1939–40 New York Americans season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	1939–40
Year:	1939
Team:	New York Americans
Record:	15–29–4
Divisionrank:	6th
Goalsfor:	106
Goalsagainst:	140
Goalsleader:	Murray Armstrong (16)
Assistsleader:	Murray Armstrong (20)
Pointsleader:	Murray Armstrong (36)
Pimleader:	Charlie Conacher Hooley Smith (41)
Winsleader:	Earl Robertson (15)
Gaaleader:	Roy Worters (2.84)

The 1939–40 New York Americans season was the Americans' 15th season of play.

Regular season

Game log

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 9, 1939	0–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	0–1–0
2	L	November 12, 1939	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	0–2–0
3	L	November 14, 1939	2–4	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	0–3–0
4	L	November 18, 1939	1–3	New York Rangers (1939–40)	0–4–0
5	L	November 23, 1939	2–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	0–5–0
6	L	November 25, 1939	3–4	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	0–6–0
7	W	November 26, 1939	2–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	1–6–0
8	W	November 30, 1939	5–2	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	2–6–0
9	T	December 2, 1939	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	2–6–1
10	L	December 3, 1939	2–6	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	2–7–1
11	L	December 5, 1939	1–2	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	2–8–1
12	L	December 7, 1939	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	2–9–1
13	W	December 10, 1939	3–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	3–9–1
14	W	December 12, 1939	4–0	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	4–9–1
15	L	December 14, 1939	3–5 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	4–10–1
16	L	December 16, 1939	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–11–1
17	L	December 17, 1939	1–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	4–12–1
18	W	December 21, 1939	3–0	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	5–12–1
19	L	December 24, 1939	2–3	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	5–13–1
20	W	December 27, 1939	4–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	6–13–1
21	L	December 31, 1939	2–5	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	6–14–1
22	W	January 1, 1940	1–0	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	7–14–1
23	L	January 4, 1940	2–6	New York Rangers (1939–40)	7–15–1
24	L	January 7, 1940	2–6	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	7–16–1
25	L	January 9, 1940	2–3	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	7–17–1
26	L	January 12, 1940	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	7–18–1
27	W	January 14, 1940	1–0	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	8–18–1
28	L	January 20, 1940	1–5	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	8–19–1
29	W	January 21, 1940	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	9–19–1
30	L	January 23, 1940	3–5	New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–20–1
31	T	January 25, 1940	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	9–20–2
32	L	January 28, 1940	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	9–21–2
33	W	January 30, 1940	4–1	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	10–21–2
34	W	February 1, 1940	5–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–21–2
35	L	February 4, 1940	1–7	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	11–22–2
36	L	February 6, 1940	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	11–23–2
37	L	February 8, 1940	2–3	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–24–2
38	L	February 11, 1940	2–4	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	11–25–2
39	T	February 18, 1940	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1939–40)	11–25–3
40	W	February 22, 1940	1–0 OT	New York Rangers (1939–40)	12–25–3
41	L	February 25, 1940	1–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1939–40)	12–26–3
42	T	March 2, 1940	3–3 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	12–26–4
43	W	March 3, 1940	3–0	Montreal Canadiens (1939–40)	13–26–4
44	L	March 7, 1940	1–2	Boston Bruins (1939–40)	13–27–4
45	W	March 9, 1940	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1939–40)	14–27–4
46	L	March 10, 1940	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1939–40)	14–28–4
47	L	March 16, 1940	6–8	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	14–29–4
48	W	March 17, 1940	5–2	Toronto Maple Leafs (1939–40)	15–29–4

Playoffs

The Americans met the Detroit in a best-of-three series and lost the series in 2 games, or 1–2.

Player stats

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
	47	16	20	36	12
	48	12	19	31	22
	47	10	18	28	41
	48	8	17	25	17
	48	8	16	24	4
	43	12	8	20	10
	31	5	13	18	8
	47	7	8	15	41
	47	5	10	15	18
	35	6	7	13	6
	26	4	6	10	2
	10	4	3	7	6
	24	4	3	7	0
	10	2	3	5	9
	36	1	4	5	10
	45	1	3	4	28
	12	1	1	2	0
	15	0	1	1	0
	1	0	0	0	0
	48	0	0	0	0
	4	0	0	0	2

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	2960	48	15	29	4	140	2.84				6
Team:	2960	48	15	29	4	140	2.84				6

Playoffs

Scoring

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

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
	180	3	1	2		9	3.00				0
Team:	180	3	1	2		9	3.00				0

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Awards and records

No New York Americans players won any awards or were named to the All-Star teams for the 1939-40 NHL season.

Transactions

May 18, 1939	To Toronto Maple Leafs Sweeney Schriner	To New York Americans Murray Armstrong Buzz Boll Busher Jackson Elwyn Romnes	^[2]
September 22, 1939	To Toronto Maple Leafs future considerations^1 (cash)	To New York Americans Charlie Conacher	^[3]
November 7, 1939	To New York Americans cash	To Detroit Red Wings Alfie Moore	^[4]
January 3, 1940	To New York Americans Johnny Gagnon	To Montreal Canadiens cash	^[5]
January 25, 1940	To Boston Bruins Ed Wiseman $5,000 cash	To New York Americans Eddie Shore	^[6]

1. Transaction completed on May 21, 1940.

See also

• 1939–40 NHL season

External links

• Web site: 1939–40 New York Americans Games. Hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-07 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: hockey-reference.com . 2009-05-26 . 1939-40 New York Americans Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com.
2. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
3. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
4. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
5. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.
6. Web site: Transactions . www.hockey-reference.com.