Howie Morenz

Position: C ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-9 ▪ Weight: 165 lbs.
Born: September 21, 1902 in Mitchell, Ontario
Died: March 8, 1937
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1945 (Full List)

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Fine Details ▪ Last updated May 19, 2013 6:25 PM

Skater Rank: #109. Zdeno Chara… #110. Marian Hossa… #111. Rick Martin… #112. HOWIE MORENZ… #113. Brian Bellows… #114. Theoren Fleury… #115. Dave Keon…

Skater Rank: #109. Zdeno Chara… #110. Marian Hossa… #111. Rick Martin… #112. HOWIE MORENZ… #113. Brian Bellows… #114. Theoren Fleury… #115. Dave Keon…

NHL Standard

					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
1923-24	21	MTL	NHL	24	13	3	16	12		20
1924-25	22	MTL	NHL	30	28	11	39	26		46
1925-26	23	MTL	NHL	31	23	3	26	21		39
1926-27	24	MTL	NHL	44	25	7	32	24		49
1927-28	25	MTL	NHL	43	33	18	51	33		66
1928-29	26	MTL	NHL	42	17	10	27	18		47
1929-30	27	MTL	NHL	44	40	10	50	34		72
1930-31	28	MTL	NHL	39	28	23	51	28		49
1931-32	29	MTL	NHL	48	24	25	49	24		46
1932-33	30	MTL	NHL	46	14	21	35	15		32
1933-34	31	MTL	NHL	39	8	13	21	10		21
1934-35	32	CBH	NHL	48	8	26	34	12		21
1935-36	33	TOT	NHL	42	6	15	21	8		26
1935-36	33	CBH	NHL	23	4	11	15	5		20
1935-36	33	NYR	NHL	19	2	4	6	2		6
1936-37	34	MTL	NHL	30	4	16	20	7		12
Career			NHL	550	271	201	472	272		546

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
1923-24	21	MTL	NHL	24	0.54	0.13	0.67	0.49	0.83		26	20	46	20						2.7	0.9	3.6
1924-25	22	MTL	NHL	30	0.93	0.37	1.30	0.85	1.53		49	55	104	42						7.9	1.1	8.9
1925-26	23	MTL	NHL	31	0.74	0.10	0.84	0.67	1.26		39	23	62	28						6.8	0.3	7.1
1926-27	24	MTL	NHL	44	0.57	0.16	0.73	0.56	1.11		44	43	87	36						9.3	1.4	10.6
1927-28	25	MTL	NHL	43	0.77	0.42	1.19	0.76	1.53		67	123	190	70						14.2	1.5	15.7
1928-29	26	MTL	NHL	42	0.40	0.24	0.64	0.42	1.12		45	73	118	44						9.2	1.3	10.5
1929-30	27	MTL	NHL	44	0.91	0.23	1.14	0.77	1.64		65	32	97	44						8.9	0.9	9.8
1930-31	28	MTL	NHL	39	0.72	0.59	1.31	0.73	1.26		56	83	139	53						9.7	0.9	10.5
1931-32	29	MTL	NHL	48	0.50	0.52	1.02	0.51	0.96		42	70	112	42						7.2	0.9	8.2
1932-33	30	MTL	NHL	46	0.30	0.46	0.76	0.33	0.70		25	52	77	28						4.3	0.7	5.0
1933-34	31	MTL	NHL	39	0.21	0.33	0.54	0.24	0.54		13	32	45	16						1.9	0.8	2.7
1934-35	32	CBH	NHL	48	0.17	0.54	0.71	0.26	0.44		13	54	67	22						2.5	1.3	3.7
1935-36	33	TOT	NHL	42	0.14	0.36	0.50	0.18	0.62		11	33	44	15						1.4	0.8	2.2
1935-36	33	CBH	NHL	23	0.17	0.48	0.65	0.23	0.87		7	24	31	10						1.3	0.5	1.8
1935-36	33	NYR	NHL	19	0.11	0.21	0.32	0.12	0.32		4	9	13	5						0.1	0.4	0.5
1936-37	34	MTL	NHL	30	0.13	0.53	0.67	0.24	0.40		6	35	41	13						1.4	0.6	2.0
Career			NHL	550	0.49	0.37	0.86	0.49	0.99		501	728	1229	472						87.2	13.5	100.7

NHL Playoffs

						Scoring Stats						Goals						Ice Time
Season	Age	Tm	Lg		GP	G	A	PTS	GC	+/-	PIM	EV	PP	SH	GW	S	S%	TOI	ATOI
1923-24	21	MTL	NHL	SC	2	3	1	4	3		6
1924-25	22	MTL	NHL		2	3	0	3	2		4
1926-27	24	MTL	NHL		4	1	0	1	1		4
1927-28	25	MTL	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		12
1928-29	26	MTL	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		6
1929-30	27	MTL	NHL	SC	6	3	0	3	2		10
1930-31	28	MTL	NHL	SC	10	1	4	5	2		10
1931-32	29	MTL	NHL		4	1	0	1	1		4
1932-33	30	MTL	NHL		2	0	3	3	1		2
1933-34	31	MTL	NHL		2	1	1	2	1		0
1934-35	32	CBH	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		0
Career			NHL	3	39	13	9	22	13		58

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
1919-20	17	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	5	14	4	18
1920-21	18	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	8	19	12	31
1921-22	19	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	4	17	6	23			10
1921-22	19	Stratford Indians	OHA-Sr.	4	10	3	13			2
1922-23	20	Stratford Indians	OHA-Sr.	10	15	13	28			19
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	17	50	22	72			10
Career		2 Seasons	OHA-Sr.	14	25	16	41			21

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
1919-20	17	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	7	14	12	26
1920-21	18	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	13	38	18	56
1921-22	19	Stratford Midgets	OHA-Jr.	5	17	4	21
1921-22	19	Stratford Indians	OHA-Sr.	8	15	8	23			21
1922-23	20	Stratford Indians	OHA-Sr.	10	28	7	35			36
1923-24	21	Montreal Canadiens	St-Cup	4	4	2	6			4
1924-25	22	Montreal Canadiens	St-Cup	4	4	1	5			4
Career		3 Seasons	OHA-Jr.	25	69	34	103
Career		2 Seasons	OHA-Sr.	18	43	15	58			57
Career		2 Seasons	St-Cup	8	8	3	11			8

Similarity Scores

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

Thru 14 Years		Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Howie Morenz		15.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	9.8	8.9	8.2	7.1	5.0	3.7	3.6	2.7	2.2	2.0
Phil Esposito	90.0	18.5	17.0	16.7	15.1	13.2	13.0	11.5	9.4	6.2	6.1	5.7	5.6	5.2	0.0
Mario Lemieux	86.4	19.6	17.4	16.8	16.2	14.5	12.4	10.9	10.6	9.9	9.5	7.4	4.4	3.8	3.1
Jaromir Jagr	84.9	16.0	14.6	14.1	12.6	12.2	12.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	8.7	8.3	8.1	6.1	4.0
Guy Lafleur	84.7	15.8	15.7	13.8	13.4	12.9	12.8	7.1	6.4	6.3	5.6	5.1	4.9	4.7	0.0
Teemu Selanne	83.8	14.3	13.7	13.4	13.3	13.0	11.4	10.9	9.3	8.2	7.0	5.9	5.1	4.6	3.2
Gordie Howe	83.0	15.5	13.1	12.1	11.8	11.6	11.3	9.2	8.8	8.7	8.4	7.4	4.4	4.2	0.8
Nels Stewart	83.0	11.8	11.2	10.9	10.1	8.2	6.5	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.5	4.9	3.8	3.5
Steve Yzerman	78.3	14.4	13.0	11.8	10.4	10.1	10.1	10.0	8.7	7.5	7.1	6.5	5.8	3.4	2.1
Jarome Iginla	76.9	14.4	14.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	9.5	8.2	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.0	5.9	4.8	2.5
Brett Hull	76.2	15.4	11.9	11.8	10.9	9.7	9.4	9.1	8.5	8.4	6.7	6.1	5.6	5.5	0.0

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
Howie Morenz		15.7	10.6	10.5	10.5	9.8	8.9	8.2	7.1	5.0	3.7	3.6	2.7	2.2	2.0
Phil Esposito	87.0	18.5	17.0	16.7	15.1	13.2	13.0	11.5	9.4	7.4	6.7	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.7	5.6	5.2	0.4	0.0
Guy Lafleur	84.7	15.8	15.7	13.8	13.4	12.9	12.8	7.1	6.4	6.3	5.6	5.1	4.9	4.7	2.7	2.1	1.4	0.0
Mario Lemieux	83.0	19.6	17.4	16.8	16.2	14.5	12.4	10.9	10.6	9.9	9.5	9.4	7.4	4.4	3.8	3.1	1.2	0.7
Nels Stewart	82.7	11.8	11.2	10.9	10.1	8.2	6.5	6.3	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.5	4.9	3.8	3.5	0.8
Eric Lindros	75.9	12.8	12.4	10.3	10.0	9.5	9.2	8.8	7.8	7.7	5.2	3.7	2.1	2.1
Mike Bossy	75.5	14.1	13.3	12.0	11.5	11.2	11.1	11.0	10.3	9.7	6.6
Teemu Selanne	75.4	14.3	13.7	13.4	13.3	13.0	11.4	10.9	10.0	9.3	8.2	8.0	7.0	6.6	6.3	5.9	5.1	4.6	3.3	3.2	2.3
Jaromir Jagr	75.2	16.0	15.5	14.6	14.1	12.6	12.2	12.0	11.0	9.1	9.1	9.1	8.7	8.3	8.1	8.0	6.1	6.1	4.1	4.0
Jarome Iginla	74.4	14.4	14.2	11.1	11.1	11.0	9.5	8.3	8.2	8.2	7.9	7.8	7.0	5.9	4.8	3.6	2.5
Joe Thornton	73.3	13.3	12.2	12.1	11.9	9.6	9.5	8.8	8.4	8.3	7.8	7.2	5.7	4.4	4.3	-0.5

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards 1927-28 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1930-31 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy 1931-32 NHL Hart Memorial Trophy	Honors 1930-31 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1931-32 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st) 1932-33 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)	Championships (Minimum 1 playoff game) 1924 Montreal Canadiens (NHL) 1925 Montreal Canadiens (NHL) 1930 Montreal Canadiens (NHL) 1931 Montreal Canadiens (NHL)	Games Played 1923-24 NHL 24 (1) 1924-25 NHL 30 (2) 1926-27 NHL 44 (2) 1929-30 NHL 44 (1) 1931-32 NHL 48 (1) 1934-35 NHL 48 (4)
Goals 1923-24 NHL 13 (7) 1924-25 NHL 28 (3) 1925-26 NHL 23 (5) 1926-27 NHL 25 (2) 1927-28 NHL 33 (1) 1928-29 NHL 17 (4) 1929-30 NHL 40 (3) 1930-31 NHL 28 (3) 1931-32 NHL 24 (5)	Assists 1924-25 NHL 11 (6) 1927-28 NHL 18 (1) 1928-29 NHL 10 (4) 1930-31 NHL 23 (3) 1931-32 NHL 25 (3) 1932-33 NHL 21 (7) 1934-35 NHL 26 (5)	Points 1923-24 NHL 16 (10) 1924-25 NHL 39 (4) 1925-26 NHL 26 (5) 1926-27 NHL 32 (3) 1927-28 NHL 51 (1) 1928-29 NHL 27 (3) 1929-30 NHL 50 (7) 1930-31 NHL 51 (1) 1931-32 NHL 49 (3) 1932-33 NHL 35 (10)	Goals Created 1923-24 NHL 11.8 (9) 1924-25 NHL 25.6 (4) 1925-26 NHL 20.7 (5) 1926-27 NHL 24.5 (2) 1927-28 NHL 32.7 (1) 1928-29 NHL 17.6 (3) 1929-30 NHL 33.8 (4) 1930-31 NHL 28.5 (1) 1931-32 NHL 24.5 (4)
Goals Per Game 1923-24 NHL 0.54 (9) 1924-25 NHL 0.93 (3) 1925-26 NHL 0.74 (3) 1926-27 NHL 0.57 (3) 1927-28 NHL 0.77 (1) 1928-29 NHL 0.40 (4) 1929-30 NHL 0.91 (3) 1930-31 NHL 0.72 (2) 1931-32 NHL 0.50 (6) Career NHL 0.49 (26)	Assists Per Game 1927-28 NHL 0.42 (1) 1930-31 NHL 0.59 (3) 1931-32 NHL 0.52 (3) 1932-33 NHL 0.46 (8) 1934-35 NHL 0.54 (5)	Points Per Game 1923-24 NHL 0.67 (10) 1924-25 NHL 1.30 (4) 1925-26 NHL 0.84 (6) 1926-27 NHL 0.73 (4) 1927-28 NHL 1.19 (1) 1929-30 NHL 1.14 (8) 1930-31 NHL 1.31 (1) 1931-32 NHL 1.02 (5)	Goals Created Per Game 1923-24 NHL 0.49 (10) 1924-25 NHL 0.85 (4) 1925-26 NHL 0.67 (4) 1926-27 NHL 0.56 (2) 1927-28 NHL 0.76 (1) 1928-29 NHL 0.42 (3) 1929-30 NHL 0.77 (4) 1930-31 NHL 0.73 (1) 1931-32 NHL 0.51 (4) Career NHL 0.49 (8)
Adjusted Goals 1923-24 NHL 26 (7) 1924-25 NHL 49 (3) 1925-26 NHL 39 (5) 1926-27 NHL 44 (2) 1927-28 NHL 67 (1) 1928-29 NHL 45 (4) 1929-30 NHL 65 (3) 1930-31 NHL 56 (3) 1931-32 NHL 42 (5) Career NHL 501 (37)	Adjusted Assists 1924-25 NHL 55 (6) 1927-28 NHL 123 (1) 1928-29 NHL 73 (4) 1930-31 NHL 83 (3) 1931-32 NHL 70 (3) 1932-33 NHL 52 (7) 1934-35 NHL 54 (5) Career NHL 728 (41)	Adjusted Points 1924-25 NHL 104 (5) 1926-27 NHL 87 (5) 1927-28 NHL 190 (1) 1928-29 NHL 118 (4) 1930-31 NHL 139 (1) 1931-32 NHL 112 (3) Career NHL 1229 (30)	Adjusted Goals Created 1924-25 NHL 41.7 (4) 1926-27 NHL 35.7 (6) 1927-28 NHL 70.1 (1) 1928-29 NHL 44.5 (5) 1929-30 NHL 44.2 (7) 1930-31 NHL 53.2 (1) 1931-32 NHL 42.0 (4) Career NHL 471.8 (35)
Offensive Point Shares 1923-24 NHL 2.7 (10) 1924-25 NHL 7.9 (4) 1925-26 NHL 6.8 (5) 1926-27 NHL 9.3 (2) 1927-28 NHL 14.2 (1) 1928-29 NHL 9.2 (3) 1929-30 NHL 8.9 (4) 1930-31 NHL 9.7 (1) 1931-32 NHL 7.2 (4) Career NHL 87.2 (57)	Point Shares 1924-25 NHL 8.9 (4) 1925-26 NHL 7.1 (10) 1926-27 NHL 10.6 (2) 1927-28 NHL 15.7 (1) 1928-29 NHL 10.5 (5) 1929-30 NHL 9.8 (6) 1930-31 NHL 10.5 (2) 1931-32 NHL 8.2 (8)

Transactions

Transaction information may be incomplete.

September 30, 1923: Signed as a free agent by Montreal, September 30, 1923.

October 3, 1934: Traded to Chicago by Montreal with Lorne Chabot and Marty Burke for Leroy Goldsworthy, Lionel Conacher and Roger Jenkins, October 3, 1934.

January 26, 1936: Traded to NY Rangers by Chicago for Glenn Brydson, January 26, 1936.

September 1, 1936: Traded to Montreal by NY Rangers for cash, September 1, 1936.

January 28, 1937: Suffered career-ending leg injury in game vs. Chicago, January 28, 1937.

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