1936–37 Montreal Maroons season

1936-37 Montreal Maroons

1936–37 Montreal Maroons
Division	2nd Canadian
1936–37 record	22–17–9
Goals for	126
Goals against	110
Team information
Coach	Tommy Gorman

Offseason

The Maroons and the Boston Bruins played a pre-season series of six games in eastern Canada. Each team won three games.

• Tuesday, October 27 Bruins 2 Maroons 1 @ Saint John
• Wednesday, October 28 Maroons 3 Bruins 1 @ Saint John
• Thursday, October 29 Bruins 1 Maroons 0 @ Moncton
• Saturday, October 31 Maroons 4 Bruins 0 @ Halifax
• Monday, November 2 Bruins 3 Maroons 2 @ Halifax
• Wednesday, November 4 Maroons 3 Bruins 1 @ Moncton

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Montreal Canadiens	48	24	18	6	115	111	54
Montreal Maroons	48	22	17	9	126	110	53
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	22	21	5	119	115	49
New York Americans	48	15	29	4	122	161	34

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

Number	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 10, 1936	1–4	New York Rangers (1936–37)	0–1–0
2	L	November 12, 1936	1–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	0–2–0
3	T	November 14, 1936	2–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	0–2–1
4	T	November 15, 1936	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	0–2–2
5	W	November 19, 1936	4–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	1–2–2
6	L	November 22, 1936	2–3	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	1–3–2
7	T	November 24, 1936	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	1–3–3
8	L	November 26, 1936	2–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	1–4–3
9	W	November 28, 1936	3–2	New York Americans (1936–37)	2–4–3
10	L	December 1, 1936	1–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	2–5–3
11	W	December 5, 1936	3–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	3–5–3
12	W	December 10, 1936	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	4–5–3
13	T	December 12, 1936	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	4–5–4
14	T	December 15, 1936	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	4–5–5
15	L	December 17, 1936	0–5	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	4–6–5
16	L	December 22, 1936	1–3	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	4–7–5
17	W	December 26, 1936	4–3 OT	New York Americans (1936–37)	5–7–5
18	L	December 29, 1936	0–3	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	5–8–5
19	W	December 31, 1936	3–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	6–8–5
20	T	January 2, 1937	0–0 OT	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	6–8–6
21	W	January 3, 1937	3–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	7–8–6
22	W	January 5, 1937	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	8–8–6
23	L	January 9, 1937	2–3	New York Rangers (1936–37)	8–9–6
24	W	January 10, 1937	5–2	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	9–9–6
25	L	January 12, 1937	0–4	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	9–10–6
26	W	January 14, 1937	7–3	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	10–10–6
27	L	January 16, 1937	0–5	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	10–11–6
28	L	January 21, 1937	1–2	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	10–12–6
29	T	January 23, 1937	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	10–12–7
30	L	January 24, 1937	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	10–13–7
31	L	January 30, 1937	4–7	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	10–14–7
32	W	January 31, 1937	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	11–14–7
33	W	February 2, 1937	3–1	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	12–14–7
34	T	February 6, 1937	1–1 OT	New York Rangers (1936–37)	12–14–8
35	W	February 7, 1937	4–2	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	13–14–8
36	W	February 9, 1937	2–0	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	14–14–8
37	W	February 13, 1937	5–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	15–14–8
38	L	February 18, 1937	1–2	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	15–15–8
39	W	February 20, 1937	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	16–15–8
40	L	February 27, 1937	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	16–16–8
41	L	March 2, 1937	4–7	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	16–17–8
42	W	March 6, 1937	4–3	New York Americans (1936–37)	17–17–8
43	W	March 9, 1937	4–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	18–17–8
44	W	March 11, 1937	3–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	19–17–8
45	W	March 14, 1937	6–4	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	20–17–8
46	T	March 16, 1937	1–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	20–17–9
47	W	March 20, 1937	8–4	New York Americans (1936–37)	21–17–9
48	W	March 21, 1937	5–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	22–17–9

Playoffs

Quarter Final

Best of 3

Date	Winner	Loser	Location
March 23	Montreal 4	Boston 1	Montreal
March 25	Boston 4	Montreal 0	Boston
March 28	Montreal 4	Boston 1	Boston

Montreal Maroons beat Boston Bruins 2 wins to 1.

Semi Final

Best of 3

Date	Winner	Loser	Location
April 1	New York 1	Montreal 0	New York City
April 3	New York 4	Montreal 0	Montreal

New York Rangers beat Montreal Maroons 2 wins to none.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gracie, BobBob Gracie	C/LW	47	11	25	36	18
Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	47	16	18	34	19
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	42	13	17	30	18
Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	46	15	14	29	18
Ward, JimmyJimmy Ward	RW	40	14	14	28	34
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	47	6	19	25	64
Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	43	12	11	23	33
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	47	10	12	22	22
Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	48	6	12	18	2
Shannon, GerryGerry Shannon	LW	31	9	7	16	13
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	C/LW	30	4	10	14	6
Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	47	6	7	13	54
Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	43	3	4	7	29
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	42	1	3	4	28
Voss, CarlCarl Voss	C	20	0	2	2	4
MacKenzie, BillBill MacKenzie	D	10	0	1	1	6
Radley, YipYip Radley	D	17	0	1	1	13
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	G	21	0	0	0	0
Connell, AlecAlec Connell	G	27	0	0	0	0
Jenkins, RogerRoger Jenkins	RW/D	1	0	0	0	0
Kaminsky, MaxMax Kaminsky	C	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	1290	21	12	6	3	47	2.19	1
Connell, AlecAlec Connell	1710	27	10	11	6	63	2.21	2
Team:	3000	48	22	17	9	110	2.20	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Gracie, BobBob Gracie	C/LW	5	1	2	3	2
Robinson, EarlEarl Robinson	RW/C	5	1	2	3	0
Cain, HerbHerb Cain	LW	5	1	1	2	0
Northcott, BaldyBaldy Northcott	D/LW	5	1	1	2	2
Blinco, RussRuss Blinco	C	5	1	0	1	2
Trottier, DaveDave Trottier	LW	5	1	0	1	5
Voss, CarlCarl Voss	C	5	1	0	1	0
Wentworth, CyCy Wentworth	D	5	1	0	1	0
Conacher, LionelLionel Conacher	D	5	0	1	1	2
Marker, GusGus Marker	RW	5	0	1	1	0
Shannon, GerryGerry Shannon	LW	5	0	1	1	0
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	G	5	0	0	0	0
Carson, GerryGerry Carson	D	5	0	0	0	4
Evans, StewartStewart Evans	D	5	0	0	0	0
Runge, PaulPaul Runge	C/LW	5	0	0	0	4

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Beveridge, BillBill Beveridge	300	5	2	3	11	2.20	0
Team:	300	5	2	3	11	2.20	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

Detroit Red Wings 1:0 Montreal Maroons 6 OT

Additional Team photos

1936-37 Montreal Maroons team photo

Game Ads

Opening game

Quarter Final

Semi Final

See also

• 1936–37 NHL season