	0–0 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37) 	23–13–5
42 	L 	March 4, 1937 	3–5 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	23–14–5
43 	L 	March 6, 1937 	1–3 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	23–15–5
44 	L 	March 9, 1937 	1–4 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	23–16–5
45 	W 	March 13, 1937 	1–0 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	24–16–5
46 	T 	March 16, 1937 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	24–16–6
47 	L 	March 18, 1937 	1–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	24–17–6
48 	L 	March 21, 1937 	1–3 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	24–18–6
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 3, Montreal Canadiens 1===
As champions of the Canadian division, the Canadiens proceeded directly to the Semi-finals against the Detroit Red Wings. Montreal lost the best-of-five series 3–1.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	RW 	48	20	16	36 	38
 	LW 	47	17	15	32 	30
 	LW/D	44	8 	20	28 	38
 	D/LW	47	13	14	27 	17
 	C 	47	8 	18	26 	24
 	LW 	43	10	12	22 	12
 	C 	30	4 	16	20 	12
 	RW 	48	7 	12	19 	17
 	C 	34	7 	8 	15 	15
 	C 	27	4 	6 	10 	10
 	RW 	47	3 	6 	9 	8
 	LW 	44	5 	2 	7 	9
 	D 	39	4 	3 	7 	22
 	C/D 	48	3 	1 	4 	12
 	D 	44	0 	4 	4 	30
 	LW 	7 	1 	1 	2 	0
 	C/LW	4 	1 	0 	1 	2
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	RW/D	10	0 	0 	0 	8
 	G 	4 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	G 	44	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2730	44	22	17	5	99 	2.18	5
 	270 	4 	2 	1 	1	12 	2.67	0
Team: 	3000	48	24	18	6	111	2.22	5
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	5 	2	3	5 	0
 	RW 	5 	2	1	3 	9
 	LW/D	5 	1	2	3 	2
 	LW 	5 	0	3	3 	2
 	LW 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	RW 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	D 	5 	1	0	1 	0
 	C 	5 	0	1	1 	0
 	LW 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	C 	4 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	5 	0	0	0 	2
 	RW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	D/LW	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	C/D 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	LW 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	352	5 	2	3	13	2.22	0
Team: 	352	5 	2	3	13	2.22	0
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==
*O'Brien Cup: Montreal Canadiens, winner of Canadian Division
*Hart Memorial Trophy: Babe Siebert
*Babe Siebert, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Wilf Cude, Goalie, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Transactions==
* September 1, 1936 - Howie Morenz traded to Montreal by NY Rangers for cash.
* September 10, 1936 - Traded Leroy Goldsworthy, Sammy McManus and $10,000 to Boston for Babe Siebert and Roger Jenkins.
* November 24, 1936 - George Hainsworth signed as a free agent.
==Game Ads==
36-37NHLMonCanGameAd.jpg|Opening game
36-37NHLMontrealRadioAdFrench.jpg|Radio ad
36-37CdnsExhMontrealGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Montreal
36-37NHLExhMonCanOttawaGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Ottawa
==Video==
Fascinating video of December 20, 1936 game between the Rangers and the Montreal Canadiens. After a goalless first period, goals by Joffre Desilets and Aurel Joliat put the Habs up 2-0 going into the third. One of two Lynn Patrick goals that tied the game up in the third period is shown. The game went into overtime which was not sudden death. The Rangers scored three times, with the final goal by Frank Boucher shown. Toe Blake added a consolation goal and the Rangers won 5-3 (OT).
Ice Hockey - New York Rangers V Montreal Canadians (1936)
==See Also==
*1936–37 NHL season
==References==
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Category:Montreal Canadiens seasons
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