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Sid Abel

#11 · Centre · Chicago Blackhawks · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Feb 22, 1918 in Melville, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'11", 170 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1951-52, 1949-50, 1942-43
Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1948-49

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1939-40. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Don Deacon DET · 6 P in 17 GP Joe Fisher DET · 6 P in 32 GP Tony Demers MTL · 6 P in 14 GP Rod Lorrain MTL · 6 P in 36 GP Gord Pettinger BOS · 7 P in 24 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601938-39: 2 points238-391939-40: 6 points639-401940-41: 32 points3240-411941-42: 49 points4941-421942-43: 42 points4242-431945-46: 3 points345-461946-47: 48 points4846-471947-48: 44 points4447-481948-49: 54 points5448-491949-50: 69 points6949-501950-51: 61 points6150-511951-52: 53 points5351-521952-53: 9 points952-531953-54: 0 points053-54

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1938-39 DET 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.13
1939-40 DET 24 1 5 6 0 4 0 0 0.25
1940-41 DET 47 10 22 32 0 29 0 0 0.68
1941-42 DET 48 18 31 49 0 45 0 0 1.02
1942-43 DET 49 18 24 42 0 33 0 0 0.86
1945-46 DET 7 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.43
1946-47 DET 60 19 29 48 0 29 0 0 0.80
1947-48 DET 60 14 30 44 0 69 0 0 0.73
1948-49 DET 60 28 26 54 0 49 0 0 0.90
1949-50 DET 69 34 35 69 0 46 0 0 1.00
1950-51 DET 69 23 38 61 0 30 0 0 0.88
1951-52 DET 62 17 36 53 0 32 0 0 0.85
1952-53 CHI 46 5 4 9 0 6 0 0 0.20
1953-54 CHI 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0.00
14 seasons Career 620 188 284 472 0 376 0 0 0.76

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1938-39 DET 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0.67
1939-40 DET 5 0 3 3 0 21 0 0 0.60
1940-41 DET 9 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0.44
1941-42 DET 12 4 2 6 0 8 0 0 0.50
1942-43 DET 10 5 8 13 0 4 0 0 1.30
1945-46 DET 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1946-47 DET 3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0.67
1947-48 DET 10 0 3 3 0 16 0 0 0.30
1948-49 DET 11 3 3 6 0 6 0 0 0.55
1949-50 DET 14 6 2 8 0 6 0 0 0.57
1950-51 DET 6 4 3 7 0 0 0 0 1.17
1951-52 DET 7 2 2 4 0 12 0 0 0.57
1952-53 CHI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
13 seasons Playoffs 94 28 30 58 0 79 0 0 0.62

1939-40 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
24 1 5 6 0 4 0 0 0.25 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 17, 1940 @ CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1940 vs CHI L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1940 vs MTL W 5-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1940 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1940 @ BOS L 2-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1940 vs BOS W 6-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1940 @ TOR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1940 vs NYA W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1940 vs TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1940 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1940 @ NYR L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1940 @ BOS L 3-10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1940 vs MTL L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1940 vs CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1940 @ MTL W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1940 @ NYA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1940 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1940 vs NYR W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1940 vs BOS W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1939 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1939 @ NYA W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1939 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1939 vs NYR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1939 @ CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00