1936–37 NHL season

The NHL season 1936/37, was the 20th season in the National Hockey League. Eight teams each played 48 games. The Stanley Cup won by the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 win in the final series against the New York Rangers. The now 34 -year-old Howie Morenz had returned to Montreal and lived there his second spring. However, this ended abruptly after he crashed after a battle with Chicago's Earl Seibert in the gang and possibly sustain four fractures. But things got even worse. In the hospital Morenz suffered a breakdown and died six weeks later from embolism. Full Montreal mourned and turned his former star, who was laid at the Montreal Forum. The funeral procession through Montreal's streets accompanied by 200,000 people. Numerous players had ended your career, including King Clancy and George Hainsworth, as had new players move up. Here did mainly in the Boston "Kraut Line" with Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart forth. In Chicago, we sat at the end of the season to a purely American team. However, only one win in nine play the Hawks showed that it was not without Canadians.

  • 2.1 Round 1
  • 2.2 Round 2
  • 2.3 Stanley Cup final
  • 2.4 Best scorer in the playoffs

Regular Season

Statements Tables

Abbreviations: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals Scored, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Best Scorer

Note: GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

Stanley Cup Playoffs

All games were held in 1937.

Round 1

Round 2

Stanley Cup Final

Best scorer in the playoffs

Note: GP = Games, B = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points

NHL awards and trophies awarded

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