1935–36 Toronto Maple Leafs season

1935–36 Toronto Maple Leafs
1935–36 Toronto Maple Leafs
Division	2nd Canadian
1935–36 record	23–19–6
Goals for	126
Goals against	106
Team information
General manager	Conn Smythe
Coach	Dick Irvin
Captain	Hap Day
Arena	Maple Leaf Gardens
Team leaders
Goals	Charlie Conacher, Bill Thoms (23)
Assists	Charlie Conacher, Bill Thoms (15)
Points	Charlie Conacher, Bill Thoms (38)
Penalty minutes	Red Horner (167)
Goals against average	George Hainsworth (2.12)
	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 Toronto Maple Leafs season was Toronto's 19th season in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Maple Leafs made it to the Stanley Cup Finals, losing 3–1 to the Detroit Red Wings.

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Montreal Maroons	48	22	16	10	114	106	54
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	23	19	6	126	106	52
New York Americans	48	16	25	7	109	122	39
Montreal Canadiens	48	11	26	11	82	123	33

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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

1935–36 NHL records^[2]
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	1–6–1	5–3	2–6	8–15–1
M. Maroons	6–1–1	—	4–1–3	5–2–1	15–4–5
N.Y. Americans	3–5	1–4–3	—	4–3–1	8–12–4
Toronto	6–2	2–5–1	3–4–1	—	11–11–2

Vs. American Division

1935–36 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	1–3–2	1–2–3	0–4–2	1–2–3	3–11–10
M. Maroons	1–4–1	3–2–1	3–2–1	0–4–2	7–12–5
N.Y. Americans	2–4	3–2–1	1–4–1	2–3–1	8–13–3
Toronto	3–1–2	3–3	3–3	3–1–2	12–8–4

Schedule and results

Regular season results
No.	R	Date	Score	Opponent	Record
1	T	November 9, 1935	5–5 OT	New York Americans (1935–36)	0–0–1
2	W	November 14, 1935	1–0	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	1–0–1
3	W	November 16, 1935	3–2	New York Rangers (1935–36)	2–0–1
4	W	November 19, 1935	7–2	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	3–0–1
5	L	November 21, 1935	3–4	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	3–1–1
6	L	November 23, 1935	2–5	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	3–2–1
7	L	November 24, 1935	1–2	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	3–3–1
8	W	November 26, 1935	2–1	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	4–3–1
9	W	November 30, 1935	8–3	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	5–3–1
10	W	December 7, 1935	2–1 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	6–3–1
11	L	December 10, 1935	2–4	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	6–4–1
12	L	December 14, 1935	2–4 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	6–5–1
13	W	December 17, 1935	1–0	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	7–5–1
14	T	December 19, 1935	0–0 OT	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	7–5–2
15	W	December 21, 1935	5–3	New York Americans (1935–36)	8–5–2
16	W	December 26, 1935	2–0	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	9–5–2
17	W	December 28, 1935	9–3	New York Rangers (1935–36)	10–5–2
18	L	January 2, 1936	2–5	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	10–6–2
19	T	January 4, 1936	1–1 OT	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	10–6–3
20	L	January 11, 1936	3–7	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	10–7–3
21	L	January 14, 1936	1–4	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	10–8–3
22	L	January 16, 1936	0–1	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	10–9–3
23	W	January 18, 1936	5–2	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	11–9–3
24	L	January 19, 1936	0–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	11–10–3
25	L	January 23, 1936	2–3 OT	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	11–11–3
26	W	January 25, 1936	6–1	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	12–11–3
27	L	January 30, 1936	0–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	12–12–3
28	W	February 1, 1936	3–2 OT	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	13–12–3
29	L	February 2, 1936	0–2	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	13–13–3
30	W	February 4, 1936	3–0	@ Boston Bruins (1935–36)	14–13–3
31	L	February 6, 1936	3–4	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	14–14–3
32	W	February 8, 1936	3–0	New York Americans (1935–36)	15–14–3
33	L	February 13, 1936	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	15–15–3
34	W	February 15, 1936	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	16–15–3
35	W	February 20, 1936	2–1	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	17–15–3
36	W	February 22, 1936	1–0	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	18–15–3
37	L	February 23, 1936	1–5	@ Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	18–16–3
38	T	February 25, 1936	2–2 OT	New York Rangers (1935–36)	18–16–4
39	W	February 29, 1936	4–2	Chicago Black Hawks (1935–36)	19–16–4
40	T	March 3, 1936	0–0 OT	@ New York Rangers (1935–36)	19–16–5
41	W	March 7, 1936	8–1	Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	20–16–5
42	L	March 10, 1936	2–3	@ New York Americans (1935–36)	20–17–5
43	W	March 12, 1936	6–3	@ Montreal Canadiens (1935–36)	21–17–5
44	L	March 14, 1936	0–1	Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	21–18–5
45	W	March 15, 1936	2–1 OT	@ Detroit Red Wings (1935–36)	22–18–5
46	L	March 17, 1936	1–2	@ Montreal Maroons (1935–36)	22–19–5
47	T	March 19, 1936	2–2 OT	Boston Bruins (1935–36)	22–19–6
48	W	March 21, 1936	4–1	New York Americans (1935–36)	23–19–6

Playoffs

Won Quarter-final (Total goals: 8–6) versus Boston Bruins
Won Semi-final (2–1) versus New York Americans

Final

In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Leafs lost a best-of-five series 3–1 to the Detroit Red Wings.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Charlie Conacher	RW	44	23	15	38	74
Bill Thoms	C	48	23	15	38	29
Buzz Boll	LW	44	15	13	28	14
Busher Jackson	LW	47	11	11	22	19
Nick Metz	LW	38	14	6	20	14
Art Jackson	C	48	5	15	20	14
Pep Kelly	RW	42	11	8	19	24
Joe Primeau	C	45	4	13	17	10
King Clancy	D	47	5	10	15	61
Hap Day	D	44	1	13	14	41
Red Horner	D	43	2	9	11	167
Andy Blair	C	45	5	4	9	60
Bob Davidson	LW	35	4	4	8	32
Frank Finnigan	RW	48	2	6	8	10
Flash Hollett	D	11	1	4	5	8
Jack Markle	RW	8	0	1	1	0
Jack Shill	C	3	0	1	1	0
Mickey Blake	LW/D	1	0	0	0	2
George Hainsworth	G	48	0	0	0	0
Reg Hamilton	D	7	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	3000	48	23	19	6	106	2.12	8
Team:	3000	48	23	19	6	106	2.12	8

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Buzz Boll	LW	9	7	3	10	2
Bill Thoms	C	9	3	5	8	0
Joe Primeau	C	9	3	4	7	0
Charlie Conacher	RW	9	3	2	5	12
Busher Jackson	LW	9	3	2	5	4
Pep Kelly	RW	9	2	3	5	4
King Clancy	D	9	2	2	4	10
Bob Davidson	LW	9	1	3	4	2
Red Horner	D	9	1	2	3	22
Frank Finnigan	RW	9	0	3	3	0
Art Jackson	C	8	0	3	3	2
Jack Shill	C	9	0	3	3	8
Andy Blair	C	9	0	0	0	2
Hap Day	D	9	0	0	0	8
George Hainsworth	G	9	0	0	0	0
Norm Mann	RW/C	1	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	GA	GAA	SO
George Hainsworth	541	9	4	5	27	2.99	0
Team:	541	9	4	5	27	2.99	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

September 29, 1935: Traded Hec Kilrea to the Detroit Red Wings for $7,500 and Future Considerations
October 7, 1935: Signed Free Agent Norman Mann
October 9, 1935: Traded Baldy Cotton to the New York Americans for cash
October 15, 1935: Acquired Mickey Blake and Fido Purpur in the Dispersal Draft from the St. Louis Eagles
October 22, 1935: Signed free agents George Parsons, Jack Howard and Jimmy Fowler
November 6, 1935: Traded Fido Purpur to the St. Louis Flyers of the AHA for cash
January 15, 1936: Traded Flash Hollett to the Boston Bruins for $16,000
January 20, 1936: Loaned Jack Markle from the Syracuse Stars of the IHL

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.
^ "1935-36 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

External links

"1935–36 Toronto Maple Leafs Games". Hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 7, 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.

[3] "1935-36 Toronto Maple Leafs Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved May 28, 2009.

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See also	1936 Stanley Cup Finals Transactions

Offseason

Regular season

Final standings

Record vs. opponents

Vs. Canadian Division

Vs. American Division

Schedule and results

Playoffs

Final

Player statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Awards and records

Transactions

See also

References

External links