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Mark Howe

Position: D
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan

Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 2nd round (25th overall) of the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft.

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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
1973-74 18 Houston Aeros WHA 76 38 41 79 1.04 31 0.41 20 28 5 5 3
1974-75 19 Houston Aeros WHA 74 36 40 76 1.03 30 0.41 40 30 25 7 4 256 3.46 14.1
1975-76 20 Houston Aeros WHA 72 39 37 76 1.06 31 0.43 29 38 20 13 6 8 270 3.75 14.4
1976-77 21 Houston Aeros WHA 57 23 52 75 1.32 27 0.48 41 46 15 5 3 8 220 3.86 10.5
1977-78 22 New England Whalers WHA 70 30 61 91 1.30 34 0.48 30 32 26 4 0 220 3.14 13.6
1978-79 23 New England Whalers WHA 77 42 65 107 1.39 40 0.52 14 32 23 13 6 314 4.08 13.4
1979-80 24 Hartford Whalers NHL 74 24 56 80 1.08 29 0.39 137 32 120 29 14 20 17 5 2 3 178 2.41 13.5
1980-81 25 Hartford Whalers NHL 63 19 46 65 1.03 24 0.38 137 38 118 29 10 54 10 7 2 3 172 2.73 11.0
1981-82 26 Hartford Whalers NHL 76 8 45 53 0.70 18 0.23 127 41 119 25 -8 18 5 3 0 1 220 2.89 3.6
1982-83 27 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 20 47 67 0.88 24 0.31 148 40 78 17 47 18 10 5 5 4 219 2.88 9.1
1983-84 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 19 34 53 0.75 20 0.28 114 28 82 26 30 44 13 3 3 2 184 2.59 10.3
1984-85 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 18 39 57 0.78 21 0.28 146 29 98 32 51 31 13 3 2 1 213 2.92 8.5
1985-86 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 24 58 82 1.06 29 0.38 188 46 93 36 85 36 13 4 7 3 193 2.51 12.4
1986-87 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 69 15 43 58 0.84 21 0.30 152 42 82 29 57 37 9 2 4 0 148 2.14 10.1
1987-88 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 19 43 62 0.83 22 0.30 137 47 108 41 23 62 10 8 1 4 177 2.36 10.7
1988-89 33 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 52 9 29 38 0.73 13 0.25 97 44 73 27 7 45 3 5 1 1 95 1.83 9.5
1989-90 34 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 7 21 28 0.70 10 0.24 65 16 45 18 22 24 3 3 1 1 63 1.58 11.1
1990-91 35 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 0 10 10 0.53 3 0.15 29 9 23 12 9 8 0 0 0 0 40 2.11 0.0
1991-92 36 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 42 7 18 25 0.60 9 0.21 65 20 40 13 18 18 1 6 0 0 63 1.50 11.1
1992-93 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 3 31 34 0.57 10 0.17 88 29 52 15 22 22 0 3 0 0 72 1.20 4.2
1993-94 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 4 20 24 0.55 8 0.18 54 9 36 7 16 8 3 1 0 0 72 1.64 5.6
1994-95 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 1 5 6 0.33 2 0.11 12 6 11 2 -3 10 1 0 0 1 14 0.78 7.1
Career 16 Seasons NHL 929 197 545 742 0.80 262 0.28 1696 476 1178 358 400 455 111 58 28 24 2123 2.29 9.3
Career 6 Seasons WHA 426 208 296 504 1.18 194 0.45 154 198 137 47 24 19 1280 3.66 13.3

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
1973-74 18 Houston Aeros WHA 14 9 10 19 1.36 4 1
1974-75 19 Houston Aeros WHA 13 10 12 22 1.69 0 3
1975-76 20 Houston Aeros WHA 17 6 10 16 0.94 0 18
1976-77 21 Houston Aeros WHA 11 4 10 14 1.27 3 2 1
1977-78 22 New England Whalers WHA 14 8 7 15 1.07 0 18 0
1978-79 23 New England Whalers WHA 6 4 2 6 1.00 -2 6 1
1979-80 24 Hartford Whalers NHL 3 1 2 3 1.00 2 1 0 0 0
1982-83 27 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3 0 2 2 0.67 4 0 0 0 0
1983-84 28 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 3.33 0.0
1984-85 29 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 3 8 11 0.58 11 6 2 1 0 1 46 2.42 6.5
1985-86 30 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 5 0 4 4 0.80 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3.20 0.0
1986-87 31 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 26 2 10 12 0.46 14 4 2 0 0 0 67 2.58 3.0
1987-88 32 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7 3 6 9 1.29 7 4 3 0 0 0 16 2.29 18.8
1988-89 33 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 0 15 15 0.79 14 10 0 0 0 0 33 1.74 0.0
1992-93 37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 1 3 4 0.57 6 2 1 0 0 0 8 1.14 12.5
1993-94 38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.33 0.0
1994-95 39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.33 0.0
Career 11 Seasons NHL 101 10 51 61 0.60 54 34 9 1 0 1 199 2.09 4.5
Career 6 Seasons WHA 75 41 51 92 1.23 1 48 6

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
1969-70 14 Detroit Olympia MNHL 40 30 39 69 1.73 21
1970-71 15 Detroit Jr. Red Wings SOJHL 44 37 70 107 2.43
1970-71 15 Detroit Jr. Red Wings Cen-Cup 10 5 19 24 2.40 0
1971-72 16 Detroit Jr. Red Wings SOJHL 9 5 9 14 1.56
1971-72 16 United States Olympics 6 0 0 0 0.00 0
1972-73 17 Toronto Marlboros OHA-Jr. 60 38 66 104 1.73 27
1972-73 17 Toronto Marlboros M-Cup 3 4 4 8 2.67 6
1974-75 19 Canada Summit-74 7 2 4 6 0.86 4
1981-82 26 United States Can-Cup 6 0 4 4 0.67 2
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 6 0 4 4 0.67 2
Career 1 Season Cen-Cup 10 5 19 24 2.40 0
Career 1 Season M-Cup 3 4 4 8 2.67 6
Career 1 Season MNHL 40 30 39 69 1.73 21
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 60 38 66 104 1.73 27
Career 1 Season Olympics 6 0 0 0 0.00 0
Career 2 Seasons SOJHL 53 42 79 121 2.28
Career 1 Season Summit-74 7 2 4 6 0.86 4

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1981 NHL
1983 NHL
1986 NHL
1988 NHL

Awards

1973-74 WHA Lou Kaplan Trophy

Honors

1973-74 WHA WHA All-Star Team (2nd)
1976-77 WHA WHA All-Star Team (2nd)
1978-79 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st)
1982-83 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1985-86 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1986-87 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

Career WHA 426 (30)

Goals

1973-74 WHA 38 (10)
1978-79 WHA 42 (6)
Career WHA 208 (10)

Goals Per Game

1978-79 WHA 0.55 (8)
Career WHA 0.49 (9)

Assists

1977-78 WHA 61 (8)
1978-79 WHA 65 (4)
Career NHL 545 (91)
Career WHA 296 (10)

Assists Per Game

1976-77 WHA 0.91 (7)
1977-78 WHA 0.87 (7)
1978-79 WHA 0.84 (4)
Career NHL 0.59 (65)

Points

1977-78 WHA 91 (10)
1978-79 WHA 107 (4)
Career WHA 504 (8)

Points Per Game

1976-77 WHA 1.32 (10)
1977-78 WHA 1.30 (10)
1978-79 WHA 1.39 (3)
Career WHA 1.18 (9)

Goals Created

1977-78 WHA 33.7 (10)
1978-79 WHA 40.3 (5)
Career WHA 193.8 (7)

Goals Created Per Game

1977-78 WHA 0.48 (9)
1978-79 WHA 0.52 (5)

Total Goals For

1985-86 NHL 188 (4)
1986-87 NHL 152 (8)
Career NHL 1696 (48)

Power Play Goals Against

Career NHL 358 (72)

Plus/Minus

1982-83 NHL 47 (5)
1984-85 NHL 51 (6)
1985-86 NHL 85 (1)
 1986-87 NHL 57 (2)
Career NHL 400 (11)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)
1982-83 NHL 5 (2)
1985-86 NHL 7 (2)
1986-87 NHL 4 (8)
Career NHL 28 (24)

Transactions

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June, 1971: Missed majority of 1971-72 season recovering from knee surgery, June, 1971.

June, 1973: Selected by Houston (WHA) in 1973 WHA Professional Player Draft, June, 1973.

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

June 9, 1979: Reclaimed by Boston from Hartford prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

June 9, 1979: Claimed as a priority selection by Hartford, June 9, 1979.

August 19, 1982: Traded to Philadelphia by Hartford with Hartford's 3rd round choice (Derrick Smith) in 1983 Entry Draft for Ken Linseman, Greg Adams and Philadelphia's 1st (David Jensen) and 3rd (Leif Karlsson) round choices in 1983 Entry Draft, August 19, 1982.

November 3, 1990: Missed majority of 1990-91 season recovering from back injury originally suffered in game vs. Chicago, November 3, 1990.

July 7, 1992: Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 7, 1992.