1935–36 New York Americans season

The 1935–36 New York Americans season was the Americans' 11th season of play. Under coach Red Dutton, the team improved to 3rd place in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs, for only the second time in the team's history. The club won its Quarter-final series against the Chicago Black Hawks, before losing in the Semi-finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs 2 games to 1.
==Off-season==
==Regular Season==
Center Art Chapman had another fantastic season and his 28 assists led the NHL for the second consecutive year. Sweeney Schriner won the scoring race with 45 points and was a First Team All-Star. Schriner and Chapman had 8 and 12 penalty minutes respectively and finished 2nd and 4th in voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy while Schriner was third in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as league MVP.
===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 7, 1935 	1–3 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	0–1–0
2 	T 	November 9, 1935 	5–5 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	0–1–1
3 	L 	November 17, 1935 	0–6 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	0–2–1
4 	L 	November 19, 1935 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	0–3–1
5 	W 	November 21, 1935 	3–1 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	1–3–1
6 	L 	November 23, 1935 	1–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	1–4–1
7 	L 	November 26, 1935 	0–1 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	1–5–1
8 	W 	November 30, 1935 	2–1 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	2–5–1
9 	W 	December 5, 1935 	2–1 	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	3–5–1
10 	T 	December 8, 1935 	1–1 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	3–5–2
11 	W 	December 10, 1935 	4–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	4–5–2
12 	L 	December 12, 1935 	2–5 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	4–6–2
13 	W 	December 15, 1935 	3–0 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	5–6–2
14 	L 	December 19, 1935 	1–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	5–7–2
15 	L 	December 21, 1935 	3–5 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	5–8–2
16 	W 	December 22, 1935 	3–2 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	6–8–2
17 	L 	December 26, 1935 	1–2 	Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	6–9–2
18 	W 	December 29, 1935 	5–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	7–9–2
19 	W 	January 2, 1936 	6–3 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	8–9–2
20 	T 	January 5, 1936 	0–0 OT 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	8–9–3
21 	L 	January 9, 1936 	1–4 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	8–10–3
22 	L 	January 11, 1936 	2–3 	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	8–11–3
23 	L 	January 14, 1936 	0–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	8–12–3
24 	W 	January 16, 1936 	8–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	9–12–3
25 	L 	January 19, 1936 	1–2 	Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	9–13–3
26 	W 	January 23, 1936 	3–2 OT 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	10–13–3
27 	L 	January 26, 1936 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	10–14–3
28 	L 	January 30, 1936 	2–3 	Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	10–15–3
29 	L 	February 2, 1936 	1–2 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	10–16–3
30 	T 	February 4, 1936 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	10–16–4
31 	W 	February 6, 1936 	4–3 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	11–16–4
32 	L 	February 8, 1936 	0–3 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	11–17–4
33 	W 	February 9, 1936 	4–1 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	12–17–4
34 	T 	February 13, 1936 	2–2 OT 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	12–17–5
35 	T 	February 15, 1936 	4–4 OT 	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	12–17–6
36 	T 	February 19, 1936 	8–8 OT 	Montreal Maroons (1935–36) 	12–17–7
37 	L 	February 22, 1936 	0–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	12–18–7
38 	L 	February 23, 1936 	3–4 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	12–19–7
39 	L 	February 25, 1936 	2–3 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	12–20–7
40 	W 	March 1, 1936 	5–2 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	13–20–7
41 	L 	March 3, 1936 	1–3 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	13–21–7
42 	L 	March 5, 1936 	1–4 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	13–22–7
43 	W 	March 8, 1936 	1–0 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	14–22–7
44 	W 	March 10, 1936 	3–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	15–22–7
45 	L 	March 15, 1936 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	15–23–7
46 	W 	March 19, 1936 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	16–23–7
47 	L 	March 21, 1936 	1–4 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	16–24–7
48 	L 	March 22, 1936 	2–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	16–25–7
==Playoffs==
===New York Americans 7 Goals, Chicago Black Hawks 5 Goals===
===Toronto Maple Leafs 2, New York Americans 1===
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
11	Sweeney Schriner 	48	19	26	45 	8
7 	Art Chapman 	48	10	28	38 	14
6 	Nels Stewart 	48	14	15	29 	16
17	Eddie Wiseman 	44	12	16	28 	15
10	Harry Oliver 	45	9 	16	25 	12
5 	Joe Jerwa 	47	9 	12	21 	65
9 	Lorne Carr 	44	8 	10	18 	4
8 	Baldy Cotton 	45	7 	9 	16 	27
2 	Red Dutton 	46	5 	8 	13 	69
15	Lloyd Klein 	42	4 	8 	12 	14
12	Carl Voss 	46	3 	9 	12 	10
3 	John Doran 	25	4 	2 	6 	44
16	Hap Emms 	32	1 	5 	6 	12
14	Tommy Anderson 	24	3 	2 	5 	20
4 	Al Murray 	48	1 	0 	1 	33
15	Fred Hergerts 	1 	0 	0 	0 	0
 	Tony Hemmerling 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
16	Walter Kalbfleisch	4 	0 	0 	0 	2
3 	Bill Brydge 	21	0 	0 	0 	27
1 	Roy Worters 	48	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T	GA 	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Roy Worters	3000	48	16	25	7	122	2.44	 	 	 	3
Team: 	3000	48	16	25	7	122	2.44	 	 	 	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
Player 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Joe Jerwa 	5 	2	3	5 	2
Sweeney Schriner 	5 	3	1	4 	2
Eddie Wiseman 	4 	2	1	3 	0
Harry Oliver 	5 	1	2	3 	0
Nels Stewart 	5 	1	2	3 	4
Art Chapman 	5 	0	3	3 	0
Lorne Carr 	5 	1	1	2 	0
Baldy Cotton 	5 	0	1	1 	9
John Doran 	3 	0	0	0 	0
Red Dutton 	3 	0	0	0 	0
Tommy Anderson 	5 	0	0	0 	6
Walter Kalbfleisch	5 	0	0	0 	2
Lloyd Klein 	5 	0	0	0 	2
Al Murray 	5 	0	0	0 	2
Carl Voss 	5 	0	0	0 	0
Roy Worters 	5 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player 	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA 	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Roy Worters	300	5 	2	3	0	11	2.20	 	 	 	2
Team: 	300	5 	2	3	0	11	2.20	 	 	 	2
==Awards and Records==
*NHL Scoring Leader: Sweeney Schriner
*Sweeney Schriner, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star
==Transactions==
*Purchase Joe Jerwa and Nels Stewart from the Boston Bruins on September 28, 1935.
*Purchase Baldy Cotton from the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 9, 1935.
*Purchase Tommy Anderson from the Detroit Red Wings on October 11, 1935.
*Trade Pete Kelly to Detroit for Carl Voss on October 16, 1935.
*Trade Fred Hergerts to Detroit for Eddie Wiseman on November 21, 1935.
*Sell Eddie Finnigan to Boston on December 19, 1935.
==Trivia==
*Americans who recorded a hat trick this season include:
**Sweeney Schriner during the 5-5 tie with the Toronto Maple Leafs on November 9, 1935.
**Nels Stewart during the 8-8 tie with the Montreal Maroons on February 19, 1936.
==Gallery==
35-36NHLDetRWExhWindsorGameAd.jpg|Pre-season @ Windsor
1935-Nov7-Worters.jpg|Roy Worters under siege by the Black Hawks, November 7, 1935.
==See Also==
*1935–36 NHL season
==References==
==External Links==
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