1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs
1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	3rd Canadian
1936–37 record	22–21–5
Home record	14–9–1
Road record	8–12–4
Goals for	119
Goals against	115
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Hap Day
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Busher Jackson (45)
Assists	Syl Apps (29)
Points	Syl Apps (45)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (124)
Wins	Turk Broda (22)
Goals against average	Turk Broda (2.30)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the 20th season of play for the Toronto NHL franchise, tenth as the Maple Leafs.

Offseason

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

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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.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

1936–37 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	2–3–3	6–2	2–6	10–11–3
M. Maroons	3–2–3	—	5–3	4–3–1	12–8–4
N.Y. Americans	2–6	3–5	—	3–5	8–16–0
Toronto	6–2	3–4–1	5–3	—	14–9–1

Vs. American Division

1936–37 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	3–2–1	4–2	4–1–1	3–2–1	14–7–3
M. Maroons	1–5	6–0	1–2–3	2–2–2	10–9–5
N.Y. Americans	1–4–1	1–3–2	3–2–1	2–4	7–13–4
Toronto	2–3–1	3–1–2	2–3–1	1–5	8–12–4

Schedule and results

1936–37 regular season^[3]

November

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	L	November 5, 1936	1–3	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	0–1–0
2	L	November 7, 1936	2–3	New York Americans (1936–37)	0–2–0
3	W	November 14, 1936	6–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	1–2–0
4	T	November 15, 1936	1–1 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	1–2–1
5	L	November 21, 1936	3–4	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	1–3–1
6	L	November 22, 1936	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	1–4–1
7	L	November 24, 1936	1–5	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	1–5–1
8	W	November 26, 1936	4–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	2–5–1
9	W	November 28, 1936	4–2	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	3–5–1

December

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
10	W	December 1, 1936	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	4–5–1
11	L	December 5, 1936	1–3	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	4–6–1
12	L	December 12, 1936	3–5 OT	New York Rangers (1936–37)	4–7–1
13	W	December 17, 1936	5–1	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	5–7–1
14	W	December 19, 1936	3–1	New York Americans (1936–37)	6–7–1
15	W	December 22, 1936	4–2	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	7–7–1
16	L	December 26, 1936	1–2	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	7–8–1
17	L	December 31, 1936	1–3 OT	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	7–9–1

January

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
18	T	January 2, 1937	0–0 OT	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	7–9–2
19	L	January 3, 1937	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	7–10–2
20	L	January 7, 1937	1–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	7–11–2
21	W	January 9, 1937	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	8–11–2
22	L	January 10, 1937	1–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	8–12–2
23	W	January 16, 1937	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	9–12–2
24	W	January 19, 1937	6–2	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	10–12–2
25	L	January 21, 1937	3–6	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	10–13–2
26	W	January 23, 1937	4–0	New York Rangers (1936–37)	11–13–2
27	L	January 24, 1937	2–4	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	11–14–2
28	L	January 26, 1937	1–3	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	11–15–2
29	W	January 30, 1937	7–4	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	12–15–2

February

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
30	L	February 2, 1937	1–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	12–16–2
31	W	February 4, 1937	2–1	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	13–16–2
32	W	February 6, 1937	5–0	New York Americans (1936–37)	14–16–2
33	L	February 9, 1937	1–5	New York Rangers (1936–37)	14–17–2
34	L	February 13, 1937	0–3	Boston Bruins (1936–37)	14–18–2
35	T	February 14, 1937	3–3 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	14–18–3
36	W	February 18, 1937	3–1	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	15–18–3
37	W	February 20, 1937	4–3	New York Americans (1936–37)	16–18–3
38	L	February 21, 1937	1–3	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	16–19–3
39	L	February 23, 1937	1–2	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	16–20–3
40	W	February 25, 1937	3–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	17–20–3
41	W	February 27, 1937	3–2	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	18–20–3

March

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
42	W	March 6, 1937	3–1 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	19–20–3
43	T	March 7, 1937	2–2 OT	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	19–20–4
44	L	March 11, 1937	2–3	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	19–21–4
45	W	March 13, 1937	3–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	20–21–4
46	T	March 16, 1937	1–1 OT	@ Boston Bruins (1936–37)	20–21–5
47	W	March 18, 1937	2–1	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	21–21–5
48	W	March 20, 1937	3–2	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	22–21–5

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

The Maple Leafs played the New York Rangers in the first round in a best of three series and got swept in 2 games.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Syl Apps	C	48	16	29	45	10
Busher Jackson	LW	46	21	19	40	12
Gordie Drillon	RW	41	16	17	33	2
Nick Metz	LW	48	9	11	20	19
Bill Thoms	C	48	10	9	19	14
Jimmy Fowler	D	48	7	11	18	22
Bob Davidson	LW	46	8	7	15	43
Red Horner	D	48	3	9	12	124
Reg Hamilton	D	39	3	7	10	32
Buzz Boll	LW	25	6	3	9	12
Frank Finnigan	RW	48	2	7	9	4
Jack Shill	C	32	4	4	8	26
Charlie Conacher	RW	15	3	5	8	13
Hap Day	D	48	3	4	7	20
Bill Kendall	RW	15	2	4	6	4
Art Jackson	C	14	2	0	2	2
Pep Kelly	RW	16	2	0	2	8
King Clancy	D	6	1	0	1	4
James "Bud" Jarvis	LW	24	1	0	1	0
Turk Broda	G	45	0	0	0	0
George Hainsworth	G	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Howard	D	2	0	0	0	0
George Parsons	LW	5	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Turk Broda	2770	45	22	19	4	106	2.30	3
George Hainsworth	190	3	0	2	1	9	2.84	0
Team:	2960	48	22	21	5	115	2.33	3

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Busher Jackson	LW	2	1	0	1	2
Syl Apps	C	2	0	1	1	0
Reg Hamilton	D	2	0	1	1	2
Buzz Boll	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Turk Broda	G	2	0	0	0	0
Charlie Conacher	RW	2	0	0	0	5
Bob Davidson	LW	2	0	0	0	5
Hap Day	D	2	0	0	0	0
Gordie Drillon	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Frank Finnigan	RW	2	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Fowler	D	2	0	0	0	0
Red Horner	D	2	0	0	0	7
Nick Metz	LW	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Shill	C	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Thoms	C	2	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Turk Broda	133	2	0	2	5	2.26	0
Team:	133	2	0	2	5	2.26	0

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Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards and records

Transactions

May 6, 1936: Acquired Turk Broda from the Detroit Red Wings for $8,000
May 7, 1936: Traded Andy Blair to the Chicago Black Hawks for cash
May 7, 1936: Claimed Murray Armstrong from the New York Rangers in Inter-league Draft
November 24, 1936: King Clancy retires
December 29, 1936: Acquired loan of Bill Kendall from the Chicago Black Hawks for loan of Pep Kelly for remainder of the 1936–37 season

References

^ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
^ "1936-37 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
^ "1936-37 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

[1] Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al. (eds.). THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 147. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.

[2] "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.

[Gamelog-3] "1936-37 Toronto Maple Leafs Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 5, 2025.

[4] "1936-37 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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See also	1937 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

Vs. American Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References