1935–36 Montreal Maroons season

1935–36 Montreal Maroons
Division	1st Canadian
1935–36 record	22–16–10
Goals for	114
Goals against	88
Team information
General manager	Tommy Gorman
Coach	Tommy Gorman
Captain	Hooley Smith
Arena	Montreal Forum
Team leaders
Goals	Hooley Smith (19)
Assists	Lawrence Northcott (21)
Points	Hooley Smith (38)
Penalty minutes	Allan Shields (81)
Wins	Bill Beveridge (14)
Goals against average	Bill Beveridge (22)

The 1935–36 Montreal Maroons season was the 12th season of the Maroons franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maroons finished 1st in the Canadian Division and lost in the Semi-finals to the Detroit Red Wings 3 games to 0. The first game of the series was the longest in NHL history, ending after 6 overtime periods.

Regular Season

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

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.

Game Log

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

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.

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

Player Stats

Regular Season

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	47	19	19	38	75
5	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	48	15	21	36	41
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	48	12	19	31	30
11	Gracie, BobBob Gracie	C/LW	48	11	14	25	31
14	Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	46	13	10	23	10
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	46	10	10	20	25
15	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	39	6	14	20	27
9	Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	48	7	12	19	10
10	Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	48	5	13	18	16
3	Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	46	7	7	14	65
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	48	4	5	9	24
12	Shields, AlAl Shields	D	45	2	7	9	81
6	Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	48	3	5	8	57
16	Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb	RW	35	0	3	3	12
19	Miller, BillBill Miller	C/D	8	0	0	0	0
1	Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot	G	16	0	0	0	0
1	Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	G	32	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	1970	32	14	13	5	71	2.16	1
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot	1010	16	8	3	5	35	2.08	2
Team:	2980	48	22	16	10	106	2.13	3

Playoffs

Scoring

#	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
9	Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	3	1	0	1	2
10	Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	3	0	1	1	0
11	Gracie, BobBob Gracie	C/LW	3	0	1	1	0
14	Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	3	0	0	0	0
3	Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	3	0	0	0	0
6	Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	3	0	0	0	0
16	Lamb, JoeJoe Lamb	RW	3	0	0	0	2
5	Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	3	0	0	0	0
15	Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	3	0	0	0	0
12	Shields, AlAl Shields	D	3	0	0	0	6
7	Smith, HooleyHooley Smith	C/RW	3	0	0	0	2
8	Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	3	0	0	0	4
4	Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	3	0	0	0	6
2	Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	3	0	0	0	0
1	Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot	G	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Chabot, LorneLorne Chabot	297	3	0	3	6	1.21	0
Team:	297	3	0	3	6	1.21	0

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

• O'Brien Trophy: Montreal Maroons
• Hooley Smith, Center, NHL First Team All-Star
• Tommy Gorman, Coach, NHL Second Team All-Star

Gallery

Opening Game

Playoffs

Maroons Lionel Conacher and Bruins Roger Jenkins sit together in the penalty "box" during the Bruins 2-0 win, December 10, 1935.

References

• Maroons on Hockey Database