1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season

NHL hockey team season

1935–36 Montreal Canadiens
Division	4th Canadian
1935–36 record	11–26–11
Goals for	82
Goals against	123
Team information
General manager	Ernest Savard
Coach	Sylvio Mantha
Captain	Sylvio Mantha
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Leroy Goldsworthy (15)
Assists	Paul Haynes (19)
Points	Leroy Goldsworthy (26)
Wins	Wilf Cude (11)
Goals against average	Wilf Cude (2.49)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 27th season of play. The Canadiens slipped to last place in the Canadian division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

This was a season of numerous changes. Leo Dandurand sold his share of the team and gave up the general manager and coach positions. Ernest Savard became general manager and Sylvio Mantha was made playing coach for the season. Johnny Gagnon returned to the club from Boston. Hector Blake made his debut for the Canadiens. Nels Crutchfield had to retire after an auto accident, and a benefit game was held for him in January 1936. Wildor Larochelle was traded to Chicago.^[1]

Final standings

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

Vs. Canadian Division

1935–36 NHL records^[3]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	1–6–1	5–3	2–6	8–15–1
M. Maroons	6–1–1	—	4–1–3	5–2–1	15–4–5
N.Y. Americans	3–5	1–4–3	—	4–3–1	8–12–4
Toronto	6–2	2–5–1	3–4–1	—	11–11–2

Vs. American Division

1935–36 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	1–3–2	1–2–3	0–4–2	1–2–3	3–11–10
M. Maroons	1–4–1	3–2–1	3–2–1	0–4–2	7–12–5
N.Y. Americans	2–4	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–3–1	8–13–3
Toronto	3–1–2	3–3	3–3	3–1–2	12–8–4

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 12, 1935	1–2 OT	New York Rangers (1935–36)	0–1–0
2	W	November 17, 1935	6–0	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	1–1–0
3	L	November 19, 1935	2–7	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	1–2–0
4	W	November 21, 1935	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	2–2–0
5	W	November 23, 1935	2–1	New York Americans (1935–36)	3–2–0
6	T	November 28, 1935	0–0 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	3–2–1
7	L	November 30, 1935	3–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	3–3–1
8	L	December 1, 1935	0–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	3–4–1
9	L	December 3, 1935	2–3	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	3–5–1
10	L	December 7, 1935	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	3–6–1
11	T	December 12, 1935	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	3–6–2
12	L	December 15, 1935	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	3–7–2
13	T	December 17, 1935	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	3–7–3
14	T	December 19, 1935	2–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	3–7–4
15	L	December 21, 1935	1–2	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	3–8–4
16	L	December 26, 1935	0–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	3–9–4
17	L	December 29, 1935	1–5	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	3–10–4
18	W	January 1, 1936	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	4–10–4
19	T	January 4, 1936	1–1 OT	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	4–10–5
20	L	January 5, 1936	2–5	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	4–11–5
21	T	January 9, 1936	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	4–11–6
22	W	January 11, 1936	7–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	5–11–6
23	W	January 12, 1936	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	6–11–6
24	W	January 14, 1936	1–0	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	7–11–6
25	L	January 16, 1936	3–8	New York Americans (1935–36)	7–12–6
26	W	January 18, 1936	3–1	New York Rangers (1935–36)	8–12–6
27	T	January 23, 1936	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	8–12–7
28	L	January 25, 1936	1–4	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	8–13–7
29	L	January 28, 1936	2–3 OT	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	8–14–7
30	W	January 30, 1936	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	9–14–7
31	L	February 1, 1936	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	9–15–7
32	L	February 6, 1936	3–4	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	9–16–7
33	L	February 8, 1936	2–7	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	9–17–7
34	T	February 11, 1936	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1935–36)	9–17–8
35	T	February 16, 1936	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	9–17–9
36	T	February 18, 1936	3–3 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	9–17–10
37	L	February 20, 1936	1–2	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	9–18–10
38	W	February 22, 1936	1–0	New York Americans (1935–36)	10–18–10
39	L	February 29, 1936	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	10–19–10
40	L	March 1, 1936	1–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	10–20–10
41	W	March 3, 1936	3–1	New York Americans (1935–36)	11–20–10
42	L	March 7, 1936	1–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	11–21–10
43	L	March 8, 1936	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	11–22–10
44	L	March 12, 1936	3–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36)	11–23–10
45	T	March 14, 1936	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	11–23–11
46	L	March 15, 1936	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	11–24–11
47	L	March 17, 1936	0–1	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	11–25–11
48	L	March 19, 1936	1–4	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	11–26–11

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Playoffs

The Canadiens did not qualify for the playoffs.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Leroy Goldsworthy	RW	47	15	11	26	8
Paul Haynes	C	48	5	19	24	24
Aurel Joliat	LW	48	15	8	23	16
Jack McGill	LW	46	13	7	20	28
Armand Mondou	LW	36	7	11	18	10
Johnny Gagnon	RW	48	7	9	16	42
Pit Lepine	C	32	6	10	16	4
Joffre Desilets	RW	38	7	6	13	0
Georges Mantha	D/LW	35	1	12	13	14
Polly Drouin	LW	30	1	8	9	19
Sylvio Mantha	D	42	2	4	6	25
Toe Blake	LW	11	1	2	3	28
Bill Miller	C/D	17	1	2	3	2
Walt Buswell	D	44	0	2	2	34
Irv Frew	D	18	0	2	2	16
Wildor Larochelle	RW	13	0	2	2	6
Jean Pusie	D	31	0	2	2	11
Paul Runge	C/LW	12	0	2	2	4
Art Lesieur	D	38	1	0	1	24
Jean Bourcier	LW	9	0	1	1	0
Rosie Couture	RW	10	0	1	1	0
Max Bennett	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Conrad Bourcier	C	6	0	0	0	0
Abbie Cox	G	1	0	0	0	0
Wilf Cude	G	47	0	0	0	0
Red Goupille	D	4	0	0	0	0
Gaston Leroux	D	2	0	0	0	0
Rod Lorrain	RW	1	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Wilf Cude	2940	47	11	26	10	122	2.49	6
Abbie Cox	70	1	0	0	1	1	0.86	0
Team:	3010	48	11	26	11	123	2.45	6

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Wilf Cude – NHL First All-Star team

Citations

^ Coleman, pp. 263–265
^ 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.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1935–36 Montreal Canadiens Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^ "1935-36 Montreal Canadiens Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 5, 2009.

References

Coleman, Charles L. (1969). The Trail of the Stanley Cup, vol.2 1927–1946 inc. National Hockey League. pp. 263–265.
Jenish, D'Arcy (2008). The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory. Doubleday Canada. ISBN 978-0-385-66324-3.
Mouton, Claude (1987). The Montreal Canadiens. Toronto, Ontario: Key Porter Books. ISBN 1-55013-051-X.

Montreal Canadiens

Founded in 1909
Based in Montreal, Quebec

Franchise

History

Personnel

Owner(s): Molson family (Geoff Molson, chairman)
General manager: Kent Hughes
Head coach: Martin St. Louis
Team captain: Nick Suzuki
Current roster

Arenas

Rivalries

Affiliates

AHL: Laval Rocket
ECHL: Trois-Rivières Lions

Media

TV: TSN2 (English); RDS (French)
Radio: TSN Radio 690 (English); 98,5 FM (French)

Culture and lore

Category
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v t e Montreal Canadiens seasons
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1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20
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1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40
1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50
1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70
1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80
1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90
1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00
2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
2020s	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship