1936–37 Detroit Red Wings season

Sports season March 2026 August 2023 NHL 1936–37 1936 Detroit Red Wings American 1st 25–14–9 14–5–5 11–9–4 128 102 Jack Adams Jack Adams Doug Young Olympia Stadium Larry Aurie (23) Marty Barry (27) Marty Barry (44) Ebbie Goodfellow Normie Smith (25) Normie Smith (2.05) yes 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.1936-37 NHL Summary Sports Reference LLC Hockey Reference October 29, 2021 https://www.hockey-reference.com/leagues/NHL_1937.html 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). 2 Regular season Final standings DET Record vs. opponents DET Schedule and results background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 5px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 5px solid; 1936–37 regular season1936-37 Detroit Red Wings Schedule https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1937_games.html Hockey-Reference.com April 2, 2025 y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |1||W||November 5, 1936||3–1 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||1–0–0 |- |2||W||November 8, 1936||5–2 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1936–37) ||2–0–0 |- |3||T||November 14, 1936||2–2 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||2–0–1 |- |4||T||November 15, 1936||2–2 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||2–0–2 |- |5||L||November 19, 1936||0–1 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1936–37) ||2–1–2 |- |6||W||November 22, 1936||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||3–1–2 |- |7||L||November 26, 1936||0–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||3–2–2 |- |8||L||November 29, 1936||0–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1936–37) ||3–3–2 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |9||W||December 3, 1936||2–0 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1936–37) ||4–3–2 |- |10||T||December 6, 1936||3–3 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Americans (1936–37) ||4–3–3 |- |11||W||December 8, 1936||4–3 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||5–3–3 |- |12||W||December 10, 1936||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||6–3–3 |- |13||W||December 13, 1936||2–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||7–3–3 |- |14||L||December 15, 1936||3–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||7–4–3 |- |15||W||December 20, 1936||4–3 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||8–4–3 |- |16||T||December 25, 1936||1–1 OT|| align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||8–4–4 |- |17||L||December 27, 1936||2–5 || align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||8–5–4 |- |18||W||December 31, 1936||4–2 || align="left"| New York Americans (1936–37) ||9–5–4 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |19||L||January 1, 1937||2–4 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||9–6–4 |- |20||W||January 3, 1937||4–2 || align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||10–6–4 |- |21||W||January 5, 1937||3–2 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||11–6–4 |- |22||W||January 7, 1937||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1936–37) ||12–6–4 |- |23||W||January 10, 1937||4–2 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||13–6–4 |- |24||L||January 12, 1937||1–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||13–7–4 |- |25||W||January 14, 1937||2–0 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1936–37) ||14–7–4 |- |26||W||January 17, 1937||2–0 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||15–7–4 |- |27||W||January 19, 1937||7–2 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||16–7–4 |- |28||T||January 23, 1937||1–1 OT|| align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||16–7–5 |- |29||W||January 24, 1937||2–1 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||17–7–5 |- |30||W||January 31, 1937||2–1 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||18–7–5 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |31||T||February 2, 1937||4–4 OT|| align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1936–37) ||18–7–6 |- |32||T||February 4, 1937||2–2 OT|| align="left"| New York Rangers (1936–37) ||18–7–7 |- |33||W||February 7, 1937||8–0 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||19–7–7 |- |34||L||February 9, 1937||2–3 || align="left"| @ New York Americans (1936–37) ||19–8–7 |- |35||L||February 11, 1937||2–3 || align="left"| @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||19–9–7 |- |36||T||February 14, 1937||3–3 OT|| align="left"| Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||19–9–8 |- |37||L||February 18, 1937||1–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||19–10–8 |- |38||W||February 21, 1937||6–0 || align="left"| Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||20–10–8 |- |39||W||February 25, 1937||3–1 || align="left"| @ Chicago Black Hawks (1936–37) ||21–10–8 |- |40||T||February 28, 1937||0–0 OT|| align="left"| Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) ||21–10–9 |- y background:#fff; border-top:#CE1126 2px solid; border-bottom:#CE1126 2px solid; March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record |- |41||W||March 2, 1937||7–4 || align="left"| @ Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||22–10–9 |- |42||W||March 4, 1937||2–1 || align="left"| New York Rangers (1936–37) ||23–10–9 |- |43||L||March 7, 1937||1–3 || align="left"| New York Americans (1936–37) ||23–11–9 |- |44||L||March 9, 1937||1–6 || align="left"| @ Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||23–12–9 |- |45||W||March 11, 1937||4–2 || align="left"| @ New York Rangers (1936–37) ||24–12–9 |- |46||W||March 14, 1937||2–1 || align="left"| Boston Bruins (1936–37) ||25–12–9 |- |47||L||March 20, 1937||2–3 || align="left"| @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1936–37) ||25–13–9 |- |48||L||March 21, 1937||1–5 || align="left"| Montreal Maroons (1936–37) ||25–14–9 |- |- | Legend: #cfc Win (2 points) 1px solid black #fcc Loss (0 points) 1px solid black #ffc Tie (1 point) 1px solid black Playoffs (C1) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A1) Detroit Red Wings + Detroit Red Wings vs Montreal Canadiens Date Visitors Score Home ScoreMar 23 Montreal C. 0 Detroit 4Mar 25 Montreal C. 1 Detroit 5Mar 27 Detroit 1 Montreal C. 3Mar 30 Detroit 1 Montreal C. 3Apr 1 Detroit 2 Montreal C. 1 (3OT) Detroit wins best-of-five series 3–2.Diamond 2000 35 (A1) Detroit Red Wings vs. (A3) New York Rangers + New York Rangers vs Detroit Red Wings Date Visitors Score Home ScoreApr 6 Detroit 1 New York R. 5Apr 8 New York R. 2 Detroit 4Apr 11 New York R. 1 Detroit 0Apr 13 New York R. 0 Detroit 1Apr 15 New York R. 0 Detroit 3 Detroit wins the Stanley Cup 3–2.Diamond 2000 35 Player statistics Regular season 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 Herbie Lewis (ice hockey) 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 John Sorrell (ice hockey) 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 Pete Kelly (ice hockey) 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 John Gallagher (ice hockey) 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 Doug Young (ice hockey)* D 11 0 0 0 6 Goaltending Player MIN GPW LTGAGAA SO Normie Smith 2980 48 25 14 9 102 2.05 6 Team: 2980 48 25 14 9 102 2.05 6 Playoffs Scoring Player Pos GP G A Pts PIM Marty Barry C 10 4 7 11 2 Herbie Lewis Herbie Lewis (ice hockey) LW 10 4 3 7 4 Syd Howe C/LW 10 2 5 7 0 John Sorrell John Sorrell (ice hockey) 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 Pete Kelly (ice hockey) 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 John Gallagher (ice hockey) D 10 1 0 1 17 Ralph Bowman D 10 0 1 1 4 John Sherf LW 5 0 1 1 2 Jimmy Franks Jimmy Franks (ice hockey) 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 GPW LGAGAA SO Earl Robertson 340 6 3 2 8 1.41 2 Normie Smith 282 5 3 1 6 1.28 1 Jimmy Franks Jimmy Franks (ice hockey) 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. hockey-reference.com 2009-06-15 1936-37 Detroit Red Wings Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/DET/1937.html 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; See also 1936–37 NHL season References Red Wings on Hockey Database Bibliography Total Hockey Diamond Dan Total Sports 2000 1-892129-85-X Category:Detroit Red Wings seasons Detroit Category:Stanley Cup championship seasons Detroit Red Wings Detroit Red Wings Category:1936 in Detroit Category:1937 in Detroit