1935–36 Montreal Maroons season

The 1935–36 Montreal Maroons season was the 12th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 1st in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 3 games to 0. The first game of the series was the longest in NHL history, ending after 6 overtime periods.
==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 16, 1935 	1–0 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	1–0–0
2 	L 	November 21, 1935 	1–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	1–1–0
3 	W 	November 23, 1935 	5–2 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	2–1–0
4 	L 	November 24, 1935 	1–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	2–2–0
5 	W 	November 26, 1935 	4–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	3–2–0
6 	W 	November 30, 1935 	3–2 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	4–2–0
7 	W 	December 3, 1935 	3–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	5–2–0
8 	L 	December 5, 1935 	1–2 	New York Americans (1935–36) 	5–3–0
9 	T 	December 8, 1935 	3–3 OT 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	5–3–1
10 	L 	December 10, 1935 	0–2 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	5–4–1
11 	L 	December 14, 1935 	2–6 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	5–5–1
12 	L 	December 17, 1935 	0–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	5–6–1
13 	W 	December 21, 1935 	2–1 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	6–6–1
14 	T 	December 22, 1935 	2–2 OT 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	6–6–2
15 	W 	December 26, 1935 	2–1 	@ New York Americans (1935–36) 	7–6–2
16 	L 	December 28, 1935 	3–6 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	7–7–2
17 	L 	December 31, 1935 	0–1 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	7–8–2
18 	W 	January 2, 1936 	5–2 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	8–8–2
19 	T 	January 4, 1936 	1–1 OT 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	8–8–3
20 	W 	January 5, 1936 	3–2 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	9–8–3
21 	T 	January 9, 1936 	1–1 OT 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	9–8–4
22 	W 	January 11, 1936 	3–2 	New York Americans (1935–36) 	10–8–4
23 	L 	January 12, 1936 	0–6 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	10–9–4
24 	L 	January 14, 1936 	1–2 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	10–10–4
25 	W 	January 19, 1936 	2–1 	@ New York Americans (1935–36) 	11–10–4
26 	L 	January 21, 1936 	0–1 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	11–11–4
27 	W 	January 25, 1936 	4–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	12–11–4
28 	W 	January 30, 1936 	3–2 	@ New York Americans (1935–36) 	13–11–4
29 	L 	February 2, 1936 	2–4 	@ New York Rangers (1935–36) 	13–12–4
30 	T 	February 4, 1936 	1–1 OT 	New York Americans (1935–36) 	13–12–5
31 	W 	February 8, 1936 	7–2 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	14–12–5
32 	L 	February 11, 1936 	3–7 	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	14–13–5
33 	W 	February 13, 1936 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	15–13–5
34 	T 	February 15, 1936 	4–4 OT 	New York Americans (1935–36) 	15–13–6
35 	T 	February 19, 1936 	8–8 OT 	@ New York Americans (1935–36) 	15–13–7
36 	W 	February 20, 1936 	6–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	16–13–7
37 	L 	February 22, 1936 	0–1 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	16–14–7
38 	L 	February 25, 1936 	0–2 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	16–15–7
39 	L 	February 27, 1936 	1–2 	Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	16–16–7
40 	W 	February 29, 1936 	4–2 	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	17–16–7
41 	T 	March 3, 1936 	3–3 OT 	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36) 	17–16–8
42 	W 	March 7, 1936 	5–3 	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36) 	18–16–8
43 	T 	March 10, 1936 	0–0 OT 	New York Rangers (1935–36) 	18–16–9
44 	T 	March 12, 1936 	3–3 OT 	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	18–16–10
45 	W 	March 14, 1936 	1–0 	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	19–16–10
46 	W 	March 15, 1936 	3–1 	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36) 	20–16–10
47 	W 	March 17, 1936 	2–1 	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36) 	21–16–10
48 	W 	March 21, 1936 	3–1 	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36) 	22–16–10
==Playoffs==
===Detroit Red Wings 3, Montreal Maroons 0===
On March 24, 1936, the first game of the Maroons-Red Wings series set a record for the longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history, as well as the longest ice hockey game ever played. The game began at 8:30 p.m. at the Forum in Montreal, and ended at 2:25 a.m.
After the 60 minutes in regulation, the Red Wings and the Maroons had both failed to score. With a completely blank scoreboard, the game went into overtime. It was not a spectacular game by any means. It was more a doggedly-fought defensive tussle, in which caution reigned supreme. Relentless back-checking prevailed throughout, stout work by the rival defencemen played a prominent part every step of the way, and backing it all up were the invincible displays of the goaltenders. The game had not even had that many penalties, with only eight in regulation and one to come in all of the overtime.
The overtime periods dragged on with the players becoming increasingly more exhausted. Despite the difficulties, one player managed to finally break the all-null tie. At 16:30 of the sixth overtime, Detroit rookie Modere Mud Bruneteau shot on the Maroons’ net, and the puck bobbled up over Lorne Chabot's foot to break the scoreless deadlock. The right winger had been called up from the Detroit Olympics for that season and then remained with the Red Wings until 1946. Detroit's goalie Normie Smith had been considered the team's weakest link, but he blocked 90 shots to earn the NHL's longest shutout. In total, the game lasted 176 minutes and 30 seconds.
==Player Stats==
===Regular Season===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G 	A 	Pts	PIM
7 	 	C/RW	47	19	19	38 	75
5 	 	D/LW	48	15	21	36 	41
4 	 	RW 	48	12	19	31 	30
11	 	C/LW	48	11	14	25 	31
14	 	C 	46	13	10	23 	10
8 	 	LW 	46	10	10	20 	25
15	 	RW/C	39	6 	14	20 	27
9 	 	RW 	48	7 	12	19 	10
10	 	LW 	48	5 	13	18 	16
3 	 	D 	46	7 	7 	14 	65
2 	 	D 	48	4 	5 	9 	24
12	 	D 	45	2 	7 	9 	81
6 	 	D 	48	3 	5 	8 	57
16	 	RW 	35	0 	3 	3 	12
19	 	C/D 	8 	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	16	0 	0 	0 	0
1 	 	G 	32	0 	0 	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN 	GP	W 	L 	T 	GA 	GAA 	SO
 	1970	32	14	13	5 	71 	2.16	1
 	1010	16	8 	3 	5 	35 	2.08	2
Team: 	2980	48	22	16	10	106	2.13	3
===Playoffs===
;Scoring
# 	Player	Pos 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
9 	 	RW 	3 	1	0	1 	2
10	 	LW 	3 	0	1	1 	0
11	 	C/LW	3 	0	1	1 	0
14	 	C 	3 	0	0	0 	0
3 	 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
6 	 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
16	 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	2
5 	 	D/LW	3 	0	0	0 	0
15	 	RW/C	3 	0	0	0 	0
12	 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	6
7 	 	C/RW	3 	0	0	0 	2
8 	 	LW 	3 	0	0	0 	4
4 	 	RW 	3 	0	0	0 	6
2 	 	D 	3 	0	0	0 	0
1 	 	G 	3 	0	0	0 	0
;Goaltending
Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA 	SO
 	297	3 	0	3	6 	1.21	0
Team: 	297	3 	0	3	6 	1.21	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==
*O'Brien Trophy: Montreal Maroons
*Hooley Smith, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
*Tommy Gorman, Coach, NHL Second Team All-Star
==Gallery==
35-36NHLMonMarGameAd.jpg|Opening Game
35-36NHLPOMonMarGameAd.jpg|Playoffs
10Dec1935-Roger_Jenkins_Lionel_Conacher.jpg|Maroons Lionel Conacher and Bruins Roger Jenkins sit together in the penalty "box" during the Bruins 2-0 win, December 10, 1935.
==References==
*Maroons on Hockey Database
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