1936–37 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1936–37 New York Rangers
Division	3rd American
1936–37 record	19–20–9
Goals for	117
Goals against	106
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Butch Keeling (22)
Assists	Neil Colville (18)
Points	Cecil Dillon (31)
Penalty minutes	Joe Cooper/Ott Heller (42)
Wins	Dave Kerr (19)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (2.11)
← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 11th season. During the regular season, the Rangers posted a third-place finish in the American Division, with a 19–20–9 record. New York qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs, where the team defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Maroons to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. In the Cup Finals, the Rangers lost to the Detroit Red Wings, three games to two.^[1]

Regular season

On November 16, 1936, Hal Winkler made his NHL debut for the New York Rangers and gained a 1–0 shutout over the Montreal Maroons. He was the first goaltender to have a shutout in his NHL debut.^[2]

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	14	9	128	102	59
Boston Bruins	48	23	18	7	120	110	53
New York Rangers	48	19	20	9	117	106	47
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	27	7	99	131	35

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

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division

1936–37 NHL records^[4]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
Boston	—	5–2–1	1–7	3–2–3	9–11–4
Chicago	2–5–1	—	2–5–1	4–3–1	8–13–3
Detroit	7–1	5–2–1	—	5–1–2	17–4–3
N.Y. Rangers	2–3–3	3–4–1	1–5–2	—	6–12–6

Vs. Canadian Division

1936–37 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
Boston	2–3–1	5–1	4–1–1	3–2–1	14–7–3
Chicago	2–4	0–6	3–1–2	1–3–2	6–14–4
Detroit	1–4–1	2–1–3	2–3–1	3–2–1	8–10–6
N.Y. Rangers	2–3–1	2–2–2	4–2	5–1	13–8–3

Schedule and results

1936–37 Game Log

November: 5–3–1 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 3–2–0)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	8	@ Detroit Red Wings	5–2	0–1–0
2	10	@ Montreal Maroons	4–1	1–1–0
3	15	New York Americans	2–1	1–2–0
4	17	@ Boston Bruins	6–1	2–2–0
5	19	Detroit Red Wings	1–0	3–2–0
6	21	@ Montreal Canadiens	3 – 1 OT	3–3–0
7	24	Toronto Maple Leafs	5–1	4–3–0
8	26	@ New York Americans	3–1	5–3–0
9	28	Boston Bruins	2 – 2 OT	5–3–1

December: 5–2–3 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 3–2–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
10	3	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–0	5–4–1
11	6	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	6–4–1
12	8	Chicago Black Hawks	0 – 0 OT	6–4–2
13	12	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5 – 3 OT	7–4–2
14	15	Montreal Maroons	2 – 2 OT	7–4–3
15	19	@ Montreal Canadiens	4 – 2 OT	7–5–3
16	20	Montreal Canadiens	5 – 3 OT	8–5–3
17	27	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	9–5–3
18	29	@ New York Americans	5–1	10–5–3
19	31	Boston Bruins	2 – 2 OT	10–5–4

January: 4–5–2 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 2–3–0)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
20	3	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	10–6–4
21	5	New York Americans	7–1	11–6–4
22	9	@ Montreal Maroons	3–2	12–6–4
23	10	Montreal Maroons	5–2	12–7–4
24	14	Detroit Red Wings	2–0	12–8–4
25	19	Montreal Canadiens	1 – 1 OT	12–8–5
26	21	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–0	12–9–5
27	23	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	4–0	12–10–5
28	24	Toronto Maple Leafs	4–2	13–10–5
29	26	@ Boston Bruins	3–0	14–10–5
30	28	Boston Bruins	1 – 1 OT	14–10–6

February: 3–5–3 (Home: 2–2–1; Road: 1–3–2)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
31	2	Detroit Red Wings	4 – 4 OT	14–10–7
32	4	@ Detroit Red Wings	2 – 2 OT	14–10–8
33	6	@ Montreal Maroons	1 – 1 OT	14–10–9
34	7	Montreal Maroons	4–2	14–11–9
35	9	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	5–1	15–11–9
36	11	@ Chicago Black Hawks	5–2	15–12–9
37	14	New York Americans	5–4	15–13–9
38	16	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	15–14–9
39	18	Chicago Black Hawks	2 – 1 OT	16–14–9
40	23	Toronto Maple Leafs	2–1	17–14–9
41	28	@ Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	17–15–9

March: 2–5–0 (Home: 1–3–0; Road: 1–2–0)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
42	4	@ Detroit Red Wings	2–1	17–16–9
43	7	Boston Bruins	1–0	17–17–9
44	9	@ New York Americans	7 – 5 OT	18–17–9
45	11	Detroit Red Wings	4–2	18–18–9
46	13	@ Montreal Canadiens	1–0	18–19–9
47	16	Chicago Black Hawks	4–3	18–20–9
48	21	Montreal Canadiens	3–1	19–20–9

Playoffs

Stanley Cup Finals

The Rangers were unable to play at home after game one due to the circus.^[5]

Key: Win Loss

1937 Stanley Cup playoffs

Quarter-finals: vs. Toronto Maple Leafs – New York Rangers win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	March 23	New York Rangers	3–0	Toronto Maple Leafs		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	March 25	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–2	New York Rangers	OT	New York Rangers win series 2–0

Semi-finals: vs. Montreal Maroons – New York Rangers win series 2–0
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 1	Montreal Maroons	0–1	New York Rangers		New York Rangers leads series 1–0
2	April 3	New York Rangers	4–0	Montreal Maroons		New York Rangers win series 2–0

Stanley Cup Finals: vs. Detroit Red Wings – Detroit wins series 3–2
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Series
1	April 6	Detroit Red Wings	1–5	New York Rangers		New York Rangers lead series 1–0
2	April 8	New York Rangers	2–4	Detroit Red Wings		Series tied 1–1
3	April 11	New York Rangers	1–0	Detroit Red Wings		New York Rangers lead series 2–1
4	April 13	New York Rangers	0–1	Detroit Red Wings		Series tied 2–2
5	April 15	New York Rangers	0–3	Detroit Red Wings		Detroit wins series 3–2

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cecil Dillon	48	20	11	31	13
Phil Watson	48	11	17	28	22
Neil Colville	45	10	18	28	33
Melville Keeling	48	22	4	26	18
Lynn Patrick	45	8	16	24	23
Alex Shibicky	47	14	8	22	30
Frank Boucher	44	7	13	20	5
Mac Colville	46	7	12	19	10
Ehrhardt Heller	48	5	12	17	42
Walter Pratt	47	8	7	15	23
Murray Murdoch	48	0	14	14	16
Arthur Coulter	47	1	5	6	27
Bill Cook	21	1	4	5	6
Joe Cooper	48	0	3	3	42
Eddie Wares	2	2	0	2	0
Clint Smith	2	1	0	1	0
Bryan Hextall	3	0	1	1	0
Joe Krol	1	0	0	0	0
Ivan Johnson	34	0	0	0	2

Playoffs
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Neil Colville	9	3	3	6	0
Frank Boucher	9	2	3	5	0
Alex Shibicky	9	1	4	5	0
Melville Keeling	9	3	2	5	2
Walter Pratt	9	3	1	4	11
Arthur Coulter	9	0	3	3	15
Mac Colville	9	1	2	3	2
Lynn Patrick	9	3	0	3	2
Cecil Dillon	9	0	3	3	0
Joe Cooper	9	1	1	2	12
Murray Murdoch	9	1	1	2	0
Phil Watson	9	0	2	2	9
Ivan Johnson	9	0	1	1	4
Ehrhardt Heller	9	0	0	0	11

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	48	3020	19	20	9	106	2.11	4

Playoffs
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	9	553	6	3	10	1.08	4

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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

Transactions

References

^ "1936–37 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^ Hockey's Book of Firsts, p.19, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
^ 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.
^ Corio, Ray (April 16, 1990). "Question Box". The New York Times. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
^ "1936–37 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.