1935–36 Detroit Red Wings season

1935–36 Detroit Red Wings
Division	1st American
1935–36 record	24–16–8
Goals for	124
Goals against	103
Team information
General manager	Jack Adams
Coach	Jack Adams
Captain	Doug Young
Arena	Olympia Stadium
Team leaders
Goals	Marty Barry (21)
Assists	Herbie Lewis (23)
Points	Marty Barry (40)
Penalty minutes	Ebbie Goodfellow (69)
Wins	Normie Smith (24)
Goals against average	Normie Smith (2.04)

The 1935–36 Detroit Red Wings season was the Red Wings' 10th season. The Red Wings finished 1st in the American Division and defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1936 Stanley Cup Finals 3 games to 1.

Regular Season

Final Standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	124	103	56
Boston Bruins	48	22	20	6	92	83	50
Chicago Black Hawks	48	21	19	8	93	92	50
New York Rangers	48	19	17	12	91	96	50

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.

Game Log

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

Playoffs

Detroit Red Wings 3, Montreal Maroons 0

Normie Smith makes one of 90 saves, Game 1 of the 1936 Semi-finals, March 24, 1936.

On March 24, 1936, the first game of the Maroons-Red Wings series set a record for the longest game in Stanley Cup playoff history, as well as the longest ice hockey game ever played. The game began at 8:30 p.m. at the Forum in Montreal, and ended at 2:25 a.m.

After the 60 minutes in regulation, the Red Wings and the Maroons had both failed to score. With a completely blank scoreboard, the game went into overtime. It was not a spectacular game by any means. It was more a doggedly-fought defensive tussle, in which caution reigned supreme. Relentless back-checking prevailed throughout, stout work by the rival defencemen played a prominent part every step of the way, and backing it all up were the invincible displays of the goaltenders. The game had not even had that many penalties, with only eight in regulation and one to come in all of the overtime.

The overtime periods dragged on with the players becoming increasingly more exhausted. Despite the difficulties, one player managed to finally break the all-null tie. At 16:30 of the sixth overtime, Detroit rookie Modere Mud Bruneteau shot on the Maroons’ net, and the puck bobbled up over Lorne Chabot's foot to break the scoreless deadlock. The right winger had been called up from the Detroit Olympics for that season and then remained with the Red Wings until 1946. Detroit's goalie Normie Smith had been considered the team's weakest link, but he blocked 90 shots to earn the NHL's longest shutout. In total, the game lasted 176 minutes and 30 seconds.

Normie Smith shut out the Maroons in the next game, and the Red Wings then beat the Maroons to win the series.

March 24	Detroit Red Wings		1–0	6OT	Montreal Maroons	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
No scoring		Third period			No scoring
Mud Bruneteau (1) – 16:30		Sixth overtime period			No scoring
Normie Smith		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

March 26	Detroit Red Wings		3–0		Montreal Maroons	Montreal Forum	Recap
No scoring		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			No scoring
Syd Howe (1) – pp – 09:48 Herbie Lewis (1) – sh – 16:58 Larry Aurie (1) – 19:20		Third period			No scoring
Normie Smith		Goalie stats			Lorne Chabot

March 29	Montreal Maroons		1–2		Detroit Red Wings	Olympia Stadium	Recap
Gus Marker (1) – 12:02		First period			No scoring
No scoring		Second period			14:00 – John Sorrell (1)
No scoring		Third period			04:08 – Ralph Bowman (1)
Lorne Chabot		Goalie stats			Normie Smith

Detroit Red Wings 3, Toronto Maple Leafs 1

Herbie Lewis celebrates with the Stanley Cup, April 11, 1936.

See 1936 Stanley Cup Finals.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Wings

Date	Away	Score	Home	Score	Notes
April 5	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	Detroit Red Wings	3
April 7	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	Detroit Red Wings	9
April 9	Detroit Red Wings	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	OT
April 11	Detroit Red Wings	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	2

Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–1.

Player Stats

Forwards

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Marty Barry	48	21	19	40	16
Herbie Lewis	45	14	23	37	25
Larry Aurie	44	16	18	34	17
Syd Howe	48	16	14	30	26
John Sorrell	48	13	15	28	8
Hec Kilrea	48	6	17	23	37
Gordon Pettinger	33	8	7	15	6
Pete Kelly	48	6	8	14	30
Wally Kilrea	44	4	10	14	10
Mud Bruneteau	24	2	0	2	2
Art Giroux	4	0	2	2	0
Wilfie Starr	5	1	0	1	0
John Sherf	1	0	0	0	0
Eddie Wiseman	1	0	0	0	0
Lorne Duguid	5	0	0	0	0

Defencemen

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ebbie Goodfellow	48	5	18	23	69
Doug Young	48	5	12	17	54
Wilfred McDonald	48	4	6	10	32
Ralph Bowman	48	3	2	5	44
Orville Roulston	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Note: GP = Games played; MIN = Minutes; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average

Player	GP	MIN	W	L	T	SO	GAA
Normie Smith	48	3030	24	16	8	6	2.04

Awards and Records

• Prince of Wales Trophy: Detroit Red Wings
• Ebbie Goodfellow, Defense, NHL Second Team All-Star

1936 Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions

John Sorrell, Syd Howe, Marty Barry, Herbie Lewis, Mud Bruneteau, Wally Kilrea, Hec Kilrea, Gord Pettinger, Bucko McDonald, Ralph Bowman, Pete Kelly, Doug Young, Ebbie Goodfellow, Normie Smith, Jack Adams (manager-coach), Honey Walker (trainer)

Game Ads

Pre-season @ Windsor

References

• Red Wings on Hockey Database

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