The 1935–36 New York Americans season was the Americans' 11th season of play. Under coach Rosie Helmer , the team improved to third place in the Canadian Division and qualified for the playoffs, for only the second time in the team's history. The club won its quarter-final series against the Chicago Black Hawks , before losing in the semi-final to the Toronto Maple Leafs .
Regular season [ ]
Final standings [ ]
[1]
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 [ ]
1935–36 NHL Records
Team
BOS
CHI
DET
MON
MTM
NYA
NYR
TOR
Boston
—
3–4–1
5–3
3–1–2
4–1–1
4–2
2–6
1–3–2
Chicago
4–3–1
—
3–4–1
2–1–3
2–3–1
2–3–1
5–2–1
3–3
Detroit
3–5
4–3–1
—
4–0–2
2–3–1
4–1–1
4–1–3
3–3
M. Canadiens
1–3–2
1–2–3
0–4–2
—
1–6–1
5–3
1–2–3
2–6
M. Maroons
1–4–1
3–2–1
3–2–1
6–1–1
—
4–1–3
0–4–2
5–2–1
N.Y. Americans
2–4
3–2–1
1–4–1
3–5
1–4–3
—
2–3–1
4–3–1
N.Y. Rangers
6–2
2–5–1
1–4–3
2–1–3
4–0–2
3–2–1
—
1–3–2
Toronto
3–1–2
3–3
3–3
6–2
2–5–1
3–4–1
3–1–2
—
Game log [ ]
No.
R
Date
Score
Opponent
Record
1
L
November 7, 1935
1–3
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
0–1–0
2
T
November 9, 1935
5–5 OT
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
0–1–1
3
L
November 17, 1935
0–6
Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
0–2–1
4
L
November 19, 1935
0–1
@ Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
0–3–1
5
W
November 21, 1935
3–1
Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
1–3–1
6
L
November 23, 1935
1–2
@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
1–4–1
7
L
November 26, 1935
0–1
New York Rangers (1935–36 )
1–5–1
8
W
November 30, 1935
2–1
Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
2–5–1
9
W
December 5, 1935
2–1
@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
3–5–1
10
T
December 8, 1935
1–1 OT
@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
3–5–2
11
W
December 10, 1935
4–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
4–5–2
12
L
December 12, 1935
2–5 OT
@ New York Rangers (1935–36 )
4–6–2
13
W
December 15, 1935
3–0
Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
5–6–2
14
L
December 19, 1935
1–3
Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
5–7–2
15
L
December 21, 1935
3–5
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
5–8–2
16
W
December 22, 1935
3–2 OT
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
6–8–2
17
L
December 26, 1935
1–2
Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
6–9–2
18
W
December 29, 1935
5–1
Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
7–9–2
19
W
January 2, 1936
6–3
@ New York Rangers (1935–36 )
8–9–2
20
T
January 5, 1936
0–0 OT
New York Rangers (1935–36 )
8–9–3
21
L
January 9, 1936
1–4
Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
8–10–3
22
L
January 11, 1936
2–3
@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
8–11–3
23
L
January 14, 1936
0–1
Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
8–12–3
24
W
January 16, 1936
8–3
@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
9–12–3
25
L
January 19, 1936
1–2
Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
9–13–3
26
W
January 23, 1936
3–2 OT
Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
10–13–3
27
L
January 26, 1936
1–2
Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
10–14–3
28
L
January 30, 1936
2–3
Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
10–15–3
29
L
February 2, 1936
1–2 OT
@ Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
10–16–3
30
T
February 4, 1936
1–1 OT
@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
10–16–4
31
W
February 6, 1936
4–3
Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
11–16–4
32
L
February 8, 1936
0–3
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
11–17–4
33
W
February 9, 1936
4–1
@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
12–17–4
34
T
February 13, 1936
2–2 OT
Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36 )
12–17–5
35
T
February 15, 1936
4–4 OT
@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
12–17–6
36
T
February 19, 1936
8–8 OT
Montreal Maroons (1935–36 )
12–17–7
37
L
February 22, 1936
0–1
@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
12–18–7
38
L
February 23, 1936
3–4
@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
12–19–7
39
L
February 25, 1936
2–3
@ Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
12–20–7
40
W
March 1, 1936
5–2
Boston Bruins (1935–36 )
13–20–7
41
L
March 3, 1936
1–3
@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
13–21–7
42
L
March 5, 1936
1–4
Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
13–22–7
43
W
March 8, 1936
1–0
@ New York Rangers (1935–36 )
14–22–7
44
W
March 10, 1936
3–2
Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
15–22–7
45
L
March 15, 1936
1–2
New York Rangers (1935–36 )
15–23–7
46
W
March 19, 1936
4–1
Montreal Canadiens (1935–36 )
16–23–7
47
L
March 21, 1936
1–4
@ Toronto Maple Leafs (1935–36 )
16–24–7
48
L
March 22, 1936
2–7
@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36 )
16–25–7
Playoffs [ ]
The Americans made it into the playoffs for the second time in history. They defeated Chicago 7 goals to 5, or 7–5. They went against Toronto in the second round in a best of three series and lost in 3 games, or 1–2.
Player stats [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SA
SV
SV%
SO
Roy Worters
3000
48
16
25
7
122
2.44
3
Team:
3000
48
16
25
7
122
2.44
3
Playoffs [ ]
Scoring
Goaltending
Player
MIN
GP
W
L
T
GA
GAA
SA
SV
SV%
SO
Roy Worters
300
5
2
3
0
11
2.20
2
Team:
300
5
2
3
0
11
2.20
2
[2]
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References [ ]
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