Bill Gadsby

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: August 8, 1927 in Calgary, Alberta
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1970 (Full List)
As Coach: 2 Yrs, 35-31-12, 82 Pts (Full Record)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 21, 2013 3:25 AM

Skater Rank: #276. Geoff Sanderson… #277. Bill Cook… #278. Glen Wesley… #279. BILL GADSBY… #280. Allan Stanley… #281. Bob Carpenter… #282. Cliff Ronning…

Skater Rank: #276. Geoff Sanderson… #277. Bill Cook… #278. Glen Wesley… #279. BILL GADSBY… #280. Allan Stanley… #281. Bob Carpenter… #282. Cliff Ronning…

NHL Standard

					Scoring						Goals				Assists					Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	EV	SH	PP	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1946-47	19	CBH	NHL	48	8	10	18	8		31
1947-48	20	CBH	NHL	60	6	10	16	6		66
1948-49	21	CBH	NHL	50	3	10	13	5		85
1949-50	22	CBH	NHL	70	10	25	35	13		138
1950-51	23	CBH	NHL	25	3	7	10	4		32
1951-52	24	CBH	NHL	59	7	15	22	8		87
1952-53	25	CBH	NHL	68	2	20	22	7		84
1953-54	26	CBH	NHL	70	12	29	41	15		108
1954-55	27	TOT	NHL	70	11	13	24	10		61
1954-55	27	CBH	NHL	18	3	5	8	3		17
1954-55	27	NYR	NHL	52	8	8	16	7		44
1955-56	28	NYR	NHL	70	9	42	51	16		84
1956-57	29	NYR	NHL	70	4	37	41	12		72
1957-58	30	NYR	NHL	65	14	32	46	17		48
1958-59	31	NYR	NHL	70	5	46	51	15		56
1959-60	32	NYR	NHL	65	9	22	31	11		60
1960-61	33	NYR	NHL	65	9	26	35	12		49
1961-62	34	DET	NHL	70	7	30	37	12		88
1962-63	35	DET	NHL	70	4	24	28	9		116
1963-64	36	DET	NHL	64	2	16	18	6		80	2	0	0	0
1964-65	37	DET	NHL	61	0	12	12	3		122	0	0	0	0
1965-66	38	DET	NHL	58	5	12	17	6		72	5	0	0	0
Career			NHL	1248	130	438	568	195		1539	7	0	0	0

NHL Miscellaneous

					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
1946-47	19	CBH	NHL	48	0.17	0.21	0.38	0.16	0.65		9	14	23	9						1.5	0.8	2.3
1947-48	20	CBH	NHL	60	0.10	0.17	0.27	0.11	1.10		8	15	23	8						0.9	2.0	2.9
1948-49	21	CBH	NHL	50	0.06	0.20	0.26	0.09	1.70		4	17	21	7						0.8	1.5	2.3
1949-50	22	CBH	NHL	70	0.14	0.36	0.50	0.18	1.97		12	35	47	16						3.4	2.2	5.6
1950-51	23	CBH	NHL	25	0.12	0.28	0.40	0.15	1.28		4	10	14	5						0.9	0.3	1.2
1951-52	24	CBH	NHL	59	0.12	0.25	0.37	0.14	1.47		8	19	27	10						2.0	1.6	3.6
1952-53	25	CBH	NHL	68	0.03	0.29	0.32	0.10	1.24		3	28	31	9						1.6	3.6	5.2
1953-54	26	CBH	NHL	70	0.17	0.41	0.59	0.21	1.54		16	42	58	20						4.7	1.0	5.7
1954-55	27	TOT	NHL	70	0.16	0.19	0.34	0.14	0.87		14	18	32	13						2.4	2.5	4.9
1954-55	27	CBH	NHL	18	0.17	0.28	0.44	0.18	0.94		4	7	11	4						0.9	0.5	1.3
1954-55	27	NYR	NHL	52	0.15	0.15	0.31	0.13	0.85		10	11	21	8						1.5	2.0	3.5
1955-56	28	NYR	NHL	70	0.13	0.60	0.73	0.23	1.20		12	57	69	22						5.1	3.1	8.2
1956-57	29	NYR	NHL	70	0.06	0.53	0.59	0.18	1.03		5	47	52	16						3.3	2.7	6.0
1957-58	30	NYR	NHL	65	0.22	0.49	0.71	0.26	0.74		16	38	54	19						4.8	4.1	8.9
1958-59	31	NYR	NHL	70	0.07	0.66	0.73	0.22	0.80		6	53	59	18						4.1	3.7	7.7
1959-60	32	NYR	NHL	65	0.14	0.34	0.48	0.17	0.92		10	24	34	12						2.6	2.5	5.0
1960-61	33	NYR	NHL	65	0.14	0.40	0.54	0.19	0.75		9	28	37	13						2.9	2.5	5.4
1961-62	34	DET	NHL	70	0.10	0.43	0.53	0.17	1.26		7	32	39	13						2.6	3.6	6.2
1962-63	35	DET	NHL	70	0.06	0.34	0.40	0.13	1.66		4	26	30	9						1.7	4.5	6.3
1963-64	36	DET	NHL	64	0.03	0.25	0.28	0.09	1.25		2	18	20	6						0.8	3.3	4.1
1964-65	37	DET	NHL	61	0.00	0.20	0.20	0.05	2.00		0	13	13	4						0.0	4.2	4.3
1965-66	38	DET	NHL	58	0.09	0.21	0.29	0.10	1.24		5	12	17	6						0.9	3.7	4.7
Career			NHL	1248	0.10	0.35	0.46	0.16	1.23		154	546	700	233						47.0	53.4	100.3

NHL Playoffs

					Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1952-53	25	CBH	NHL	7	0	1	1	0		4
1955-56	28	NYR	NHL	5	1	3	4	1		4
1956-57	29	NYR	NHL	5	1	2	3	1		2
1957-58	30	NYR	NHL	6	0	3	3	1		4
1962-63	35	DET	NHL	11	1	4	5	2		36
1963-64	36	DET	NHL	14	0	4	4	1		22
1964-65	37	DET	NHL	7	0	3	3	1		8
1965-66	38	DET	NHL	12	1	3	4	1		12
Career			NHL	67	4	23	27	9		92

Other Standard

					Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1943-44	16	Calgary Grills	AHA-B	9	4	1	5			4
1946-47	19	Kansas City Pla-Mors	USHL	12	2	3	5			8
Career		1 Season	AHA-B	9	4	1	5			4
Career		1 Season	USHL	12	2	3	5			8

Other Playoffs

					Scoring						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1945-46	18	Edmonton Canadians	M-Cup	14	12	5	17			22
Career		1 Season	M-Cup	14	12	5	17			22

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2012-13)

Thru 20 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
Bill Gadsby		8.9	8.2	7.7	6.3	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.1	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.3	1.2
Glen Wesley	95.6	9.8	9.0	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.0	4.2	4.1	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.8	2.5	1.4
Marcel Pronovost	94.9	9.2	8.5	7.6	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.0	5.8	5.3	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.2	3.8	3.5	3.2	1.4	0.7
Garry Galley	92.2	8.3	7.7	7.4	6.4	6.3	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.6	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.8
Teppo Numminen	91.8	10.2	9.0	8.4	7.7	7.5	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.2	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.9	3.9	2.7	2.3	2.2	0.0
Allan Stanley	90.8	8.1	7.4	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.4	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.7	4.6	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.8	0.5
Jean-Guy Talbot	89.6	9.1	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.7	3.9	2.2	1.5	0.3
Roman Hamrlik	89.5	8.9	8.8	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.1	-0.1
Carol Vadnais	89.4	10.0	9.5	8.5	7.9	6.9	6.5	6.4	6.1	5.7	5.6	4.6	4.5	4.0	2.6	1.3	1.2	0.7
Sylvain Cote	89.4	10.0	9.3	7.5	6.4	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.2	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.7	2.2	1.9	1.7	0.1	0.0
Earl Seibert	88.1	6.9	5.9	5.9	5.2	4.9	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.7	3.2	2.9	1.2

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
Bill Gadsby		8.9	8.2	7.7	6.3	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	4.3	4.1	3.6	2.9	2.3	2.3	1.2
Glen Wesley	95.6	9.8	9.0	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.3	6.1	5.9	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.0	4.2	4.1	3.6	3.4	3.3	2.8	2.5	1.4
Marcel Pronovost	94.9	9.2	8.5	7.6	6.4	6.3	6.2	6.0	5.8	5.3	5.1	4.8	4.7	4.5	4.2	4.2	3.8	3.5	3.2	1.4	0.7
Garry Galley	92.2	8.3	7.7	7.4	6.4	6.3	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.1	4.6	3.8	3.3	2.8	2.8
Teppo Numminen	91.8	10.2	9.0	8.4	7.7	7.5	6.9	6.3	6.3	6.2	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.1	4.4	3.9	3.9	2.7	2.3	2.2	0.0
Allan Stanley	91.1	8.1	7.4	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.4	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.0	4.7	4.7	4.6	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.2	2.8	0.5
Jean-Guy Talbot	89.6	9.1	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.1	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.7	3.9	2.2	1.5	0.3
Roman Hamrlik	89.5	8.9	8.8	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.1	7.0	6.5	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.1	-0.1
Carol Vadnais	89.4	10.0	9.5	8.5	7.9	6.9	6.5	6.4	6.1	5.7	5.6	4.6	4.5	4.0	2.6	1.3	1.2	0.7
Sylvain Cote	89.4	10.0	9.3	7.5	6.4	6.3	5.9	5.3	5.2	5.2	4.3	4.1	4.0	3.7	3.7	2.2	1.9	1.7	0.1	0.0
James Patrick	88.3	10.6	9.0	8.5	7.4	7.4	7.2	6.3	6.1	5.5	4.4	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.2	2.5	1.7	1.5	1.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

All-Star Games 1953 NHL 1954 NHL 1956 NHL 1957 NHL 1958 NHL 1959 NHL 1960 NHL 1965 NHL	Honors 1952-53 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 1953-54 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 1955-56 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1956-57 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd) 1957-58 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1958-59 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1964-65 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Games Played 1947-48 NHL 60 (2) 1949-50 NHL 70 (2) 1953-54 NHL 70 (2) 1954-55 NHL 70 (2) 1955-56 NHL 70 (2) 1956-57 NHL 70 (1) 1958-59 NHL 70 (1) 1961-62 NHL 70 (1) 1962-63 NHL 70 (1) Career NHL 1248 (75)	Assists 1955-56 NHL 42 (3) 1956-57 NHL 37 (7) 1958-59 NHL 46 (3)
Points 1955-56 NHL 51 (9)	Penalties in Minutes 1949-50 NHL 138 (4) 1951-52 NHL 87 (10) 1952-53 NHL 84 (10) 1953-54 NHL 108 (7) 1962-63 NHL 116 (5)	Assists Per Game 1955-56 NHL 0.60 (4) 1956-57 NHL 0.53 (9) 1958-59 NHL 0.66 (5)	Points Per Game 1955-56 NHL 0.73 (10)
Adjusted Assists 1955-56 NHL 57 (3) 1956-57 NHL 47 (7) 1958-59 NHL 53 (3)	Adjusted Points 1955-56 NHL 69 (9)	Offensive Point Shares 1953-54 NHL 4.7 (8)	Defensive Point Shares Career NHL 53.4 (88)
Point Shares 1957-58 NHL 8.9 (6)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

July 14, 1946: Signed as a free agent by Chicago, July 14, 1946.

November 22, 1950: Missed majority of 1950-51 due to leg injury vs. Toronto, November 22, 1950.

November 23, 1954: Traded to NY Rangers by Chicago with Pete Conacher for Allan Stanley, Nick Mickoski and Rich Lamoureux, November 23, 1954.

February 5, 1960: Traded to Detroit by NY Rangers with Eddie Shack for Billy McNeill and Red Kelly, February 5, 1960.

February 7, 1960: Kelly and McNeill refused to report and transaction was cancelled, February 7, 1960.

June 12, 1961: Traded to Detroit by NY Rangers for Les Hunt, June 12, 1961.

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