1936–37 Boston Bruins season

1936–37 Boston Bruins
Division	2nd American
1936–37 record	23–18–7
Goals for	120
Goals against	110
Team information
General manager	Art Ross
Coach	Art Ross
Captain	Red Beattie
Team leaders
Goals	Dit Clapper (17)
Assists	Bill Cowley (22)
Points	Bill Cowley (35)
Penalty minutes	Jack Portland (58)
Wins	Tiny Thompson (23)
Goals against average	Tiny Thompson (2.22)

The 1936–37 Boston Bruins season was the Bruins' 13th season in the National Hockey League. The team finished second in the American Division and lost in the quarter-finals of the playoffs to the Montreal Maroons.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

American Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	25	14	9	128	102	59
Boston Bruins	48	23	18	7	120	110	53
New York Rangers	48	19	20	9	117	106	47
Chicago Black Hawks	48	14	27	7	99	131	35

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Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Record vs. opponents

Vs. American Division 1936–37 NHL records[2] Team BOS CHI DET NYR Total Boston — 5–2–1 1–7 3–2–3 9–11–4 Chicago 2–5–1 — 2–5–1 4–3–1 8–13–3 Detroit 7–1 5–2–1 — 5–1–2 17–4–3 N.Y. Rangers 2–3–3 3–4–1 1–5–2 — 6–12–6

Vs. Canadian Division 1936–37 NHL records Team MTL MTM NYA TOR Total Boston 2–3–1 5–1 4–1–1 3–2–1 14–7–3 Chicago 2–4 0–6 3–1–2 1–3–2 6–14–4 Detroit 1–4–1 2–1–3 2–3–1 3–2–1 8–10–6 N.Y. Rangers 2–3–1 2–2–2 4–2 5–1 13–8–3

Schedule and results

Regular season schedule

No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
2	W	November 15, 1936	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	1–1–0
4	W	November 21, 1936	4–3	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	2–2–0
5	W	November 22, 1936	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	3–2–0
6	T	November 24, 1936	1–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	3–2–1
7	W	November 26, 1936	3–2 OT	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	4–2–1
8	T	November 28, 1936	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	4–2–2
9	L	December 5, 1936	3–4	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	4–3–2
10	L	December 8, 1936	3–4	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	4–4–2
11	W	December 13, 1936	4–3	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	5–4–2
12	W	December 15, 1936	5–3 OT	New York Americans (1936–37)	6–4–2
13	W	December 17, 1936	5–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	7–4–2
14	L	December 20, 1936	3–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	7–5–2
15	L	December 22, 1936	2–4	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	7–6–2
16	W	December 26, 1936	2–1	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	8–6–2
17	W	December 29, 1936	3–0	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	9–6–2
18	T	December 31, 1936	2–2 OT	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	9–6–3
19	W	January 3, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1936–37)	10–6–3
20	L	January 5, 1937	2–3	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	10–7–3
21	W	January 7, 1937	2–0	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	11–7–3
22	L	January 10, 1937	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	11–8–3
23	L	January 12, 1937	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	11–9–3
24	W	January 17, 1937	3–0	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	12–9–3
25	L	January 19, 1937	2–6	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	12–10–3
26	W	January 21, 1937	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	13–10–3
27	T	January 23, 1937	6–6 OT	New York Americans (1936–37)	13–10–4
28	L	January 26, 1937	0–3	New York Rangers (1936–37)	13–11–4
29	T	January 28, 1937	1–1 OT	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	13–11–5
30	L	January 31, 1937	1–2	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	13–12–5
31	L	February 2, 1937	0–1	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	13–13–5
32	W	February 4, 1937	6–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	14–13–5
33	L	February 7, 1937	0–8	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	14–14–5
34	L	February 9, 1937	0–2	Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	14–15–5
35	W	February 13, 1937	3–0	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	15–15–5
36	W	February 14, 1937	2–1	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	16–15–5
37	W	February 16, 1937	3–2	New York Rangers (1936–37)	17–15–5
38	W	February 18, 1937	2–1	@ Montreal Maroons (1936–37)	18–15–5
39	T	February 21, 1937	2–2 OT	Montreal Canadiens (1936–37)	18–15–6
40	W	February 23, 1937	5–2	New York Americans (1936–37)	19–15–6
41	L	February 25, 1937	1–3	@ New York Americans (1936–37)	19–16–6
42	L	March 2, 1937	2–4	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	19–17–6
43	W	March 7, 1937	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1936–37)	20–17–6
44	W	March 9, 1937	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	21–17–6
45	W	March 11, 1937	6–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	22–17–6
46	L	March 14, 1937	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1936–37)	22–18–6
47	T	March 16, 1937	1–1 OT	Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37)	22–18–7
48	W	March 21, 1937	6–1	Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37)	23–18–7

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost the Quarter-Finals to the Montreal Maroons 2–1 and have lost the Quarter-Finals two years in a row.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Bill Cowley	C	46	13	22	35	4
Ray Getliffe	C/LW	48	16	15	31	28
Dit Clapper	RW/D	48	17	8	25	25
Charlie Sands	C/RW	47	18	5	23	6
Hooley Smith	C/RW	44	8	10	18	36
Red Beattie	LW	48	8	7	15	10
Cooney Weiland	C	48	6	9	15	6
Leroy Goldsworthy	RW	47	8	6	14	8
Flash Hollett	D	48	3	7	10	22
Milt Schmidt	C/D	26	2	8	10	15
Bun Cook	LW	40	4	5	9	8
Woody Dumart	LW	17	4	4	8	2
Joe Jerwa	D	26	3	5	8	30
Jack Portland	D	46	2	4	6	58
Nels Stewart	C	11	3	2	5	6
Eddie Shore	D	20	3	1	4	12
Al Shields	D	18	0	4	4	15
Jim O'Neil	C/RW	21	0	2	2	6
Bobby Bauer	RW	1	1	0	1	0
Lorne Duguid	LW	1	1	0	1	2
Ted Graham	D	1	0	0	0	0
Walter Kalbfleisch	D	1	0	0	0	0
Sylvio Mantha	D	4	0	0	0	2
Sammy McManus	LW	1	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	2970	48	23	18	7	110	2.22	6
Team:	2970	48	23	18	7	110	2.22	6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Ray Getliffe	C/LW	3	2	1	3	2
Charlie Sands	C/RW	3	1	2	3	0
Bill Cowley	C	3	0	3	3	0
Dit Clapper	RW/D	3	2	0	2	5
Red Beattie	LW	3	1	0	1	0
Bobby Bauer	RW	1	0	0	0	0
Woody Dumart	LW	3	0	0	0	0
Leroy Goldsworthy	RW	3	0	0	0	0
Flash Hollett	D	3	0	0	0	2
Jack Portland	D	3	0	0	0	4
Milt Schmidt	C/D	3	0	0	0	0
Al Shields	D	3	0	0	0	2
Hooley Smith	C/RW	3	0	0	0	0
Tiny Thompson	G	3	0	0	0	0
Cooney Weiland	C	3	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
Tiny Thompson	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1
Team:	180	3	1	2	8	2.67	1

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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

See also

• 1936–37 NHL season

References

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.
3. "1936-37 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

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