1935–36 New York Rangers season

NHL hockey team season

1935–36 New York Rangers
Division	4th American
1935–36 record	22–20–6
Goals for	137
Goals against	139
Team information
General manager	Lester Patrick
Coach	Lester Patrick
Captain	Bill Cook
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Cecil Dillon (18)
Assists	Frank Boucher (18)
Points	Cecil Dillon (32)
Penalty minutes	Ching Johnson (58)
Wins	Dave Kerr (18)
Goals against average	Dave Kerr (1.91)
← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 New York Rangers season was the franchise's 10th season. During the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the American Division with a record of 19–17–12. It was the first season that the Rangers failed to qualify for the playoffs.

Regular season

Final standings

American Division
	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Detroit Red Wings	48	24	16	8	124	103	56
Boston Bruins	48	22	20	6	92	83	50
Chicago Black Hawks	48	21	19	8	93	92	50
New York Rangers	48	19	17	12	91	96	50

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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

Vs. American Division

1935–36 NHL records^[2]
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
Boston	—	3–4–1	5–3	2–6	10–13–1
Chicago	4–3–1	—	3–4–1	5–2–1	12–9–3
Detroit	3–5	4–3–1	—	4–1–3	11–9–4
N.Y. Rangers	6–2	2–5–1	1–4–3	—	9–11–4

Vs. Canadian Division

1935–36 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
Boston	3–1–2	4–1–1	4–2	1–3–2	12–7–5
Chicago	2–1–3	2–3–1	2–3–1	3–3	9–10–5
Detroit	4–0–2	2–3–1	4–1–1	3–3	13–7–4
N.Y. Rangers	2–1–3	4–0–2	3–2–1	1–3–2	10–6–8

Schedule and results

1935–36 Game Log

November: 4–3–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–2–1)

Game	November	Opponent	Score	Record
1	10	@ Detroit Red Wings	1 – 1 OT	0–0–1
2	12	@ Montreal Canadiens	2 – 1 OT	1–0–1
3	14	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	1–1–1
4	16	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	3–2	1–2–1
5	17	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–0	1–3–1
6	19	Detroit Red Wings	2 – 2 OT	1–3–2
7	24	Boston Bruins	1–0	2–3–2
8	26	@ New York Americans	1–0	3–3–2
9	28	Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	4–3–2

December: 5–4–2 (Home: 3–0–2; Road: 2–4–0)

Game	December	Opponent	Score	Record
10	1	@ Boston Bruins	2–0	4–4–2
11	8	Montreal Maroons	3 – 3 OT	4–4–3
12	12	New York Americans	5 – 2 OT	5–4–3
13	14	@ Montreal Maroons	6–2	6–4–3
14	15	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	6–5–3
15	17	Montreal Canadiens	1 – 1 OT	6–5–4
16	22	Boston Bruins	3–1	7–5–4
17	25	@ Boston Bruins	3–2	8–5–4
18	28	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	9–3	8–6–4
19	29	@ Chicago Black Hawks	3–1	8–7–4
20	31	Montreal Maroons	1–0	9–7–4

January: 3–7–1 (Home: 2–4–0; Road: 1–3–1)

Game	January	Opponent	Score	Record
21	2	New York Americans	6–3	9–8–4
22	5	@ New York Americans	0 – 0 OT	9–8–5
23	7	Detroit Red Wings	2–1	9–9–5
24	12	Boston Bruins	6–3	9–10–5
25	14	@ Montreal Maroons	2–1	10–10–5
26	16	Toronto Maple Leafs	1–0	11–10–5
27	18	@ Montreal Canadiens	3–1	11–11–5
28	21	Chicago Black Hawks	1–0	11–12–5
29	23	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	11–13–5
30	26	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	11–14–5
31	28	Montreal Canadiens	3 – 2 OT	12–14–5

February: 3–1–5 (Home: 2–0–3; Road: 1–1–2)

Game	February	Opponent	Score	Record
32	2	Montreal Maroons	4–2	13–14–5
33	4	Detroit Red Wings	4 – 4 OT	13–14–6
34	9	Boston Bruins	2–0	14–14–6
35	11	@ Montreal Canadiens	1 – 1 OT	14–14–7
36	16	Montreal Canadiens	1 – 1 OT	14–14–8
37	20	Chicago Black Hawks	1 – 1 OT	14–14–9
38	23	@ Boston Bruins	4–3	15–14–9
39	25	@ Toronto Maple Leafs	2 – 2 OT	15–14–10
40	27	@ Detroit Red Wings	4–2	15–15–10

March: 4–2–2 (Home: 2–1–1; Road: 2–1–1)

Game	March	Opponent	Score	Record
41	1	@ Chicago Black Hawks	2–1	15–16–10
42	3	Toronto Maple Leafs	0 – 0 OT	15–16–11
43	8	New York Americans	1–0	15–17–11
44	10	@ Montreal Maroons	0 – 0 OT	15–17–12
45	12	Detroit Red Wings	4 – 3 OT	16–17–12
46	15	@ New York Americans	2–1	17–17–12
47	17	Chicago Black Hawks	4–2	18–17–12
48	22	@ Boston Bruins	3–1	19–17–12

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 1936 Stanley Cup playoffs.

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cecil Dillon	48	18	14	32	12
Frank Boucher	48	11	18	29	2
Lynn Patrick	48	11	14	25	29
Melville Keeling	47	13	5	18	22
Bill Cook	44	7	10	17	16
Glen Brydson^†	30	4	12	16	7
Ehrhardt Heller	43	2	11	13	40
Murray Murdoch	48	2	9	11	9
Frederick Cook	26	4	5	9	12
Ivan Johnson	47	5	3	8	58
Howie Morenz^†	19	2	5	7	6
Alex Shibicky	18	4	2	6	6
Earl Seibert^‡	15	3	3	6	6
Charlie Mason	28	1	5	6	30
Mac Colville	18	1	4	5	6
Arthur Coulter^†	23	0	5	5	26
Bert Connelly	25	2	2	4	10
Vernon Ayres	28	0	4	4	38
Walter Pratt	17	1	1	2	16
Phil Watson	24	0	2	2	24
Joe Cooper	1	0	0	0	0
Neil Colville	1	0	0	0	0
Harold Starr	15	0	0	0	12

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SO
Dave Kerr	47	2980	18	17	12	95	1.91	8
Bert Gardiner	1	60	1	0	0	1	1.00	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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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;

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 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved October 23, 2010.