1935–36 New York Americans season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1935–36
Year:	1935
Team:	New York Americans
Record:	16–25–7
Divisionrank:	3rd
Goalsfor:	109
Goalsagainst:	122
Goalsleader:	Sweeney Schriner (19)
Assistsleader:	Art Chapman (28)
Pointsleader:	Sweeney Schriner (45)
Pimleader:	Mervyn Dutton (69)
Winsleader:	Roy Worters (16)
Gaaleader:	Roy Worters (2.44)

The 1935–36 New York Americans season was the Americans' 11th season of play. Under coach Rosie Helmer, the team improved to third place in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs, for only the second time in the team's history. The club won its quarter-final series against the Chicago Black Hawks, before losing in the semi-final to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Regular season

Game log

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

Playoffs

The Americans made it into the playoffs for the second time in history. They defeated Chicago 7 goals to 5, or 7–5. They went against Toronto in the second round in a best of three series and lost in 3 games, or 1–2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	48	19	26	45	8
	48	10	28	38	14
	48	14	15	29	16
	44	12	16	28	15
	45	9	16	25	12
	47	9	12	21	65
	44	8	10	18	4
	45	7	9	16	27
	46	5	8	13	69
	42	4	8	12	14
	46	3	9	12	10
	25	4	2	6	44
	32	1	5	6	12
	24	3	2	5	20
	48	1	0	1	33
	21	0	0	0	27
	3	0	0	0	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	2
	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	3000	48	16	25	7	122	2.44				3
Team:	3000	48	16	25	7	122	2.44				3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	5	2	3	5	2
	5	3	1	4	2
	4	2	1	3	0
	5	1	2	3	0
	5	1	2	3	4
	5	0	3	3	0
	5	1	1	2	0
	5	0	1	1	9
	5	0	0	0	6
	3	0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	2
	5	0	0	0	2
	5	0	0	0	2
	5	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	300	5	2	3	0	11	2.20				2
Team:	300	5	2	3	0	11	2.20				2

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See also

• 1935–36 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1935–36 New York Americans Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1935-36 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.