1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season



The 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 20th season in the NHL. The Maple Leafs finished 3rd in the Canadian Division and lost in the Quarter-finals to the New York Rangers 2 games to 0.

Regular Season
On November 17, 1936, Art Ross sent an open letter to the NHL's general managers encouraging them to play "open hockey" with an emphasis on speed and clean play. He offered to pay $1000 to any team if the Boston Bruins didn't play this style against them as long they agreed to the same penalty. Ross rival Conn Smythe refused the open hockey challenge and after the December 22 game against the Maple Leafs was marred by boring defensive hockey, in retaliation, Ross promised "if they want defensive hockey, we'll give them an overdose of it." Good to his word, the Bruins surrounded their own net and barely attacked during the December 26 re-match in Toronto and won 2-1.

Regular Season

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

Playoffs

 * Scoring
 * Goaltending

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

 * Calder Memorial Trophy: Syl Apps
 * Busher Jackson, Left Wing, NHL First Team All-Star