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Bill Cowley

#10 · Centre · Boston Bruins · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Jun 12, 1912 in Bristol, Quebec, CAN · 5'10", 165 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1940-41, 1938-39
×2 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1942-43, 1940-41

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1940-41. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Bryan Hextall NYR · 47 P in 48 GP Lynn Patrick NYR · 44 P in 48 GP Syd Howe DET · 44 P in 48 GP Gordie Drillon TOR · 44 P in 42 GP Syl Apps TOR · 44 P in 41 GP

Career

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

02040601934-35: 12 points1234-351935-36: 21 points2135-361936-37: 34 points3436-371937-38: 39 points3937-381938-39: 42 points4238-391939-40: 40 points4039-401940-41: 64 points6440-411941-42: 27 points2741-421942-43: 72 points7242-431943-44: 71 points7143-441944-45: 65 points6544-451945-46: 24 points2445-461946-47: 38 points3846-47

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1934-35 SLE 41 5 7 12 0 10 0 0 0.29
1935-36 BOS 48 11 10 21 0 17 0 0 0.44
1936-37 BOS 46 13 21 34 0 4 0 0 0.74
1937-38 BOS 48 17 22 39 0 8 0 0 0.81
1938-39 BOS 34 8 34 42 0 2 0 0 1.24
1939-40 BOS 48 13 27 40 0 24 0 0 0.83
1940-41 BOS 46 17 47 64 0 16 0 0 1.39
1941-42 BOS 28 4 23 27 0 6 0 0 0.96
1942-43 BOS 48 27 45 72 0 10 0 0 1.50
1943-44 BOS 36 30 41 71 0 12 0 0 1.97
1944-45 BOS 49 25 40 65 0 12 0 0 1.33
1945-46 BOS 26 12 12 24 0 6 0 0 0.92
1946-47 BOS 51 13 25 38 0 16 0 0 0.75
13 seasons Career 549 195 354 549 0 143 0 0 1.00

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1935-36 BOS 2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 1.50
1936-37 BOS 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.00
1937-38 BOS 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.67
1938-39 BOS 12 3 11 14 0 2 0 0 1.17
1939-40 BOS 6 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 0.17
1940-41 BOS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1941-42 BOS 5 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 0.60
1942-43 BOS 9 1 7 8 0 4 0 0 0.89
1944-45 BOS 7 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0.86
1945-46 BOS 10 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 0.40
1946-47 BOS 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.40
11 seasons Playoffs 64 12 34 46 0 22 0 0 0.72

1940-41 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 17 47 64 0 16 0 0 1.39 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 18, 1941 vs DET W 4-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1941 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1941 @ NYA W 8-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1941 vs TOR W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1941 vs MTL W 8-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1941 vs CHI W 3-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1941 @ CHI W 4-3 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1941 @ TOR T 0-0 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1941 vs NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1941 vs NYA W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1941 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1941 @ MTL W 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1941 @ NYR W 5-3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1941 vs DET W 4-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1941 @ DET T 2-2 (OT) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1941 @ TOR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1941 vs MTL W 5-3 (OT) 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1941 vs NYA W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1941 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1941 @ NYA W 6-1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1941 vs NYR W 4-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1941 @ CHI T 4-4 (OT) 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1941 @ TOR W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1941 @ NYR T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1941 vs MTL W 7-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1941 @ MTL W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1941 vs DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1940 @ NYA T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1940 vs NYA W 8-1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1940 @ DET W 5-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1940 @ MTL L 1-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1940 @ NYR L 3-5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1940 vs TOR W 5-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1940 vs NYR W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1940 @ CHI L 2-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1940 @ TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1940 vs NYA W 6-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1940 @ NYA W 10-3 2 4 6 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1940 vs MTL L 2-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1940 @ DET T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1940 @ NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1940 @ CHI W 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1940 vs DET T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1940 vs TOR L 1-4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1940 vs CHI L 5-6 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1940 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00