Mark Howe

Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan
Draft: Boston, 2nd round (25th overall), 1974 NHL Amateur
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2011 (Full List)

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Skater Rank: #76. Jeremy Roenick… #77. Joe Mullen… #78. Keith Tkachuk… #79. MARK HOWE… #80. Pierre Turgeon… #81. Eddie Shore… #82. Pavel Datsyuk…

Skater Rank: #76. Jeremy Roenick… #77. Joe Mullen… #78. Keith Tkachuk… #79. MARK HOWE… #80. Pierre Turgeon… #81. Eddie Shore… #82. Pavel Datsyuk…

NHL/WHA Standard

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					Scoring Stats						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
1973-74	18	HSA	WHA	76	38	41	79	32		20	28	5	5	3
1974-75	19	HSA	WHA	74	36	40	76	31	40	30	25	7	4					256	14.1
1975-76	20	HSA	WHA	72	39	37	76	32	29	38	20	13	6	8				270	14.4
1976-77	21	HSA	WHA	57	23	52	75	27	41	46	15	5	3	8				220	10.5
1977-78	22	NEW	WHA	70	30	61	91	33	30	32	26	4	0					220	13.6
1978-79	23	NEW	WHA	77	42	65	107	40	14	32	23	13	6					314	13.4
1979-80	24	HAR	NHL	74	24	56	80	28	14	20	17	5	2	3	43	2	11	178	13.5
1980-81	25	HAR	NHL	63	19	46	65	23	10	54	10	7	2	3	28	1	17	172	11.0
1981-82	26	HAR	NHL	76	8	45	53	17	-8	18	5	3	0	1	24	1	20	220	3.6
1982-83	27	PHI	NHL	76	20	47	67	23	47	18	10	5	5	4	27	2	18	219	9.1
1983-84	28	PHI	NHL	71	19	34	53	20	30	44	13	3	3	2	24	1	9	184	10.3
1984-85	29	PHI	NHL	73	18	39	57	21	51	31	13	3	2	1	27	0	12	213	8.5
1985-86	30	PHI	NHL	77	24	58	82	29	85	36	13	4	7	3	41	2	15	193	12.4
1986-87	31	PHI	NHL	69	15	43	58	20	57	37	9	2	4	0	21	3	19	148	10.1
1987-88	32	PHI	NHL	75	19	43	62	22	23	62	10	8	1	4	22	4	17	177	10.7
1988-89	33	PHI	NHL	52	9	29	38	13	7	45	3	5	1	1	14	2	13	95	9.5
1989-90	34	PHI	NHL	40	7	21	28	9	22	24	3	3	1	1	12	1	8	63	11.1
1990-91	35	PHI	NHL	19	0	10	10	3	9	8	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	40	0.0
1991-92	36	PHI	NHL	42	7	18	25	9	18	18	1	6	0	0	11	0	7	63	11.1
1992-93	37	DET	NHL	60	3	31	34	10	22	22	0	3	0	0	14	0	17	72	4.2
1993-94	38	DET	NHL	44	4	20	24	8	16	8	3	1	0	0	13	2	5	72	5.6
1994-95	39	DET	NHL	18	1	5	6	2	-3	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	14	7.1
Career			NHL	929	197	545	742	256	400	455	111	58	28	24	328	21	196	2123	9.3
Career			WHA	426	208	296	504	195	154	198	137	47	24	19				1280	13.3

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
1973-74	18	HSA	WHA	76	0.50	0.54	1.04	0.42	0.26
1974-75	19	HSA	WHA	74	0.49	0.54	1.03	0.42	0.41	3.46									40
1975-76	20	HSA	WHA	72	0.54	0.51	1.06	0.44	0.53	3.75									29
1976-77	21	HSA	WHA	57	0.40	0.91	1.32	0.47	0.81	3.86									41
1977-78	22	NEW	WHA	70	0.43	0.87	1.30	0.48	0.46	3.14									30
1978-79	23	NEW	WHA	77	0.55	0.84	1.39	0.53	0.42	4.08									14
1979-80	24	HAR	NHL	74	0.32	0.76	1.08	0.38	0.27	2.41	20	48	68	24	137	32	120	29	14	6.5	3.6	10.1
1980-81	25	HAR	NHL	63	0.30	0.73	1.03	0.37	0.86	2.73	14	36	50	17	137	38	118	29	10	3.5	1.1	4.6
1981-82	26	HAR	NHL	76	0.11	0.59	0.70	0.22	0.24	2.89	6	33	39	12	127	41	119	25	-8	2.6	4.1	6.7
1982-83	27	PHI	NHL	76	0.26	0.62	0.88	0.31	0.24	2.88	16	38	54	19	148	40	78	17	47	4.5	6.3	10.8
1983-84	28	PHI	NHL	71	0.27	0.48	0.75	0.28	0.62	2.59	15	27	42	16	114	28	82	26	30	3.6	4.4	8.0
1984-85	29	PHI	NHL	73	0.25	0.53	0.78	0.28	0.42	2.92	14	31	45	16	146	29	98	32	51	3.8	6.0	9.8
1985-86	30	PHI	NHL	77	0.31	0.75	1.06	0.37	0.47	2.51	19	46	65	23	188	46	93	36	85	5.7	8.7	14.5
1986-87	31	PHI	NHL	69	0.22	0.62	0.84	0.29	0.54	2.14	13	36	49	17	152	42	82	29	57	4.1	6.5	10.5
1987-88	32	PHI	NHL	75	0.25	0.57	0.83	0.29	0.83	2.36	16	36	52	19	137	47	108	41	23	4.4	4.9	9.3
1988-89	33	PHI	NHL	52	0.17	0.56	0.73	0.25	0.87	1.83	7	24	31	10	97	44	73	27	7	2.4	3.1	5.5
1989-90	34	PHI	NHL	40	0.18	0.53	0.70	0.24	0.60	1.58	6	18	24	8	65	16	45	18	22	1.8	3.1	4.8
1990-91	35	PHI	NHL	19	0.00	0.53	0.53	0.14	0.42	2.11	0	9	9	2	29	9	23	12	9	0.4	1.6	2.0
1991-92	36	PHI	NHL	42	0.17	0.43	0.60	0.20	0.43	1.50	6	16	22	8	65	20	40	13	18	1.6	3.4	5.0
1992-93	37	DET	NHL	60	0.05	0.52	0.57	0.16	0.37	1.20	2	25	27	8	88	29	52	15	22	1.5	4.0	5.5
1993-94	38	DET	NHL	44	0.09	0.45	0.55	0.17	0.18	1.64	4	18	22	7	54	9	36	7	16	1.4	2.4	3.9
1994-95	39	DET	NHL	18	0.06	0.28	0.33	0.10	0.56	0.78	2	9	11	4	12	6	11	2	-3	0.3	0.7	1.0
Career			NHL	929	0.21	0.59	0.80	0.28	0.49	2.29	160	450	610	210	1696	476	1178	358	400	47.9	64.0	111.9
Career			WHA	426	0.49	0.69	1.18	0.46	0.46	3.66									154

NHL/WHA Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1973-74	18	HSA	WHA	14	1	5	6			31				0
1974-75	19	HSA	WHA	11	0	2	2			11	0	0	0	0
1975-76	20	HSA	WHA	16	4	4	8		-1	12
1976-77	21	HSA	WHA	11	3	1	4		-3	10				1
1977-78	22	NEW	WHA	14	1	1	2		-2	13				1
1978-79	23	NEW	WHA	9	0	1	1		-3	8				0
1979-80	24	HAR	NHL	3	1	2	3	1		2	1	0	0	0
1982-83	27	PHI	NHL	3	0	2	2	1		4	0	0	0	0
1983-84	28	PHI	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1984-85	29	PHI	NHL	19	3	8	11	4	11	6	2	1	0	1	46	6.5
1985-86	30	PHI	NHL	5	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0
1986-87	31	PHI	NHL	26	2	10	12	4	14	4	2	0	0	0	67	3.0
1987-88	32	PHI	NHL	7	3	6	9	3	7	4	3	0	0	0	16	18.8
1988-89	33	PHI	NHL	19	0	15	15	4	14	10	0	0	0	0	33	0.0
1992-93	37	DET	NHL	7	1	3	4	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	8	12.5
1993-94	38	DET	NHL	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0
1994-95	39	DET	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0
Career			NHL	101	10	51	61	19	54	34	9	1	0	1	199	4.5
Career			WHA	75	9	14	23		-9	85	0	0	0	2

Other Standard

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1969-70	14	Detroit Olympia	MNHL	40	30	39	69			21
1970-71	15	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	ON-Jr.A	44	37	70	107			18
1971-72	16	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	ON-Jr.A	9	5	9	14			0	2	3	0	0
1971-72	16	United States	Olympics	6	0	0	0			0
1972-73	17	Toronto Marlboros	OHA-Jr.	60	38	66	104			27
1974-75	19	Canada	Summit-74	7	2	4	6			4
1981-82	26	United States	Can-Cup	6	0	4	4			2
Career		1 Season	Can-Cup	6	0	4	4			2
Career		1 Season	MNHL	40	30	39	69			21
Career		1 Season	OHA-Jr.	60	38	66	104			27
Career		1 Season	Olympics	6	0	0	0			0
Career		2 Seasons	ON-Jr.A	53	42	79	121			18	2	3	0	0
Career		1 Season	Summit-74	7	2	4	6			4

Other Playoffs

					Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Team	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1970-71	15	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	Cen-Cup	10	5	19	24			0
1972-73	17	Toronto Marlboros	M-Cup	3	4	4	8			6
Career		1 Season	Cen-Cup	10	5	19	24			0
Career		1 Season	M-Cup	3	4	4	8			6

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 16 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Mark Howe		14.5	10.8	10.5	10.1	9.8	9.3	8.0	6.7	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.6	3.9	2.0	1.0
George Boucher	88.2	8.6	7.9	7.6	7.2	6.7	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.8	3.7	3.4	2.7	1.4	0.9
Borje Salming	88.2	12.0	11.8	11.8	9.7	9.0	8.3	6.8	6.7	5.8	5.7	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.4	3.1	2.6
Steve Duchesne	87.5	10.4	9.9	9.7	9.0	8.6	8.0	7.6	7.0	6.9	6.6	5.7	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	3.5
Flash Hollett	87.2	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.8	7.2	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.5	4.6	3.6	3.2	2.5
Gary Suter	86.4	11.1	10.0	9.9	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.3	8.1	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.5	5.7	5.3	2.4	0.0
Eric Desjardins	86.0	12.0	10.1	9.3	9.2	8.7	8.2	7.7	7.6	7.1	6.4	5.2	5.0	4.4	3.4	3.4	3.1
Sergei Gonchar	85.7	11.5	11.1	11.1	10.6	10.4	9.8	9.6	8.8	7.4	7.1	7.0	5.6	5.3	5.0	3.4	2.4
Serge Savard	85.6	12.2	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.5	8.3	7.9	6.6	5.2	4.8	4.5	3.5	2.9	2.7	1.9	0.1
Chris Pronger	85.5	14.8	11.7	11.4	10.8	10.4	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.6	8.4	7.9	7.9	5.3	4.8	2.3	0.4
Scott Niedermayer	84.5	12.0	11.7	10.8	10.1	10.0	8.6	8.4	8.3	7.9	7.7	6.9	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	0.2

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
Mark Howe		14.5	10.8	10.5	10.1	9.8	9.3	8.0	6.7	5.5	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.6	3.9	2.0	1.0
George Boucher	88.2	8.6	7.9	7.6	7.2	6.7	6.5	5.8	5.1	5.0	4.8	3.7	3.4	2.7	1.4	0.9
Steve Duchesne	87.5	10.4	9.9	9.7	9.0	8.6	8.0	7.6	7.0	6.9	6.6	5.7	5.2	5.0	4.9	4.7	3.5
Borje Salming	87.4	12.0	11.8	11.8	9.7	9.0	8.3	6.8	6.7	5.8	5.7	4.3	4.1	3.8	3.7	3.4	3.1	2.6
Flash Hollett	87.2	8.4	8.1	7.9	7.8	7.2	7.2	6.3	6.0	5.5	4.6	3.6	3.2	2.5
Serge Savard	86.0	12.2	10.0	9.8	9.7	9.5	8.3	7.9	6.6	5.2	4.8	4.5	3.5	2.9	2.8	2.7	1.9	0.1
Gary Suter	85.3	11.1	10.0	9.9	9.4	9.2	8.9	8.3	8.1	7.1	6.9	6.5	6.5	6.4	5.7	5.3	2.4	0.0
Eric Desjardins	85.2	12.0	10.1	9.3	9.2	8.7	8.2	7.7	7.6	7.1	6.4	5.2	5.0	4.4	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.1
Chris Pronger	84.8	14.8	11.7	11.4	10.8	10.4	10.3	9.6	9.0	8.6	8.4	7.9	7.9	5.3	4.8	4.2	2.3	1.7	0.4
Sergei Gonchar	84.5	11.5	11.1	11.1	10.6	10.4	9.8	9.6	8.8	7.4	7.1	7.0	5.6	5.3	5.3	5.0	5.0	3.4	2.4
Sandis Ozolinsh	83.1	11.2	11.1	10.4	8.9	8.6	7.3	7.3	6.5	5.3	3.8	3.2	2.9	2.7	2.3	0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Rate Statistic Requirements

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)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1974 Houston Aeros (WHA) 1975 Houston Aeros (WHA)
Games Played Career WHA 426 (30)	Goals 1973-74 WHA 38 (10) 1978-79 WHA 42 (6) Career WHA 208 (10)	Assists 1977-78 WHA 61 (8) 1978-79 WHA 65 (4) Career WHA 296 (10)	Points 1977-78 WHA 91 (10) 1978-79 WHA 107 (4) Career WHA 504 (8)
Goals Created 1977-78 WHA 33.3 (10) 1978-79 WHA 40.4 (5) Career WHA 195.3 (7)	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 (12)	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)	Goals Per Game 1978-79 WHA 0.55 (8) Career WHA 0.49 (9)
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 (67)	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 Per Game 1977-78 WHA 0.48 (10) 1978-79 WHA 0.53 (5)	Total Goals On-Ice For 1985-86 NHL 188 (4) 1986-87 NHL 152 (8) Career NHL 1696 (54)
Power Play Goals On-Ice Against Career NHL 358 (77)	Defensive Point Shares 1982-83 NHL 6.3 (3) 1984-85 NHL 6.0 (4) 1985-86 NHL 8.7 (2) 1986-87 NHL 6.5 (1) Career NHL 64.0 (40)	Point Shares 1982-83 NHL 10.8 (6) 1985-86 NHL 14.5 (3) 1986-87 NHL 10.5 (6) Career NHL 111.9 (100)

Transactions

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June, 1971: Missed majority of 1971-72 due to 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 due to back injury originally vs. Chicago, November 3, 1990.

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

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