1936–37 Boston Bruins season

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Red Beattie
ArenaBoston Garden
Team leaders
GoalsDit Clapper (17)
AssistsBill Cowley (22)
PointsBill Cowley (35)
Penalty minutesJack Portland (58)
WinsTiny Thompson (23)
Goals against averageTiny 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 quarterfinals 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


Schedule and results

1936–37 regular season[3]
November
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
1 L November 7, 1936 0–2 @ Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 0–1–0
2 W November 15, 1936 2–1 Montreal Canadiens (1936–37) 1–1–0
3 L November 17, 1936 1–6 New York Rangers (1936–37) 1–2–0
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
December
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
January
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
February
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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
March
Game Result Date Score Opponent Record
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

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

Playoffs

The Boston Bruins lost the Quarterfinals to the Montreal Maroons 2–1 and have lost the Quarterfinals 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

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0
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  2. ^ "All-Time NHL Results". NHL.com. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "1936-37 Boston Bruins Schedule". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "1936-37 Boston Bruins Statistics - Hockey-Reference.com". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
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