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Gordie Howe

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-0    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1972

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1946-47 18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 58 7 15 22 0.38 9 0.15 52
1947-48 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 16 28 44 0.73 19 0.31 63
1948-49 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40 12 25 37 0.93 16 0.39 57
1949-50 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 35 33 68 0.97 30 0.43 69
1950-51 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 43 43 86 1.23 36 0.52 74
1951-52 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 47 39 86 1.23 37 0.54 78
1952-53 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 49 46 95 1.36 40 0.58 57
1953-54 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 33 48 81 1.16 32 0.46 109
1954-55 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 29 33 62 0.97 25 0.40 68
1955-56 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 38 41 79 1.13 33 0.47 100
1956-57 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 44 45 89 1.27 36 0.52 72
1957-58 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 33 44 77 1.20 30 0.47 40
1958-59 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 32 46 78 1.11 31 0.44 57
1959-60 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 28 45 73 1.04 28 0.40 46
1960-61 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 23 49 72 1.13 26 0.41 30
1961-62 33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 33 44 77 1.10 30 0.42 54
1962-63 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 38 48 86 1.23 34 0.49 100
1963-64 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 26 47 73 1.06 27 0.40 70 13 12 1 3
1964-65 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 29 47 76 1.09 29 0.42 104 13 12 4 2
1965-66 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 29 46 75 1.07 28 0.40 83 22 7 0 3
1966-67 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 25 40 65 0.94 24 0.35 53 16 8 1 1
1967-68 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 39 43 82 1.11 33 0.44 117 34 83 12 12 53 29 10 0 4 301 4.07 13.0
1968-69 40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 44 59 103 1.36 40 0.53 134 35 66 12 45 58 35 9 0 6 283 3.72 15.5
1969-70 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 76 31 40 71 0.93 28 0.37 105 38 54 10 23 58 16 11 4 5 268 3.53 11.6
1970-71 42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 63 23 29 52 0.83 20 0.32 76 24 65 11 -2 38 15 7 1 3 195 3.10 11.8
1973-74 45 Houston Aeros WHA 70 31 69 100 1.43 36 0.52 46 19 9 3 5
1974-75 46 Houston Aeros WHA 75 34 65 99 1.32 37 0.49 40 84 23 8 3 255 3.40 13.3
1975-76 47 Houston Aeros WHA 78 32 70 102 1.31 38 0.48 14 76 19 12 1 4 241 3.09 13.3
1976-77 48 Houston Aeros WHA 62 24 44 68 1.10 25 0.41 27 57 18 5 1 3 162 2.61 14.8
1977-78 49 New England Whalers WHA 76 34 62 96 1.26 36 0.47 46 85 18 16 0 163 2.14 20.9
1978-79 50 New England Whalers WHA 58 19 24 43 0.74 17 0.29 9 51 12 7 0 117 2.02 16.2
1979-80 51 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 15 26 41 0.51 15 0.19 66 11 46 0 9 42 13 2 0 0 94 1.18 16.0
Career NHL 1767 801 1049 1850 1.05 739 0.42 498 142 314 45 87 1685 172 78 11 27 1141 3.09 13.3
Career WHA 419 174 334 508 1.21 189 0.45 136 399 109 57 8 12 938 2.69 15.2

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1946-47 18 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 0 0 0.00 18
1947-48 19 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 1 1 2 0.20 11
1948-49 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 8 3 11 1.00 19
1949-50 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 1 0 0 0 0.00 7
1950-51 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 4 3 7 1.17 4
1951-52 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 8 2 5 7 0.88 2
1952-53 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 2 5 7 1.17 2
1953-54 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 12 4 5 9 0.75 31
1954-55 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 11 9 11 20 1.82 24
1955-56 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 3 9 12 1.20 8
1956-57 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 2 5 7 1.40 6
1957-58 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 1 1 2 0.50 0
1959-60 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 1 5 6 1.00 4
1960-61 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 4 11 15 1.36 10
1962-63 34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 7 9 16 1.45 22
1963-64 35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 14 9 10 19 1.36 16
1964-65 36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 4 2 6 0.86 20
1965-66 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 12 4 6 10 0.83 12
1969-70 41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 2 0 2 0.50 2 1 1 0 0
1973-74 45 Houston Aeros WHA 13 3 14 17 1.31 34 1
1974-75 46 Houston Aeros WHA 13 8 12 20 1.54 20 1
1975-76 47 Houston Aeros WHA 17 4 8 12 0.71 1 31
1976-77 48 Houston Aeros WHA 11 5 3 8 0.73 1 11 0
1977-78 49 New England Whalers WHA 14 5 5 10 0.71 0 15 2
1978-79 50 New England Whalers WHA 10 3 1 4 0.40 1 4 0
1979-80 51 Hartford Whalers NHL 3 1 1 2 0.67 2 1 0 0 0
Career NHL 4 157 68 92 160 1.02 220 2 1 0 0
Career WHA 78 28 43 71 0.91 3 115 4

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1943-44 15 Saskatoon Lions SAHA 5 6 5 11 2.20 4
1945-46 17 Omaha Knights USHL 51 22 26 48 0.94 53
1974-75 46 Canada Summit-72 7 3 4 7 1.00 2
1997-98 69 Detroit Vipers IHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career IHL 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career SAHA 5 6 5 11 2.20 4
Career Summit-72 7 3 4 7 1.00 2
Career USHL 51 22 26 48 0.94 53

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1943-44 15 Saskatoon Lions SAHA 2 0 0 0 0.00 6
1945-46 17 Omaha Knights USHL 6 2 1 3 0.50 15
Career SAHA 2 0 0 0 0.00 6
Career USHL 6 2 1 3 0.50 15

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1948 NHL
1949 NHL
1950 NHL
1951 NHL
1952 NHL
1953 NHL
1954 NHL
1955 NHL
1957 NHL
1958 NHL
1959 NHL
1960 NHL
1961 NHL
1962 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1967 NHL
1968 NHL
1969 NHL
1970 NHL
1971 NHL
1980 NHL

Awards

1950-51 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1951-52 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1951-52 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1952-53 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1952-53 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1953-54 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1956-57 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1956-57 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1957-58 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1959-60 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1962-63 NHL Art Ross Trophy
1962-63 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy
1973-74 WHA Gary L. Davidson Award/Gordie Howe Trophy

Honors

1948-49 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1949-50 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1950-51 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1951-52 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1952-53 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1953-54 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1955-56 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1956-57 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1957-58 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1958-59 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1959-60 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1960-61 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1961-62 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1962-63 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1963-64 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1964-65 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1965-66 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1966-67 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1967-68 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1968-69 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1969-70 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1973-74 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st)
1974-75 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1947-48 NHL 60 (2)
1949-50 NHL 70 (2)
1950-51 NHL 70 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 70 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 70 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 70 (2)
1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1956-57 NHL 70 (1)
 1958-59 NHL 70 (1)
 1959-60 NHL 70 (1)
 1961-62 NHL 70 (1)
 1962-63 NHL 70 (1)
 1964-65 NHL 70 (1)
 1965-66 NHL 70 (2)
1967-68 NHL 74 (2)
1968-69 NHL 76 (2)
1969-70 NHL 76 (1)
 1979-80 NHL 80 (3)
Career NHL 1767 (1)
 Career WHA 419 (34)

Goals

1949-50 NHL 35 (2)
1950-51 NHL 43 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 47 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 49 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 33 (2)
1954-55 NHL 29 (5)
1955-56 NHL 38 (2)
1956-57 NHL 44 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 33 (2)
1958-59 NHL 32 (6)
1959-60 NHL 28 (8)
1961-62 NHL 33 (2)
1962-63 NHL 38 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 26 (6)
1964-65 NHL 29 (3)
1965-66 NHL 29 (7)
1966-67 NHL 25 (7)
1967-68 NHL 39 (3)
1968-69 NHL 44 (5)
Career NHL 801 (2)
Career WHA 174 (16)

Goals Per Game

1949-50 NHL 0.50 (2)
1950-51 NHL 0.61 (2)
1951-52 NHL 0.67 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 0.70 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 0.47 (3)
1954-55 NHL 0.45 (5)
1955-56 NHL 0.54 (2)
1956-57 NHL 0.63 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 0.52 (2)
1958-59 NHL 0.46 (7)
1959-60 NHL 0.40 (8)
1961-62 NHL 0.47 (2)
1962-63 NHL 0.54 (2)
1963-64 NHL 0.38 (7)
1964-65 NHL 0.41 (4)
1965-66 NHL 0.41 (10)
1966-67 NHL 0.36 (9)
1967-68 NHL 0.53 (3)
1968-69 NHL 0.58 (5)
Career NHL 0.45 (48)

Assists

1947-48 NHL 28 (9)
1948-49 NHL 25 (7)
1949-50 NHL 33 (5)
1950-51 NHL 43 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 39 (3)
1952-53 NHL 46 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 48 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 33 (9)
1955-56 NHL 41 (4)
1956-57 NHL 45 (4)
1957-58 NHL 44 (4)
1958-59 NHL 46 (3)
1959-60 NHL 45 (3)
1960-61 NHL 49 (3)
1961-62 NHL 44 (4)
1962-63 NHL 48 (3)
1963-64 NHL 47 (4)
1964-65 NHL 47 (2)
1965-66 NHL 46 (4)
1966-67 NHL 40 (6)
1967-68 NHL 43 (8)
1968-69 NHL 59 (3)
1973-74 WHA 69 (2)
1974-75 WHA 65 (6)
1975-76 WHA 70 (7)
1977-78 WHA 62 (7)
Career NHL 1049 (8)
Career WHA 334 (7)

Assists Per Game

1948-49 NHL 0.62 (3)
1949-50 NHL 0.47 (7)
1950-51 NHL 0.61 (3)
1951-52 NHL 0.56 (4)
1952-53 NHL 0.66 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 0.69 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 0.52 (8)
1955-56 NHL 0.59 (5)
1956-57 NHL 0.64 (4)
1957-58 NHL 0.69 (3)
1958-59 NHL 0.66 (5)
1959-60 NHL 0.64 (6)
1960-61 NHL 0.77 (3)
1961-62 NHL 0.63 (4)
1962-63 NHL 0.69 (4)
1963-64 NHL 0.68 (4)
1964-65 NHL 0.67 (2)
1965-66 NHL 0.66 (6)
1966-67 NHL 0.58 (6)
1967-68 NHL 0.58 (9)
1968-69 NHL 0.78 (4)
1973-74 WHA 0.99 (2)
1974-75 WHA 0.87 (5)
1975-76 WHA 0.90 (9)
1977-78 WHA 0.82 (8)
Career NHL 0.59 (58)
Career WHA 0.80 (6)

Points

1949-50 NHL 68 (3)
1950-51 NHL 86 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 86 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 95 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 81 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 62 (5)
1955-56 NHL 79 (2)
1956-57 NHL 89 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 77 (4)
1958-59 NHL 78 (4)
1959-60 NHL 73 (5)
1960-61 NHL 72 (5)
1961-62 NHL 77 (3)
1962-63 NHL 86 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 73 (5)
1964-65 NHL 76 (3)
1965-66 NHL 75 (5)
1966-67 NHL 65 (4)
1967-68 NHL 82 (3)
1968-69 NHL 103 (3)
1969-70 NHL 71 (9)
1973-74 WHA 100 (3)
1974-75 WHA 99 (8)
1975-76 WHA 102 (9)
1977-78 WHA 96 (9)
Career NHL 1850 (3)
Career WHA 508 (7)

Points Per Game

1949-50 NHL 0.97 (3)
1950-51 NHL 1.23 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 1.23 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 1.36 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 1.16 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 0.97 (4)
1955-56 NHL 1.13 (2)
1956-57 NHL 1.27 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 1.20 (1)
 1958-59 NHL 1.11 (5)
1959-60 NHL 1.04 (6)
1960-61 NHL 1.12 (5)
1961-62 NHL 1.10 (3)
1962-63 NHL 1.23 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 1.06 (5)
1964-65 NHL 1.09 (4)
1965-66 NHL 1.07 (5)
1966-67 NHL 0.94 (5)
1967-68 NHL 1.11 (4)
1968-69 NHL 1.36 (3)
1973-74 WHA 1.43 (3)
1974-75 WHA 1.32 (9)
1975-76 WHA 1.31 (10)
Career NHL 1.05 (35)
Career WHA 1.21 (8)

Goals Created

1949-50 NHL 29.8 (3)
1950-51 NHL 36.5 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 37.5 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 40.3 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 31.9 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 25.3 (5)
1955-56 NHL 32.7 (2)
1956-57 NHL 36.1 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 30.1 (2)
1958-59 NHL 30.8 (4)
1959-60 NHL 27.8 (5)
1960-61 NHL 26.4 (7)
1961-62 NHL 29.7 (3)
1962-63 NHL 34.1 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 27.3 (5)
1964-65 NHL 29.2 (4)
1965-66 NHL 28.1 (5)
1966-67 NHL 24.3 (5)
1967-68 NHL 32.9 (2)
1968-69 NHL 40.2 (3)
1969-70 NHL 28.5 (10)
1973-74 WHA 36.2 (6)
1974-75 WHA 37.1 (9)
1977-78 WHA 36.0 (9)
Career NHL 738.8 (2)
Career WHA 188.9 (8)

Goals Created Per Game

1948-49 NHL 0.39 (5)
1949-50 NHL 0.43 (3)
1950-51 NHL 0.52 (1)
 1951-52 NHL 0.54 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 0.58 (1)
 1953-54 NHL 0.46 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 0.40 (4)
1955-56 NHL 0.47 (2)
1956-57 NHL 0.52 (1)
 1957-58 NHL 0.47 (2)
1958-59 NHL 0.44 (4)
1959-60 NHL 0.40 (6)
1960-61 NHL 0.41 (6)
1961-62 NHL 0.42 (3)
1962-63 NHL 0.49 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 0.40 (5)
1964-65 NHL 0.42 (4)
1965-66 NHL 0.40 (5)
1966-67 NHL 0.35 (6)
1967-68 NHL 0.44 (3)
1968-69 NHL 0.53 (3)
1973-74 WHA 0.52 (4)
Career NHL 0.42 (29)

Total Goals For

1967-68 NHL 117 (3)
1968-69 NHL 134 (5)

Power Play Goals For

1967-68 NHL 34 (6)

Plus/Minus

1968-69 NHL 45 (5)

Penalties in Minutes

1953-54 NHL 109 (5)
1955-56 NHL 100 (8)
1962-63 NHL 100 (8)
Career NHL 1685 (87)
Career WHA 399 (56)

Even Strength Goals

1965-66 NHL 22 (5)
1967-68 NHL 29 (2)
1968-69 NHL 35 (4)

Power Play Goals

1963-64 NHL 12 (4)
1964-65 NHL 12 (2)
1966-67 NHL 8 (3)
1967-68 NHL 10 (6)
1968-69 NHL 9 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1963-64 NHL 1 (7)
1964-65 NHL 4 (2)
1966-67 NHL 1 (7)
1969-70 NHL 4 (3)

Game-Winning Goals

1968-69 NHL 6 (8)

Shots on Goal

1967-68 NHL 301 (3)
1968-69 NHL 283 (10)
1969-70 NHL 268 (8)
      

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 1, 1945: Signed as a free agent by Omaha (USHL), November 1, 1945.

October 8, 1946: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, October 8, 1946.

June 5, 1973: Signed as a free agent by Houston (WHA), June 5, 1973.

June, 1977: Signed as a free agent by New England (WHA), June, 1977.

June 9, 1979: Rights retained by Hartford prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

April 11, 1980: Oldest player (52 years, 10 days) to play in a NHL game, April 11, 1980 (Montreal 4, Hartford 3).

September, 1997: Signed to a one-game contract by Detroit (IHL), September 1997.