1937–38 New York Americans season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1937–38
Year:	1937
Team:	New York Americans
Record:	19–18–11
Divisionrank:	2nd
Goalsfor:	110
Goalsagainst:	111
Goalsleader:	Sweeney Schriner (21)
Assistsleader:	Art Chapman (27)
Pointsleader:	Sweeney Schriner (38)
Pimleader:	Joe Jerwa (53)
Winsleader:	Earl Robertson (19)
Gaaleader:	Roy Worters (2.22)

The 1937–38 New York Americans season was the Americans' 13th season of play.

Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Rangers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.^[1]

Regular season

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	W	November 4, 1937	3–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	1–0–0
2	L	November 6, 1937	3–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	1–1–0
3	W	November 14, 1937	2–0	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	2–1–0
4	L	November 16, 1937	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	2–2–0
5	L	November 18, 1937	1–2	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	2–3–0
6	W	November 23, 1937	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	3–3–0
7	W	November 27, 1937	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	4–3–0
8	T	November 28, 1937	3–3 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	4–3–1
9	W	December 4, 1937	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	5–3–1
10	W	December 5, 1937	2–1	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	6–3–1
11	L	December 11, 1937	3–4 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–4–1
12	T	December 12, 1937	4–4 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	6–4–2
13	L	December 16, 1937	0–2	New York Rangers (1937–38)	6–5–2
14	L	December 18, 1937	2–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	6–6–2
15	W	December 19, 1937	1–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	7–6–2
16	L	December 25, 1937	0–1	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	7–7–2
17	W	December 26, 1937	3–1	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	8–7–2
18	L	December 28, 1937	0–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	8–8–2
19	W	January 1, 1938	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	9–8–2
20	W	January 2, 1938	2–1	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	10–8–2
21	T	January 4, 1938	5–5 OT	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	10–8–3
22	T	January 6, 1938	1–1 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	10–8–4
23	T	January 11, 1938	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	10–8–5
24	L	January 16, 1938	0–4	New York Rangers (1937–38)	10–9–5
25	T	January 20, 1938	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	10–9–6
26	L	January 22, 1938	0–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	10–10–6
27	L	January 23, 1938	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	10–11–6
28	L	January 30, 1938	2–4	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	10–12–6
29	L	February 3, 1938	1–6	Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	10–13–6
30	T	February 5, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	10–13–7
31	W	February 8, 1938	3–1	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	11–13–7
32	T	February 13, 1938	2–2 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38)	11–13–8
33	W	February 15, 1938	4–0	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	12–13–8
34	T	February 17, 1938	3–3 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	12–13–9
35	W	February 19, 1938	4–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–13–9
36	L	February 20, 1938	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	13–14–9
37	W	February 26, 1938	5–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	14–14–9
38	L	February 27, 1938	2–4	Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	14–15–9
39	W	March 1, 1938	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	15–15–9
40	T	March 3, 1938	1–1 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38)	15–15–10
41	W	March 6, 1938	3–1	New York Rangers (1937–38)	16–15–10
42	L	March 8, 1938	0–7	@ Boston Bruins (1937–38)	16–16–10
43	T	March 10, 1938	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1937–38)	16–16–11
44	W	March 12, 1938	3–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1937–38)	17–16–11
45	W	March 15, 1938	2–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38)	18–16–11
46	L	March 17, 1938	3–5	@ New York Rangers (1937–38)	18–17–11
47	L	March 19, 1938	5–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	18–18–11
48	W	March 20, 1938	4–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38)	19–18–11

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs. They defeated the Rangers in 3 games in a best of three series, or 2–1. They went against the Black Hawks in a best of three series and got defeated in 3 games, or 1–2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	48	21	17	38	22
	48	19	17	36	29
	48	18	14	32	32
	45	2	27	29	8
	45	4	21	25	22
	48	16	7	23	12
	47	10	10	20	23
	48	3	14	17	53
	17	8	2	10	9
	46	3	6	9	18
	19	3	4	7	5
	20	1	3	4	6
	22	1	3	4	10
	43	0	3	3	14
	25	1	0	1	20
	3	0	1	1	0
	47	0	1	1	34
	31	0	0	0	10
	2	0	0	0	0
	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	3000	48	19	18	11	111	2.22				6
Team:	3000	48	19	18	11	111	2.22				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	6	2	3	5	2
	6	1	4	5	2
	6	4	0	4	2
	6	3	1	4	2
	6	2	2	4	2
	6	0	4	4	10
	6	0	3	3	0
	6	0	2	2	6
	6	1	0	1	0
	6	0	1	1	0
	6	0	0	0	0
	6	0	0	0	8
	6	0	0	0	2
	6	0	0	0	6
	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	475	6	3	3		12	1.52				0
Team:	475	6	3	3		12	1.52				0

^[2]

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1937–38 New York Americans Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. O'Brien, Jeff, City Archivist. Saskatoon Chronology: 1882–2005, p.3.
2. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1937-38 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.