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Neil Colville

#6 · Centre · New York Rangers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Aug 4, 1914 in Edmonton, Alberta, CAN · 5'11", 175 lb · Shoots right

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1939-40

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.

Syd Howe DET · 37 P in 46 GP Toe Blake MTL · 38 P in 48 GP Phil Watson NYR · 36 P in 48 GP Murray Armstrong NYA · 36 P in 47 GP Bill Cowley BOS · 40 P in 48 GP

Career

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

0102030401935-36: 0 points035-361936-37: 28 points2836-371937-38: 37 points3737-381938-39: 38 points3838-391939-40: 37 points3739-401940-41: 42 points4240-411941-42: 33 points3341-421944-45: 1 points144-451945-46: 9 points945-461946-47: 20 points2046-471947-48: 16 points1647-481948-49: 5 points548-49

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1935-36 NYR 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1936-37 NYR 45 10 18 28 0 33 0 0 0.62
1937-38 NYR 45 18 19 37 0 11 0 0 0.82
1938-39 NYR 48 18 20 38 0 12 0 0 0.79
1939-40 NYR 48 19 18 37 0 22 0 0 0.77
1940-41 NYR 48 14 28 42 0 28 0 0 0.88
1941-42 NYR 48 8 25 33 0 37 0 0 0.69
1944-45 NYR 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0.25
1945-46 NYR 49 5 4 9 0 25 0 0 0.18
1946-47 NYR 60 4 16 20 0 16 0 0 0.33
1947-48 NYR 55 4 12 16 0 25 0 0 0.29
1948-49 NYR 14 0 5 5 0 2 0 0 0.36
12 seasons Career 465 100 166 266 0 213 0 0 0.57

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1936-37 NYR 9 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0.67
1937-38 NYR 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50
1938-39 NYR 7 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0.29
1939-40 NYR 12 2 7 9 0 18 0 0 0.75
1940-41 NYR 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.67
1941-42 NYR 6 0 5 5 0 6 0 0 0.83
1947-48 NYR 6 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0.17
7 seasons Playoffs 45 7 19 26 0 32 0 0 0.58

1939-40 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 19 18 37 0 22 0 0 0.77 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 14, 1940 vs BOS T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1940 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1940 vs NYA W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1940 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1940 @ TOR T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1940 vs CHI L 1-2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1940 vs MTL W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1940 @ MTL W 2-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1940 @ NYA L 0-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1940 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1940 vs DET W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1940 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1940 @ TOR T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1940 vs TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1940 @ BOS L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1940 vs MTL W 9-0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1940 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1940 vs NYA W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1940 vs TOR W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1940 @ NYA W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1940 vs BOS W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1940 @ MTL W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1940 @ CHI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1940 @ TOR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1940 vs CHI W 5-3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1940 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1940 @ NYA W 6-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1940 @ BOS W 6-4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1939 vs NYA W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1939 vs BOS W 4-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1939 vs TOR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1939 vs CHI W 7-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1939 vs MTL W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1939 @ DET T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1939 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1939 vs DET T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1939 vs BOS W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1939 vs NYA T 1-1 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1939 @ CHI W 7-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1939 vs DET W 4-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1939 @ BOS T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1939 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1939 vs MTL L 1-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1939 @ NYA W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1939 vs CHI L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1939 vs TOR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1939 @ TOR T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1939 @ DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00