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Harry Howell

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-1    Weight: 195 lbs.
Born: December 28, 1932 in Hamilton, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1979

Coaching Record

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 9:00AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #224. Brian Sutter… #224. Ralph Backstrom… #226. Simon Gagne… #226. Tomas Sandstrom… #226. Claude Lemieux… #226. HARRY HOWELL… 

NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1952-53 20 NYR NHL 67 3 8 11 4 46
1953-54 21 NYR NHL 67 7 9 16 7 58
1954-55 22 NYR NHL 70 2 14 16 5 87
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 70 3 15 18 6 77
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 65 2 10 12 4 70
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 70 4 7 11 4 62
1958-59 26 NYR NHL 70 4 10 14 5 101
1959-60 27 NYR NHL 67 7 6 13 6 58
1960-61 28 NYR NHL 70 7 10 17 7 62
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 66 6 15 21 7 89
1962-63 30 NYR NHL 70 5 20 25 8 55
1963-64 31 NYR NHL 70 5 31 36 11 75 3 2 0 2
1964-65 32 NYR NHL 68 2 20 22 7 63 2 0 0 0
1965-66 33 NYR NHL 70 4 29 33 10 92 3 1 0 0
1966-67 34 NYR NHL 70 12 28 40 14 54 10 2 0 0
1967-68 35 NYR NHL 74 5 24 29 9 12 62 4 1 0 2 220 2.3
1968-69 36 NYR NHL 56 4 7 11 4 2 36 3 1 0 1 140 2.9
1969-70 37 OAK NHL 55 4 16 20 7 -14 52 1 3 0 3 147 2.7
1970-71 38 TOT NHL 46 3 17 20 6 -19 18 2 1 0 0 84 3.6
1970-71 38 CGS NHL 28 0 9 9 3 -20 14 0 0 0 0 51 0.0
1970-71 38 LAK NHL 18 3 8 11 4 1 4 2 1 0 0 33 9.1
1971-72 39 LAK NHL 77 1 17 18 5 -34 53 1 0 0 0 138 0.7
1972-73 40 LAK NHL 73 4 11 15 5 -4 28 4 0 0 0 97 4.1
1973-74 41 NYJ WHA 65 3 23 26 8 24 3 0 0 2
1974-75 42 SDM WHA 74 4 10 14 5 28 28 3 0 1 78 5.1
1975-76 43 CGC WHA 31 0 3 3 1 4 6 0 0 0 0 26 0.0
Career NHL 1411 94 324 418 141 -57 1298 33 11 0 8 826 2.5
Career WHA 170 7 36 43 14 32 58 6 0 1 2 104 3.8

NHL/WHA 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
1952-53 20 NYR NHL 67 0.04 0.12 0.16 0.06 0.69 4 11 15 5 0.3 2.2 2.5
1953-54 21 NYR NHL 67 0.10 0.13 0.24 0.10 0.87 9 13 22 8 1.3 3.3 4.6
1954-55 22 NYR NHL 70 0.03 0.20 0.23 0.07 1.24 3 19 22 7 0.5 2.7 3.2
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 70 0.04 0.21 0.26 0.08 1.10 4 20 24 8 0.9 3.1 3.9
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 65 0.03 0.15 0.18 0.06 1.08 2 12 14 4 0.2 2.5 2.7
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 70 0.06 0.10 0.16 0.06 0.89 5 8 13 5 0.2 4.4 4.6
1958-59 26 NYR NHL 70 0.06 0.14 0.20 0.07 1.44 4 11 15 5 0.4 3.7 4.1
1959-60 27 NYR NHL 67 0.10 0.09 0.19 0.08 0.87 8 7 15 6 0.7 2.6 3.2
1960-61 28 NYR NHL 70 0.10 0.14 0.24 0.09 0.89 7 11 18 7 1.0 2.7 3.6
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 66 0.09 0.23 0.32 0.11 1.35 6 16 22 8 1.1 4.1 5.2
1962-63 30 NYR NHL 70 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.12 0.79 5 22 27 9 1.6 3.2 4.8
1963-64 31 NYR NHL 70 0.07 0.44 0.51 0.16 1.07 6 36 42 13 2.6 2.3 5.0
1964-65 32 NYR NHL 68 0.03 0.29 0.32 0.10 0.93 2 23 25 7 1.0 2.4 3.4
1965-66 33 NYR NHL 70 0.06 0.41 0.47 0.14 1.31 4 30 34 10 2.0 2.4 4.4
1966-67 34 NYR NHL 70 0.17 0.40 0.57 0.21 0.77 13 30 43 15 3.4 4.8 8.2
1967-68 35 NYR NHL 74 0.07 0.32 0.39 0.13 0.84 2.97 5 26 31 10 102 17 99 26 12 1.9 4.7 6.6
1968-69 36 NYR NHL 56 0.07 0.13 0.20 0.07 0.64 2.50 4 7 11 4 63 13 59 11 2 0.3 3.9 4.1
1969-70 37 OAK NHL 55 0.07 0.29 0.36 0.12 0.95 2.67 4 16 20 7 57 15 75 19 -14 1.1 2.9 4.0
1970-71 38 TOT NHL 46 0.07 0.37 0.43 0.14 0.39 1.83 3 15 18 6 42 9 67 15 -19 1.2 1.2 2.4
1970-71 38 CGS NHL 28 0.00 0.32 0.32 0.09 0.50 1.82 0 8 8 2 17 4 44 11 -20 0.2 0.3 0.6
1970-71 38 LAK NHL 18 0.17 0.44 0.61 0.22 0.22 1.83 3 7 10 4 25 5 23 4 1 0.9 0.9 1.8
1971-72 39 LAK NHL 77 0.01 0.22 0.23 0.07 0.69 1.79 1 17 18 5 83 5 139 27 -34 0.1 2.4 2.5
1972-73 40 LAK NHL 73 0.05 0.15 0.21 0.07 0.38 1.33 4 10 14 5 64 4 68 4 -4 0.2 4.4 4.6
1973-74 41 NYJ WHA 65 0.05 0.35 0.40 0.12 0.37
1974-75 42 SDM WHA 74 0.05 0.14 0.19 0.07 0.38 1.05 28
1975-76 43 CGC WHA 31 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.03 0.19 0.84 4
Career NHL 1411 0.07 0.23 0.30 0.10 0.92 2.17 103 360 463 154 411 63 507 102 -57 21.9 65.9 87.8
Career WHA 170 0.04 0.21 0.25 0.08 0.34 0.99 32

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1955-56 23 NYR NHL 5 0 1 1 4
1956-57 24 NYR NHL 5 1 0 1 6
1957-58 25 NYR NHL 6 1 0 1 8
1961-62 29 NYR NHL 6 0 1 1 8
1966-67 34 NYR NHL 4 0 0 0 4
1967-68 35 NYR NHL 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1
1968-69 36 NYR NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969-70 37 OAK NHL 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0
1974-75 42 SDM WHA 5 1 0 1 10 0
1975-76 43 CGC WHA 2 0 0 0 1 2
Career NHL 38 3 3 6 32 0 1 0 1
Career WHA 7 1 0 1 1 12 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
1949-50 17 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 3 0 1 1 2
1950-51 18 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 50 6 16 22 77
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 51 17 20 37 79
1951-52 19 Cincinnati Mohawks AHL 1 0 0 0 0
Career 1 Season AHL 1 0 0 0 0
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 104 23 37 60 158

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1949-50 17 Guelph Biltmores M-Cup 5 0 1 1 14
1950-51 18 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 5 1 0 1 6
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores OHA-Jr. 23 7 9 16 36
1951-52 19 Guelph Biltmores M-Cup 12 5 5 10 24
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 17 5 6 11 38
Career 2 Seasons OHA-Jr. 28 8 9 17 42

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 21 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
Harry Howell 8.2 6.6 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4
Fern Flaman 88.5 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 0.1 0.0
Adam Foote 87.7 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.7
Don Sweeney 87.3 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Kevin Lowe 86.5 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.0
Craig Ludwig 86.3 6.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.3 1.9 1.3
Leo Boivin 86.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.2
Terry Harper 85.5 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Gordie Roberts 84.5 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Mike Ramsey 84.4 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.1
Bob Baun 84.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.3 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
Harry Howell 8.2 6.6 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.4
Fern Flaman 88.5 7.3 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.5 2.6 2.4 1.8 0.1 0.0
Adam Foote 87.7 8.2 6.8 6.2 5.6 5.3 4.8 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.1 0.7
Don Sweeney 87.3 7.7 6.8 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.2 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5
Kevin Lowe 86.5 7.1 6.5 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.3 1.7 0.0
Craig Ludwig 86.3 6.1 5.5 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.6 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 2.3 1.9 1.3
Leo Boivin 86.0 5.2 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.2
Terry Harper 85.5 8.0 6.9 6.4 6.0 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.3 2.3 1.9 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.7
Gordie Roberts 84.5 6.9 6.6 6.5 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.6 4.1 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.3 2.0
Mike Ramsey 84.4 8.0 7.0 6.9 6.5 6.1 5.7 5.2 4.9 4.8 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.3 2.1 1.6 1.5 0.1
Bob Baun 84.0 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.3 0.1

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1954 NHL
1963 NHL
1964 NHL
1965 NHL
1967 NHL
1968 NHL
1970 NHL

Awards

1966-67 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy

Honors

1966-67 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1954-55 NHL 70 (2)
1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1957-58 NHL 70 (1)
 1958-59 NHL 70 (1)
 1960-61 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 1411 (28)

Penalties in Minutes

1958-59 NHL 101 (8)
1961-62 NHL 89 (10)
1965-66 NHL 92 (9)

Total Goals On-Ice Against

1967-68 NHL 99 (10)
1971-72 NHL 139 (3)

Defensive Point Shares

1957-58 NHL 4.4 (5)
1966-67 NHL 4.8 (4)
Career NHL 65.9 (35)

Point Shares

1966-67 NHL 8.2 (7)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 10, 1969: Traded to Oakland by NY Rangers for cash, June 10, 1969.

February 5, 1971: Traded to Los Angeles by California for cash, February 5, 1971.

February 12, 1972: Selected by NY Raiders (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

April 30, 1974: Transferred to San Diego (WHA) after New York-Jersey (WHA) franchise relocated, April 30, 1974.

January, 1976: Signed as a free agent by Calgary (WHA), January 1976.

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