1937–38 New York Americans season

The 1937–38 New York Americans season was the Americans' 13th season of play.

1937–38 New York Americans
Division	2nd Canadian
1937–38 record	19–18–11
Home record	9–9–6
Road record	10–9–5
Goals for	110
Goals against	111
Team information
Coach	Red Dutton
Captain	Sweeney Schriner
Arena	Madison Square Garden
Team leaders
Goals	Sweeney Schriner (21)
Assists	Art Chapman (27)
Points	Sweeney Schriner (38)
Penalty minutes	Joe Jerwa (53)
Wins	Earl Robertson (19)
Goals against average	Earl Robertson (2.22)

Offseason

The team played an exhibition game against the New York Rangers in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 30 October to open the new Saskatoon Arena.

Regular season

Final standings

Canadian Division

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Toronto Maple Leafs	48	24	15	9	151	127	57
New York Americans	48	19	18	11	110	111	49
Montreal Canadiens	48	18	17	13	123	128	49
Montreal Maroons	48	12	30	6	101	149	30

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

1937–38 NHL records
Team	MTL	MTM	NYA	TOR	Total
M. Canadiens	—	4–4	3–2–3	1–4–3	8–10–6
M. Maroons	4–4	—	1–7	2–6	7–17–0
N.Y. Americans	2–3–3	7–1	—	2–5–1	11–9–4
Toronto	4–1–3	6–2	5–2–1	—	15–5–4

Vs. American Division

1937–38 NHL records
Team	BOS	CHI	DET	NYR	Total
M. Canadiens	2–2–2	3–1–2	2–3–1	3–1–2	10–7–7
M. Maroons	0–4–2	2–4	3–0–3	0–5–1	5–13–6
N.Y. Americans	1–3–2	4–0–2	2–2–2	1–4–1	8–9–7
Toronto	1–5	2–1–3	4–0–2	2–4	9–10–5

Schedule and results

1937–38 regular season
November Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 1 W November 4, 1937 3–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 1–0–0 2 L November 6, 1937 3–6 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 1–1–0 3 W November 14, 1937 2–0 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 2–1–0 4 L November 16, 1937 0–1 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 2–2–0 5 L November 18, 1937 1–2 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 2–3–0 6 W November 23, 1937 3–1 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 3–3–0 7 W November 27, 1937 4–0 Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 4–3–0 8 T November 28, 1937 3–3 OT @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 4–3–1
December Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 9 W December 4, 1937 3–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 5–3–1 10 W December 5, 1937 2–1 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 6–3–1 11 L December 11, 1937 3–4 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 6–4–1 12 T December 12, 1937 4–4 OT Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 6–4–2 13 L December 16, 1937 0–2 New York Rangers (1937–38) 6–5–2 14 L December 18, 1937 2–3 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 6–6–2 15 W December 19, 1937 1–0 @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 7–6–2 16 L December 25, 1937 0–1 Boston Bruins (1937–38) 7–7–2 17 W December 26, 1937 3–1 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 8–7–2 18 L December 28, 1937 0–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 8–8–2
January Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 19 W January 1, 1938 3–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 9–8–2 20 W January 2, 1938 2–1 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 10–8–2 21 T January 4, 1938 5–5 OT @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 10–8–3 22 T January 6, 1938 1–1 OT Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 10–8–4 23 T January 11, 1938 1–1 OT Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 10–8–5 24 L January 16, 1938 0–4 New York Rangers (1937–38) 10–9–5 25 T January 20, 1938 1–1 OT Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 10–9–6 26 L January 22, 1938 0–4 @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 10–10–6 27 L January 23, 1938 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 10–11–6 28 L January 30, 1938 2–4 Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 10–12–6
February Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 29 L February 3, 1938 1–6 Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 10–13–6 30 T February 5, 1938 3–3 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 10–13–7 31 W February 8, 1938 3–1 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 11–13–7 32 T February 13, 1938 2–2 OT @ Detroit Red Wings (1937–38) 11–13–8 33 W February 15, 1938 4–0 Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 12–13–8 34 T February 17, 1938 3–3 OT @ Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 12–13–9 35 W February 19, 1938 4–0 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 13–13–9 36 L February 20, 1938 2–3 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 13–14–9 37 W February 26, 1938 5–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 14–14–9 38 L February 27, 1938 2–4 Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 14–15–9
March Game Result Date Score Opponent Record 39 W March 1, 1938 4–2 Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 15–15–9 40 T March 3, 1938 1–1 OT @ Montreal Canadiens (1937–38) 15–15–10 41 W March 6, 1938 3–1 New York Rangers (1937–38) 16–15–10 42 L March 8, 1938 0–7 @ Boston Bruins (1937–38) 16–16–10 43 T March 10, 1938 2–2 OT Boston Bruins (1937–38) 16–16–11 44 W March 12, 1938 3–1 @ Montreal Maroons (1937–38) 17–16–11 45 W March 15, 1938 2–1 Chicago Black Hawks (1937–38) 18–16–11 46 L March 17, 1938 3–5 @ New York Rangers (1937–38) 18–17–11 47 L March 19, 1938 5–8 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 18–18–11 48 W March 20, 1938 4–2 Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–38) 19–18–11
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)

Playoffs

They made it into the playoffs. They defeated the Rangers in 3 games in a best of three series, or 2–1. They went against the Black Hawks in a best of three series and got defeated in 3 games, or 1–2.

Player statistics

Regular season

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Sweeney Schriner	48	21	17	38	22
Nels Stewart	48	19	17	36	29
Eddie Wiseman	48	18	14	32	32
Art Chapman	45	2	27	29	8
Tommy Anderson	45	4	21	25	22
Lorne Carr	48	16	7	23	12
Hooley Smith	47	10	10	20	23
Joe Jerwa	48	3	14	17	53
John Sorrell	17	8	2	10	9
John Gallagher	46	3	6	9	18
Red Beattie	19	3	4	7	5
Hap Emms	20	1	3	4	6
Jack Shill	22	1	3	4	10
Hap Day	43	0	3	3	14
Joe Lamb	25	1	0	1	20
Lloyd Klein	3	0	1	1	0
Allan Murray	47	0	1	1	34
Ching Johnson	31	0	0	0	10
Charley Mason	2	0	0	0	0
Earl Robertson	48	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	3000	48	19	18	11	111	2.22				6
Team:	3000	48	19	18	11	111	2.22				6

Playoffs

Scoring

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Nels Stewart	6	2	3	5	2
Tommy Anderson	6	1	4	5	2
John Sorrell	6	4	0	4	2
Lorne Carr	6	3	1	4	2
Red Beattie	6	2	2	4	2
Eddie Wiseman	6	0	4	4	10
Hooley Smith	6	0	3	3	0
John Gallagher	6	0	2	2	6
Sweeney Schriner	6	1	0	1	0
Art Chapman	6	0	1	1	0
Hap Day	6	0	0	0	0
Joe Jerwa	6	0	0	0	8
Ching Johnson	6	0	0	0	2
Allan Murray	6	0	0	0	6
Earl Robertson	6	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

Player	MIN	GP	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV	SV%	SO
Earl Robertson	475	6	3	3		12	1.52				0
Team:	475	6	3	3		12	1.52				0

See also

• 1937–38 NHL season