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Alex Delvecchio

Position: C/LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: December 4, 1932 in Fort William, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1977

Coaching Record

17 15 10

Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:51AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #45. Yvan Cournoyer… #46. Ron Francis… #47. ALEX DELVECCHIO… #48. Cam Neely… #49. Joe Nieuwendyk… #49. Brad Park… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1950-51 18 DET NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0
1951-52 19 DET NHL 65 15 22 37 15 22
1952-53 20 DET NHL 70 16 43 59 22 28
1953-54 21 DET NHL 69 11 18 29 11 34
1954-55 22 DET NHL 69 17 31 48 18 37
1955-56 23 DET NHL 70 25 26 51 22 24
1956-57 24 DET NHL 48 16 25 41 16 8
1957-58 25 DET NHL 70 21 38 59 22 22
1958-59 26 DET NHL 70 19 35 54 21 6
1959-60 27 DET NHL 70 19 28 47 18 8
1960-61 28 DET NHL 70 27 35 62 24 26
1961-62 29 DET NHL 70 26 43 69 26 18
1962-63 30 DET NHL 70 20 44 64 23 8
1963-64 31 DET NHL 70 23 30 53 21 11 17 6 0 2
1964-65 32 DET NHL 68 25 42 67 26 16 19 6 0 7
1965-66 33 DET NHL 70 31 38 69 27 16 18 9 4 6
1966-67 34 DET NHL 70 17 38 55 20 10 12 4 1 2
1967-68 35 DET NHL 74 22 48 70 26 8 14 19 3 0 2 212 10.4
1968-69 36 DET NHL 72 25 58 83 30 43 8 18 7 0 2 221 11.3
1969-70 37 DET NHL 73 21 47 68 25 26 24 17 4 0 3 218 9.6
1970-71 38 DET NHL 77 21 34 55 21 -18 6 15 6 0 2 171 12.3
1971-72 39 DET NHL 75 20 45 65 23 -19 22 11 9 0 5 123 16.3
1972-73 40 DET NHL 77 18 53 71 25 6 13 10 8 0 3 130 13.8
1973-74 41 DET NHL 11 1 4 5 2 -13 2 0 1 0 0 9 11.1
Career NHL 1549 456 825 1281 483 33 383 156 63 5 34 1084 11.8

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1950-51 18 DET NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1951-52 19 DET NHL 65 0.23 0.34 0.57 0.24 0.34 17 28 45 17 2.6 1.4 4.1
1952-53 20 DET NHL 70 0.23 0.61 0.84 0.31 0.40 21 62 83 28 5.7 1.4 7.2
1953-54 21 DET NHL 69 0.16 0.26 0.42 0.16 0.49 14 26 40 15 1.6 1.4 3.0
1954-55 22 DET NHL 69 0.25 0.45 0.70 0.27 0.54 22 43 65 24 4.2 1.4 5.6
1955-56 23 DET NHL 70 0.36 0.37 0.73 0.31 0.34 33 35 68 28 5.4 1.3 6.7
1956-57 24 DET NHL 48 0.33 0.52 0.85 0.33 0.17 19 31 50 19 3.7 0.9 4.6
1957-58 25 DET NHL 70 0.30 0.54 0.84 0.32 0.31 25 45 70 26 4.7 0.9 5.6
1958-59 26 DET NHL 70 0.27 0.50 0.77 0.29 0.09 21 40 61 22 3.9 0.9 4.8
1959-60 27 DET NHL 70 0.27 0.40 0.67 0.26 0.11 21 31 52 20 3.1 1.1 4.2
1960-61 28 DET NHL 70 0.39 0.50 0.89 0.35 0.37 29 37 66 26 5.0 1.0 5.9
1961-62 29 DET NHL 70 0.37 0.61 0.99 0.37 0.26 28 46 74 28 5.4 0.9 6.3
1962-63 30 DET NHL 70 0.29 0.63 0.91 0.33 0.11 21 49 70 25 4.6 1.1 5.7
1963-64 31 DET NHL 70 0.33 0.43 0.76 0.30 0.16 26 35 61 24 4.3 0.9 5.2
1964-65 32 DET NHL 68 0.37 0.62 0.99 0.38 0.24 28 48 76 28 5.8 1.2 7.0
1965-66 33 DET NHL 70 0.44 0.54 0.99 0.39 0.23 33 40 73 29 5.7 1.1 6.8
1966-67 34 DET NHL 70 0.24 0.54 0.79 0.28 0.14 18 41 59 21 3.4 0.7 4.1
1967-68 35 DET NHL 74 0.30 0.65 0.95 0.35 0.19 2.86 24 53 77 28 106 28 90 20 8 5.7 1.0 6.6
1968-69 36 DET NHL 72 0.35 0.81 1.15 0.41 0.11 3.07 24 57 81 29 123 28 63 11 43 6.7 2.3 9.0
1969-70 37 DET NHL 73 0.29 0.64 0.93 0.34 0.33 2.99 21 49 70 25 100 36 57 19 26 5.3 1.7 7.0
1970-71 38 DET NHL 77 0.27 0.44 0.71 0.27 0.08 2.22 19 31 50 19 87 36 91 22 -18 3.5 0.6 4.1
1971-72 39 DET NHL 75 0.27 0.60 0.87 0.31 0.29 1.64 20 46 66 23 90 29 80 0 -19 4.4 0.4 4.9
1972-73 40 DET NHL 77 0.23 0.69 0.92 0.32 0.17 1.69 16 49 65 22 109 39 64 0 6 4.1 1.3 5.5
1973-74 41 DET NHL 11 0.09 0.36 0.45 0.15 0.18 0.82 1 4 5 2 8 7 15 1 -13 0.1 -0.2 -0.2
Career NHL 1549 0.29 0.53 0.83 0.31 0.25 2.36 501 926 1427 526 623 203 460 73 33 98.8 24.8 123.6

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1951-52 19 DET NHL SC 8 0 3 3 4
1952-53 20 DET NHL 6 2 4 6 2
1953-54 21 DET NHL SC 12 2 7 9 7
1954-55 22 DET NHL SC 11 7 8 15 2
1955-56 23 DET NHL 10 7 3 10 2
1956-57 24 DET NHL 5 3 2 5 2
1957-58 25 DET NHL 4 0 1 1 0
1959-60 27 DET NHL 6 2 6 8 0
1960-61 28 DET NHL 11 4 5 9 0
1962-63 30 DET NHL 11 3 6 9 2
1963-64 31 DET NHL 14 3 8 11 0
1964-65 32 DET NHL 7 2 3 5 4
1965-66 33 DET NHL 12 0 11 11 4
1969-70 37 DET NHL 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Career NHL 3 121 35 69 104 29 0 0 0 0

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1947-48 15 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 1 0 0 0 0
1948-49 16 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 12 16 8 24 53
1949-50 17 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 18 16 20 36 36
1950-51 18 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 49 47 62 109 36
1951-52 19 Indianapolis Capitols AHL 6 3 6 9 4
Career 1 Season AHL 6 3 6 9 4
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 49 47 62 109 36
Career 3 Seasons TBJHL 31 32 28 60 89

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1948-49 16 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 1 2 0 2 0
1948-49 16 Port Arthur Bruins M-Cup 5 2 2 4 1
1949-50 17 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 5 4 4 8 15
1950-51 18 Oshawa Generals OHA-Jr. 5 4 10 14 5
Career 1 Season M-Cup 5 2 2 4 1
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 5 4 10 14 5
Career 2 Seasons TBJHL 6 6 4 10 15

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 24 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Alex Delvecchio 9.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Jason Arnott 92.3 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Norm Ullman 90.9 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2 0.7
Rod Brind'Amour 90.9 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
John Bucyk 90.6 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 0.1 0.0
Mike Gartner 89.8 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Vincent Damphousse 89.5 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Henri Richard 87.8 8.6 7.6 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.0
Dave Andreychuk 87.3 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Dino Ciccarelli 86.7 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Vyacheslav Kozlov 86.6 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Alex Delvecchio 9.0 7.2 7.0 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.0 0.0 -0.2
Jason Arnott 92.3 8.8 8.6 7.8 7.5 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.5 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.1 4.8 3.6 3.2 1.9
Norm Ullman 90.9 10.2 9.1 8.6 8.0 7.1 6.8 6.8 6.3 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.0 4.0 1.2 0.7
Rod Brind'Amour 90.9 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.2 7.3 6.8 6.8 6.5 5.8 5.6 5.2 5.1 4.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.4 0.0
John Bucyk 90.6 12.2 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.5 7.2 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.8 1.4 0.1 0.0
Mike Gartner 89.8 9.1 8.3 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.1 6.9 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.0 5.6 5.4 2.2 2.1
Vincent Damphousse 89.5 9.6 8.8 7.9 7.9 7.4 7.2 6.8 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.2 4.8 4.7 4.6 3.9 3.3 3.0 2.5
Henri Richard 87.8 8.6 7.6 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.3 3.6 3.0 2.8 1.9 1.0
Dave Andreychuk 87.3 11.4 9.5 8.2 7.5 7.4 6.9 6.8 6.7 5.9 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.9 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.1 2.7 2.7 0.9
Dino Ciccarelli 86.7 9.8 9.2 8.2 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.4 6.4 5.4 5.4 4.5 4.3 3.1 3.0 2.7 1.8 1.0
Vyacheslav Kozlov 86.6 8.6 8.2 7.5 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 6.2 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.5 1.4 0.2 -0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games

1953 NHL
1954 NHL
1955 NHL
1956 NHL
1957 NHL
1958 NHL
1959 NHL
1961 NHL
1962 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1967 NHL

Awards

1958-59 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1965-66 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1968-69 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1952-53 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1958-59 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Championships

(Minimum 1 playoff game)

1952 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
1954 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
1955 Detroit Red Wings (NHL)

Games Played

1952-53 NHL 70 (1)
 1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1957-58 NHL 70 (1)
 1958-59 NHL 70 (1)
 1959-60 NHL 70 (1)
 1960-61 NHL 70 (1)
 1961-62 NHL 70 (1)
 1962-63 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1965-66 NHL 70 (2)
1966-67 NHL 70 (1)
 1967-68 NHL 74 (2)
Career NHL 1549 (10)

Goals

1955-56 NHL 25 (7)
1960-61 NHL 27 (9)
1961-62 NHL 26 (8)
1964-65 NHL 25 (8)
1965-66 NHL 31 (3)
Career NHL 456 (53)

Assists

1952-53 NHL 43 (2)
1957-58 NHL 38 (6)
1961-62 NHL 43 (5)
1962-63 NHL 44 (6)
1964-65 NHL 42 (4)
1965-66 NHL 38 (9)
1966-67 NHL 38 (8)
1967-68 NHL 48 (2)
1968-69 NHL 58 (4)
1969-70 NHL 47 (7)
Career NHL 825 (25)

Points

1952-53 NHL 59 (4)
1955-56 NHL 51 (9)
1957-58 NHL 59 (8)
1960-61 NHL 62 (10)
1961-62 NHL 69 (6)
1962-63 NHL 64 (8)
1964-65 NHL 67 (5)
1965-66 NHL 69 (7)
1966-67 NHL 55 (10)
1967-68 NHL 70 (8)
1968-69 NHL 83 (7)
Career NHL 1281 (33)

Goals Created

1952-53 NHL 21.7 (5)
1955-56 NHL 21.7 (9)
1957-58 NHL 22.1 (10)
1960-61 NHL 24.4 (10)
1961-62 NHL 25.9 (7)
1964-65 NHL 25.6 (5)
1965-66 NHL 27.1 (7)
Career NHL 483.1 (34)

Plus/Minus

1968-69 NHL 43 (8)

Even Strength Goals

1963-64 NHL 17 (10)
1964-65 NHL 19 (5)

Power Play Goals

1965-66 NHL 9 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1965-66 NHL 4 (1)
 1966-67 NHL 1 (7)

Game-Winning Goals

1964-65 NHL 7 (3)
1965-66 NHL 6 (6)

Goals Per Game

1955-56 NHL 0.36 (7)
1960-61 NHL 0.39 (9)
1965-66 NHL 0.44 (3)

Assists Per Game

1952-53 NHL 0.61 (2)
1957-58 NHL 0.54 (7)
1961-62 NHL 0.61 (5)
1962-63 NHL 0.63 (6)
1964-65 NHL 0.62 (5)
1966-67 NHL 0.54 (9)
1967-68 NHL 0.65 (4)
1968-69 NHL 0.81 (3)
1969-70 NHL 0.64 (8)

Points Per Game

1952-53 NHL 0.84 (4)
1955-56 NHL 0.73 (10)
1957-58 NHL 0.84 (10)
1961-62 NHL 0.99 (7)
1964-65 NHL 0.99 (5)
1965-66 NHL 0.99 (7)
1967-68 NHL 0.95 (10)
1968-69 NHL 1.15 (8)

Goals Created Per Game

1952-53 NHL 0.31 (5)
1955-56 NHL 0.31 (9)
1961-62 NHL 0.37 (9)
1964-65 NHL 0.38 (6)
1965-66 NHL 0.39 (7)

Adjusted Goals

1955-56 NHL 33 (7)
1960-61 NHL 29 (9)
1961-62 NHL 28 (8)
1964-65 NHL 28 (7)
1965-66 NHL 33 (3)
Career NHL 501 (37)

Adjusted Assists

1952-53 NHL 62 (2)
1957-58 NHL 45 (6)
1961-62 NHL 46 (5)
1962-63 NHL 49 (6)
1964-65 NHL 48 (4)
1965-66 NHL 40 (9)
1966-67 NHL 41 (8)
1967-68 NHL 53 (2)
1968-69 NHL 57 (4)
1969-70 NHL 49 (7)
Career NHL 926 (13)

Adjusted Points

1952-53 NHL 83 (3)
1955-56 NHL 68 (10)
1957-58 NHL 70 (7)
1960-61 NHL 66 (10)
1961-62 NHL 74 (6)
1962-63 NHL 70 (8)
1964-65 NHL 76 (5)
1965-66 NHL 73 (7)
1966-67 NHL 59 (10)
1967-68 NHL 77 (7)
1968-69 NHL 81 (7)
Career NHL 1427 (14)

Adjusted Goals Created

1952-53 NHL 28.4 (5)
1955-56 NHL 27.6 (8)
1957-58 NHL 25.9 (10)
1960-61 NHL 25.9 (10)
1961-62 NHL 27.8 (6)
1964-65 NHL 28.4 (5)
1965-66 NHL 28.9 (7)
Career NHL 525.8 (21)

Offensive Point Shares

1952-53 NHL 5.7 (6)
1955-56 NHL 5.4 (10)
1961-62 NHL 5.4 (7)
1964-65 NHL 5.8 (5)
1965-66 NHL 5.7 (7)
Career NHL 98.8 (33)

Point Shares

Career NHL 123.6 (71)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 7, 1973: Named Head Coach of Detroit, November 7, 1973.

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