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Errol Thompson

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-9    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: May 28, 1950 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2nd round (22nd overall) of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 10:18AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #541. Craig Conroy… #542. Andre Pronovost… #543. ERROL THOMPSON… #544. Jerry Toppazzini… #545. Bill Barilko… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Hide Partial Seasons
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1970-71 20 TOR NHL 1 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972-73 22 TOR NHL 68 13 19 32 13 4 8 11 2 0 1 137 9.5
1973-74 23 TOR NHL 56 7 8 15 6 2 6 7 0 0 2 74 9.5
1974-75 24 TOR NHL 65 25 17 42 19 -1 12 21 3 1 4 202 12.4
1975-76 25 TOR NHL 75 43 37 80 34 28 26 29 13 1 7 210 20.5
1976-77 26 TOR NHL 41 21 16 37 16 -10 8 12 8 1 2 109 19.3
1977-78 27 TOT NHL 73 22 23 45 18 13 12 16 5 1 2 159 13.8
1977-78 27 TOR NHL 59 17 22 39 15 17 10 12 4 1 2 132 12.9
1977-78 27 DET NHL 14 5 1 6 3 -4 2 4 1 0 0 27 18.5
1978-79 28 DET NHL 70 23 31 54 21 -28 26 15 8 0 3 163 14.1
1979-80 29 DET NHL 77 34 14 48 23 -10 22 24 8 2 3 164 20.7
1980-81 30 TOT NHL 73 20 20 40 17 -13 64 15 5 0 3 137 14.6
1980-81 30 DET NHL 39 14 12 26 11 -4 52 9 5 0 2 83 16.9
1980-81 30 PIT NHL 34 6 8 14 5 -9 12 6 0 0 1 54 11.1
Career NHL 599 208 185 393 166 -16 184 150 52 6 27 1355 15.4

NHL 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
1970-71 20 TOR NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 0.0 0.0 -0.1
1972-73 22 TOR NHL 68 0.19 0.28 0.47 0.18 0.12 2.01 12 18 30 11 55 11 43 3 4 0.8 1.2 2.0
1973-74 23 TOR NHL 56 0.13 0.14 0.27 0.11 0.11 1.32 7 8 15 6 25 1 31 9 2 -0.5 0.7 0.2
1974-75 24 TOR NHL 65 0.38 0.26 0.65 0.29 0.18 3.11 21 15 36 16 65 10 66 10 -1 2.7 0.7 3.4
1975-76 25 TOR NHL 75 0.57 0.49 1.07 0.45 0.35 2.80 37 32 69 29 120 36 75 19 28 6.6 1.5 8.2
1976-77 26 TOR NHL 41 0.51 0.39 0.90 0.39 0.20 2.66 18 14 32 14 62 22 63 13 -10 3.1 0.2 3.3
1977-78 27 TOT NHL 73 0.30 0.32 0.62 0.25 0.16 2.18 19 21 40 16 79 18 53 5 13 2.6 1.4 3.9
1977-78 27 TOR NHL 59 0.29 0.37 0.66 0.26 0.17 2.24 15 20 35 14 67 12 43 5 17 2.2 1.3 3.5
1977-78 27 DET NHL 14 0.36 0.07 0.43 0.22 0.14 1.93 4 1 5 2 12 6 10 0 -4 0.4 0.1 0.4
1978-79 28 DET NHL 70 0.33 0.44 0.77 0.30 0.37 2.33 19 26 45 17 84 42 70 0 -28 3.2 0.4 3.6
1979-80 29 DET NHL 77 0.44 0.18 0.62 0.30 0.29 2.13 28 12 40 19 77 19 94 26 -10 3.3 0.8 4.2
1980-81 30 TOT NHL 73 0.27 0.27 0.55 0.23 0.88 1.88 16 15 31 13 68 17 74 10 -13 1.3 0.8 2.1
1980-81 30 DET NHL 39 0.36 0.31 0.67 0.29 1.33 2.13 11 9 20 8 44 15 41 8 -4 1.3 0.5 1.9
1980-81 30 PIT NHL 34 0.18 0.24 0.41 0.16 0.35 1.59 5 6 11 4 24 2 33 2 -9 0.0 0.2 0.3
Career NHL 599 0.35 0.31 0.66 0.28 0.31 2.26 177 161 338 140 635 176 570 95 -16 23.1 7.7 30.8

NHL Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1973-74 23 TOR NHL 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1974-75 24 TOR NHL 6 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0
1975-76 25 TOR NHL 10 3 3 6 0 0 2 1 0
1976-77 26 TOR NHL 9 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1
1977-78 27 DET NHL 7 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
Career NHL 34 7 5 12 11 3 3 1 2

Other Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1966-67 16 Halifax Jr. Canadians Exhib. 47 28 32 60 29
1967-68 17 Halifax Jr. Canadians Exhib. 45 41 40 81 55
1968-69 18 Halifax Jr. Canadiens MJrHL 30 11 18 29 25
1969-70 19 Charlottetown Royals NBSHL 20 13 23 36
1970-71 20 Tulsa Oilers CHL 65 15 14 29 37
1971-72 21 Tulsa Oilers CHL 46 21 21 42 30
Career 2 Seasons CHL 111 36 35 71 67
Career 2 Seasons Exhib. 92 69 72 141 84
Career 1 Season MJrHL 30 11 18 29 25
Career 1 Season NBSHL 20 13 23 36

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1966-67 16 Halifax Jr. Canadians M-Cup 17 15 9 24 9
1967-68 17 Halifax Jr. Canadians M-Cup 11 6 7 13 12
1969-70 19 Charlottetown Royals NBSHL 3 1 3 4 0
1971-72 21 Tulsa Oilers CHL 13 4 6 10 8
Career 1 Season CHL 13 4 6 10 8
Career 2 Seasons M-Cup 28 21 16 37 21
Career 1 Season NBSHL 3 1 3 4 0

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Errol Thompson 8.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.0 0.2 -0.1
Carl Liscombe 91.5 6.4 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.7 0.4
Keith Acton 90.0 7.3 3.9 3.5 3.4 2.9 2.4 2.2 2.1 0.5 0.0
Alan Haworth 89.0 6.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.6 2.2
Doc Romnes 87.8 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.2 1.6 1.3 -0.4 -0.5
Bill Flett 86.9 8.5 4.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.3
Baldy Cotton 86.1 5.0 4.1 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.3 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.2
Dennis Hextall 86.0 7.6 6.6 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.2 0.1
Dirk Graham 85.9 6.3 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.3 1.2 0.1
Troy Murray 85.7 8.5 5.4 4.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.6 1.9 0.1 0.0
Bob Gracie 84.7 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.3 1.1 0.2
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Errol Thompson 8.2 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 2.1 2.0 0.2 -0.1
Carl Liscombe 91.5 6.4 3.6 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.7 0.4
Alan Haworth 89.0 6.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.2 2.6 2.2
Doc Romnes 87.8 5.1 3.4 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.2 1.6 1.3 -0.4 -0.5
Bill Flett 86.6 8.5 4.9 3.9 3.7 3.2 2.6 2.1 1.7 1.7 0.3 -0.2
Bob Gracie 84.7 4.1 3.3 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.3 1.1 0.2
Dennis Hextall 84.0 7.6 6.6 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.3
Dennis Ververgaert 83.8 6.1 4.4 4.1 3.4 2.9 2.8 1.8 1.7
Jim Fox 83.8 5.9 4.6 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.2 1.9 -0.1
Jimmy Peters 83.5 5.3 4.2 3.2 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.5 1.8 -0.2
Wayne Babych 83.5 8.7 5.6 4.9 3.5 2.6 2.6 2.0 1.6 -0.2

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary ▪ Rate Statistic Requirements

Goals

1975-76 NHL 43 (10)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)

Game-Winning Goals

1975-76 NHL 7 (9)

Shooting Percentage

1975-76 NHL 20.5 (6)
1976-77 NHL 19.3 (10)

Goals Per Game

1975-76 NHL 0.57 (8)

Adjusted Goals

1975-76 NHL 37 (10)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

March 13, 1978: Traded to Detroit by Toronto with Toronto's 1st (Brent Peterson) and 2nd (Al Jensen) round choices in 1978 Amateur Draft and Toronto's 1st round choice (Mike Blaisdell) in 1980 Entry Draft for Dan Maloney and Detroit's 2nd round choice (Craig Muni) in 1980 Entry Draft, March 13, 1978.

January 8, 1981: Traded to Pittsburgh by Detroit for Gary McAdam, January 8, 1981.

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