1935–36 NHL season

The 1935–36 NHL season was the 19th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Detroit Red Wings were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series.

League business

Prior to the season, the St. Louis Eagles franchise owners would ask the league to suspend operations for a year, or allow the club to relocated back to Ottawa and the league would decline both request. On October 15, 1935, the NHL bought back the franchise and players contracts for $40,000 and suspended operations. [Citation|title=Ottawa Interests Through;NHL Purchases Franchise|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=October 16,1935] Chicago would not participate in the dispersal draft.

During the season, the New York Americans were reported in financial trouble and were up for sale. Leo Dandurand, who had sold his interest in the Montreal Canadiens, was interested as was Joseph Cattarinich. Cattarinich said he would buy the team if the price was right. Later it was announced there would be no deal.

Regular season

Howie Morenz played badly for Chicago and incurred the wrath of Chicago owner Frederic McLaughlin. He was subsequently traded to the New York Rangers.

This was the year of Detroit. They finished first in the American Division. The Montreal Maroons finished first in the Canadian Division, but fans were starting to stay away from games they played, which worried now team president, manager and coach Tommy Gorman. At one point, Lionel Conacher had to run the team when Gorman experienced health and nervous problems.At .500 at mid-season, they traded Toe Blake for Lorne Chabot, owned by the Canadiens after being suspended by Chicago and refusing demotion to the minors, and the team began to win with Chabot in the net.

Final standings

"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes"
"Note: Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold"

tanley Cup playoffs

In one of the most evenly matched series, the first game of the Maroons-Red Wings series set a record for the longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history. The game began at 8:30 p.m. at the Forum in Montreal, and ended at 2:25 a.m. The game was scoreless until in the sixth overtime, when Mud Bruneteau scored on Maroon goaltender Lorne Chabot to win the game. Normie Smith shut out the Maroons in the next game, and the Red Wings then beat the Maroons to win the series.

This was the last NHL playoff series to feature a "two-game total-goals" series.

:"see 1936 Stanley Cup Finals"

Playoff bracket

3RoundBracket-Byes
RD1-seed5=C2
RD1-team5=Toronto Maple Leafs
RD1-score5=8G
RD1-seed6=A2
RD1-team6=Boston Bruins
RD1-score6=6G
RD1-seed7=C3
RD1-team7=New York Americans
RD1-score7=7G
RD1-seed8=A3
RD1-team8=Chicago Black Hawks
RD1-score8=5G
RD2-seed1=C1
RD2-team1=Montreal Maroons
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=A1
RD2-team2=Detroit Red Wings
RD2-score2=3
RD2-seed3=C2
RD2-team3=Toronto Maple Leafs
RD2-score3=3
RD2-seed4=C3
RD2-team4=New York Americans
RD2-score4=1
RD3-seed1=A1
RD3-team1=Detroit Red Wings
RD3-score1=3
RD3-seed2=C2
RD3-team2=Toronto Maple Leafs
RD3-score2=1

NHL awards

All-Star teams

Debuts

The following is a list of players of note who played their first NHL game in 1935–36 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs):
*Ray Getliffe, Boston Bruins
*Woody Dumart, Boston Bruins
*Mike Karakas, Chicago Black Hawks
*Mud Bruneteau, Detroit Red Wings
*Alex Shibicky, New York Rangers
*Babe Pratt, New York Rangers
*Neil Colville, New York Rangers
*Phil Watson, New York Rangers
*Reg Hamilton, Toronto Maple Leafs

Last games

The following is a list of players of note that played their last game in the NHL in 1935–36 (listed with their last team):
*Joe Primeau, Toronto Maple Leafs

ee also

*List of Stanley Cup champions
*Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics
*1935 in sports
*1936 in sports

References

* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/nhl1927.html Hockey Database]
* [http://nhl.com/ NHL.com]