1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season

The 1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 11th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the American Division and defeated the New York Rangers in the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 2.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
===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 5, 1936 	3–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	1–0–0
2 	W 	November 8, 1936 	5–2 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	2–0–0
3 	T 	November 14, 1936 	2–2 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	2–0–1
4 	T 	November 15, 1936 	2–2 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	2–0–2
5 	L 	November 19, 1936 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	2–1–2
6 	W 	November 22, 1936 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	3–1–2
7 	L 	November 26, 1936 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	3–2–2
8 	L 	November 29, 1936 	0–2 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	3–3–2
9 	W 	December 3, 1936 	2–0 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	4–3–2
10 	T 	December 6, 1936 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	4–3–3
11 	W 	December 8, 1936 	4–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	5–3–3
12 	W 	December 10, 1936 	2–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	6–3–3
13 	W 	December 13, 1936 	2–1 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	7–3–3
14 	L 	December 15, 1936 	3–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	7–4–3
15 	W 	December 20, 1936 	4–3 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	8–4–3
16 	T 	December 25, 1936 	1–1 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	8–4–4
17 	L 	December 27, 1936 	2–5 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	8–5–4
18 	W 	December 31, 1936 	4–2 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	9–5–4
19 	L 	January 1, 1937 	2–4 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	9–6–4
20 	W 	January 3, 1937 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	10–6–4
21 	W 	January 5, 1937 	3–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	11–6–4
22 	W 	January 7, 1937 	4–2 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	12–6–4
23 	W 	January 10, 1937 	4–2 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	13–6–4
24 	L 	January 12, 1937 	1–4 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	13–7–4
25 	W 	January 14, 1937 	2–0 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	14–7–4
26 	W 	January 17, 1937 	2–0 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	15–7–4
27 	W 	January 19, 1937 	7–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	16–7–4
28 	T 	January 23, 1937 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	16–7–5
29 	W 	January 24, 1937 	2–1 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	17–7–5
30 	W 	January 31, 1937 	2–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	18–7–5
31 	T 	February 2, 1937 	4–4 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	18–7–6
32 	T 	February 4, 1937 	2–2 OT 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	18–7–7
33 	W 	February 7, 1937 	8–0 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	19–7–7
34 	L 	February 9, 1937 	2–3 	@ New York Americans (1936–37) 	19–8–7
35 	L 	February 11, 1937 	2–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	19–9–7
36 	T 	February 14, 1937 	3–3 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 	19–9–8
37 	L 	February 18, 1937 	1–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	19–10–8
38 	W 	February 21, 1937 	6–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 	20–10–8
39 	W 	February 25, 1937 	3–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	21–10–8
40 	T 	February 28, 1937 	0–0 OT 	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 	21–10–9
41 	W 	March 2, 1937 	7–4 	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	22–10–9
42 	W 	March 4, 1937 	2–1 	New York Rangers (1936–37) 	23–10–9
43 	L 	March 7, 1937 	1–3 	New York Americans (1936–37) 	23–11–9
44 	L 	March 9, 1937 	1–6 	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	23–12–9
45 	W 	March 11, 1937 	4–2 	@ New York Rangers (1936–37) 	24–12–9
46 	W 	March 14, 1937 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1936–37) 	25–12–9
47 	L 	March 20, 1937 	2–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	25–13–9
48 	L 	March 21, 1937 	1–5 	Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 	25–14–9
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 3, Montreal Canadiens 2===
Hec Kilrea scored the series winning goal in overtime in Game 5.
===Detroit Red Wings 3, New York Rangers 2===
New York could not use Madison Square Garden after game one because of the annual circus visit.
Earl Robertson, goaltender for the Wings, became the first rookie goaltender to post two shutouts in the finals. He would not play again for the Wings. The Wings became the first U.S. based team to win the Cup two years in a row.
Date 	Away 	Score	Home 	Score	Notes
April 6 	Detroit Red Wings	1 	New York Rangers 	5 	
April 8 	New York Rangers 	2 	Detroit Red Wings	4 	
April 11	New York Rangers 	1 	Detroit Red Wings	0 	
April 13	New York Rangers 	0 	Detroit Red Wings	1 	
April 15	New York Rangers 	0 	Detroit Red Wings	3 	
Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–2.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
 	C 	47	17	27	44 	6
 	RW 	45	23	20	43 	20
 	LW 	45	14	18	32 	14
 	C/LW	45	17	10	27 	10
 	C/D 	48	9 	16	25 	43
 	LW 	48	8 	16	24 	4
 	C 	48	7 	15	22 	13
 	RW/C	47	8 	13	21 	6
 	RW 	42	9 	7 	16 	18
 	LW 	48	6 	9 	15 	20
 	RW 	47	5 	4 	9 	12
 	D 	47	3 	5 	8 	20
 	LW/D	21	0 	5 	5 	10
 	D 	11	1 	0 	1 	4
 	RW/D	13	1 	0 	1 	4
 	D 	9 	0 	1 	1 	8
 	D 	37	0 	1 	1 	24
 	LW 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	D 	2 	0 	0 	0 	4
 	LW 	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
 	D 	11	0 	0 	0 	6
 	G 	48	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	2980	48	25	14	9	102	2.05	6
Team: 	2980	48	25	14	9	102	2.05	6
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
 	C 	10	4	7	11 	2
 	LW 	10	4	3	7 	4
 	C/LW	10	2	5	7 	0
 	LW 	10	2	4	6 	2
 	LW 	10	3	1	4 	2
 	C/D 	9 	2	2	4 	12
 	RW 	10	2	0	2 	6
 	RW 	8 	2	0	2 	0
 	RW/C	10	0	2	2 	4
 	C 	10	0	2	2 	2
 	D 	10	1	0	1 	17
 	LW 	5 	0	1	1 	2
 	D 	10	0	1	1 	4
 	RW/D	8 	0	0	0 	0
 	D 	10	0	0	0 	2
 	G 	1 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	5 	0	0	0 	0
 	G 	6 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	340	6 	3	2	8 	1.41	2
 	282	5 	3	1	6 	1.28	1
 	30 	1 	0	1	2 	4.00	0
Team: 	652	10	6	4	16	1.47	3
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==
*Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
*Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: Marty Barry
*Vezina Trophy: Normie Smith
*Marty Barry, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Larry Aurie, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
*Ebbie Goodfellow, Defense, NHL First Team All-Star
*Normie Smith, Goalie, NHL First Team All-Star
*Jack Adams, Coach, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
==1937 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions==
==Gallery==
1936-Dec20-Bruins-Wings action.jpg|Bruins-Red Wings action, December 20, 1936.
1937-Jan31-Kilrea-Portland.jpg|Wally Kilrea battles #8 Jack Portland, January 31, 1937. Notice that 3 players are wearing helmets.
==Video==
Highlights from Game 1 of the 1937 Finals. Several goals are shown including ones by the Rangers Butch Keeling and Frank Boucher and the Wings Syd Howe. The Wings used Normie Smith (who wears a hat) and Earl Robertson in net, both are shown.
New York Rangers Defeat Detroit Red Wings in Stanley Cup Opener, at Madison Square Garden (1937)
==See Also==
*1936–37 NHL season
==References==
*Red Wings on Hockey Database
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