1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season

1936–37 Detroit Red Wings
Stanley Cup champions
Division1st American
1936–37 record25–14–9
Home record14–5–5
Road record11–9–4
Goals for128
Goals against102
Team information
General managerJack Adams
CoachJack Adams
CaptainDoug Young
ArenaOlympia Stadium
Team leaders
GoalsLarry Aurie (23)
AssistsMarty Barry (27)
PointsMarty Barry (44)
Penalty minutesEbbie Goodfellow
WinsNormie Smith (25)
Goals against averageNormie Smith (2.05)

The 1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season was the 11th season for the Detroit franchise in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the fifth operating as the Red Wings. In their 10th season under head coach Jack Adams, the Red Wings compiled a 25–14–9 record, the Red Wings finished first in the American Division and won the Stanley Cup championship. The Wings scored 128 goals, the most in the NHL, and gave up 102 goals by opponents. The team played its home games at Olympia Stadium in Detroit.

In the Stanley Cup semifinals, the Wings defeated the Montreal Canadiens, three games to two. In the 1937 Stanley Cup Finals, the Wings defeated the New York Rangers, three games to two. It was the Red Wings' second consecutive Stanley Cup championship.

Although Defenceman Doug Young was originally the team captain, Herbie Lewis, arguably the team's best player, was eventually chosen as team captain, and led the Red Wings down the stretch to their second Stanley Cup in as many years. The team's statistical leaders included Larry Aurie with 23 goals, Marty Barry and 27 assists and 44 points scored, and Ebbie Goodfellow with 43 penalty minutes. Aurie's 23 goals tied for the most in the NHL during the 1936–37 season, and Barry's 27 assists were second most in the league. Normie Smith was the team's goaltender in all 48 games. Smith's 25 wins as goaltender led the NHL during the 1936–37 season, and his 2,980 minutes in goal were the second most in the league.[1]

Four members of the team have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Ebbie Goodfellow (inducted in 1963); Syd Howe (inducted 1965); Marty Barry (inducted 1965); and Herbie Lewis (inducted 1989).

Offseason

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Regular season

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Final standings

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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

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Schedule and results

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1936–37 regular season[4]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 W November 5, 1936 3–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 1–0–0
2 W November 8, 1936 5–2 New York Rangers (1936–37) 2–0–0
3 T November 14, 1936 2–2 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 2–0–1
4 T November 15, 1936 2–2 OT Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 2–0–2
5 L November 19, 1936 0–1 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 2–1–2
6 W November 22, 1936 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 3–1–2
7 L November 26, 1936 0–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 3–2–2
8 L November 29, 1936 0–2 New York Americans (1936–37) 3–3–2
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
9 W December 3, 1936 2–0 New York Rangers (1936–37) 4–3–2
10 T December 6, 1936 3–3 OT @ New York Americans (1936–37) 4–3–3
11 W December 8, 1936 4–3 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 5–3–3
12 W December 10, 1936 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 6–3–3
13 W December 13, 1936 2–1 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 7–3–3
14 L December 15, 1936 3–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 7–4–3
15 W December 20, 1936 4–3 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 8–4–3
16 T December 25, 1936 1–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 8–4–4
17 L December 27, 1936 2–5 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 8–5–4
18 W December 31, 1936 4–2 New York Americans (1936–37) 9–5–4
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
19 L January 1, 1937 2–4 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 9–6–4
20 W January 3, 1937 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 10–6–4
21 W January 5, 1937 3–2 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 11–6–4
22 W January 7, 1937 4–2 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 12–6–4
23 W January 10, 1937 4–2 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 13–6–4
24 L January 12, 1937 1–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 13–7–4
25 W January 14, 1937 2–0 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 14–7–4
26 W January 17, 1937 2–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 15–7–4
27 W January 19, 1937 7–2 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 16–7–4
28 T January 23, 1937 1–1 OT @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 16–7–5
29 W January 24, 1937 2–1 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 17–7–5
30 W January 31, 1937 2–1 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 18–7–5
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
31 T February 2, 1937 4–4 OT @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 18–7–6
32 T February 4, 1937 2–2 OT New York Rangers (1936–37) 18–7–7
33 W February 7, 1937 8–0 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 19–7–7
34 L February 9, 1937 2–3 @ New York Americans (1936–37) 19–8–7
35 L February 11, 1937 2–3 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 19–9–7
36 T February 14, 1937 3–3 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 19–9–8
37 L February 18, 1937 1–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 19–10–8
38 W February 21, 1937 6–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 20–10–8
39 W February 25, 1937 3–1 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) 21–10–8
40 T February 28, 1937 0–0 OT Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 21–10–9
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
41 W March 2, 1937 7–4 @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 22–10–9
42 W March 4, 1937 2–1 New York Rangers (1936–37) 23–10–9
43 L March 7, 1937 1–3 New York Americans (1936–37) 23–11–9
44 L March 9, 1937 1–6 @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) 23–12–9
45 W March 11, 1937 4–2 @ New York Rangers (1936–37) 24–12–9
46 W March 14, 1937 2–1 Boston Bruins (1936–37) 25–12–9
47 L March 20, 1937 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) 25–13–9
48 L March 21, 1937 1–5 Montreal Maroons (1936–37) 25–14–9

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

Playoffs

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(C1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A1) Detroit Red Wings

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Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Mar 23 Montreal C. 0 Detroit 4
Mar 25 Montreal C. 1 Detroit 5
Mar 27 Detroit 1 Montreal C. 3
Mar 30 Detroit 1 Montreal C. 3
Apr 1 Detroit 2 Montreal C. 1 (3OT)

Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–2.[5]

(A1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (A3) New York Rangers

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New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings
Date Visitors Score Home Score
Apr 6 Detroit 1 New York R. 5
Apr 8 New York R. 2 Detroit 4
Apr 11 New York R. 1 Detroit 0
Apr 13 New York R. 0 Detroit 1
Apr 15 New York R. 0 Detroit 3

Detroit wins the Stanley Cup 3–2.[5]

Player statistics

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Regular season

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Marty Barry C 47 17 27 44 6
Larry Aurie RW 45 23 20 43 20
Herbie Lewis LW 45 14 18 32 14
Syd Howe C/LW 45 17 10 27 10
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 48 9 16 25 43
John Sorrell LW 48 8 16 24 4
Gord Pettinger C 48 7 15 22 13
Wally Kilrea RW/C 47 8 13 21 6
Mud Bruneteau RW 42 9 7 16 18
Hec Kilrea LW 48 6 9 15 20
Pete Kelly RW 47 5 4 9 12
Bucko McDonald D 47 3 5 8 20
Rolly Roulston** LW/D 21 0 5 5 10
John Gallagher D 11 1 0 1 4
Howie Mackie RW/D 13 1 0 1 4
Ralph Bowman D 37 0 1 1 24
Jimmy Orlando D 9 0 1 1 8
Don Deacon LW 4 0 0 0 2
John Sherf LW 1 0 0 0 0
Normie Smith G 48 0 0 0 0
Burr Williams D 2 0 0 0 4
Doug Young* D 11 0 0 0 6
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L T GA GAA SO
Normie Smith 2980 48 25 14 9 102 2.05 6
Team: 2980 48 25 14 9 102 2.05 6

Playoffs

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Scoring
Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM
Marty Barry C 10 4 7 11 2
Herbie Lewis LW 10 4 3 7 4
Syd Howe C/LW 10 2 5 7 0
John Sorrell LW 10 2 4 6 2
Hec Kilrea LW 10 3 1 4 2
Ebbie Goodfellow C/D 9 2 2 4 12
Mud Bruneteau RW 10 2 0 2 6
Pete Kelly RW 8 2 0 2 0
Wally Kilrea RW/C 10 0 2 2 4
Gord Pettinger C 10 0 2 2 2
John Gallagher D 10 1 0 1 17
Ralph Bowman D 10 0 1 1 4
John Sherf LW 5 0 1 1 2
Jimmy Franks G 1 0 0 0 0
Howie Mackie RW/D 8 0 0 0 0
Bucko McDonald D 10 0 0 0 2
Earl Robertson G 6 0 0 0 0
Normie Smith G 5 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
Player MIN GP W L GA GAA SO
Earl Robertson 340 6 3 2 8 1.41 2
Normie Smith 282 5 3 1 6 1.28 1
Jimmy Franks 30 1 0 1 2 4.00 0
Team: 652 10 6 4 16 1.47 3
  • *Doug Young was the Captain, but spent most of the injured. Ebbie Goodfellow served as captain in his place.
  • **Orville "Rolly" Roulston also missed most of the season injured.

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Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
      MIN = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts;

Awards and records

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Transactions

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1936-37 NHL Summary". Hockey Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  4. ^ "1936-37 Detroit Red Wings Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Diamond 2000, p. 35.
  6. ^ "1936-37 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 15, 2009.
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