1935–36 New York Americans season

The 1935–36 New York Americans season was the Americans' 11th season of play. Under coach Rosie Helmer, the team improved to third 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-final to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

1935–36 New York Americans
Division3rd Canadian
1935–36 record16–25–7
Goals for109
Goals against122
Team information
CoachRosie Helmer
CaptainRed Dutton
Team leaders
GoalsSweeney Schriner (19)
AssistsArt Chapman (28)
PointsSweeney Schriner (45)
Penalty minutesMervyn Dutton (69)
WinsRoy Worters (16)
Goals against averageRoy Worters (2.44)

Regular season edit

Final standings edit

Canadian Division
GP W L T GF GA PTS
Montreal Maroons 48 22 16 10 114 106 54
Toronto Maple Leafs 48 23 19 6 126 106 52
New York Americans 48 16 25 7 109 122 39
Montreal Canadiens 48 11 26 11 82 123 33

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Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points
       Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.


Record vs. opponents edit


Game log edit

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 edit

The Americans made it into the playoffs for the second time in history. They defeated Chicago 7 goals to 5, or 7–5. They went against Toronto in the second round in a best of three series and lost in 3 games, or 1–2.

Player stats edit

Regular season edit

Scoring
Player GP G A Pts PIM
Sweeney Schriner 48 19 26 45 8
Art Chapman 48 10 28 38 14
Nels Stewart 48 14 15 29 16
Eddie Wiseman 44 12 16 28 15
Harry Oliver 45 9 16 25 12
Joe Jerwa 47 9 12 21 65
Lorne Carr 44 8 10 18 4
Baldy Cotton 45 7 9 16 27
Red Dutton 46 5 8 13 69
Lloyd Klein 42 4 8 12 14
Carl Voss 46 3 9 12 10
John Doran 25 4 2 6 44
Hap Emms 32 1 5 6 12
Tommy Anderson 24 3 2 5 20
Allan Murray 48 1 0 1 33
Bill Brydge 21 0 0 0 27
Tony Hemmerling 3 0 0 0 0
Fred Hergerts 1 0 0 0 0
Walter Kalbfleisch 4 0 0 0 2
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 edit

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
Tommy Anderson 5 0 0 0 6
John Doran 3 0 0 0 0
Red Dutton 3 0 0 0 0
Walter Kalbfleisch 5 0 0 0 2
Lloyd Klein 5 0 0 0 2
Allan 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

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1935-36 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 26, 2009.

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