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Syd Howe

#8 · Centre · Detroit Red Wings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Sep 28, 1911 in Ottawa, Ontario, CAN · 5'9", 165 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

×3 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1942-43, 1936-37, 1935-36

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1938-39. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Phil Watson NYR · 37 P in 48 GP Paul Haynes MTL · 37 P in 47 GP Roy Conacher BOS · 37 P in 47 GP Lorne Carr NYA · 37 P in 46 GP Neil Colville NYR · 38 P in 48 GP

Career

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

02040601929-30: 2 points229-301930-31: 20 points201931-32: 0 points031-321932-33: 24 points241933-34: 20 points2033-341934-35: 47 points471935-36: 30 points3035-361936-37: 27 points271937-38: 27 points2737-381938-39: 37 points371939-40: 37 points3739-401940-41: 44 points441941-42: 35 points3541-421942-43: 55 points551943-44: 60 points6043-441944-45: 53 points531945-46: 11 points1145-46

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1929-30 SEN 17 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.12
1930-31 QUA 44 9 11 20 0 22 0 0 0.45
1931-32 TOR 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1932-33 SEN 48 12 12 24 0 17 0 0 0.50
1933-34 SEN 42 13 7 20 0 18 0 0 0.48
1934-35 SLE 36 14 13 27 0 23 0 0 0.75
1934-35 DET 14 8 12 20 0 11 0 0 1.43
1935-36 DET 48 16 14 30 0 26 0 0 0.63
1936-37 DET 45 17 10 27 0 10 0 0 0.60
1937-38 DET 48 8 19 27 0 14 0 0 0.56
1938-39 DET 48 16 21 37 0 11 0 0 0.77
1939-40 DET 46 14 23 37 0 17 0 0 0.80
1940-41 DET 48 20 24 44 0 8 0 0 0.92
1941-42 DET 48 16 19 35 0 6 0 0 0.73
1942-43 DET 50 20 35 55 0 10 0 0 1.10
1943-44 DET 48 32 28 60 0 6 0 0 1.25
1944-45 DET 46 17 36 53 0 6 0 0 1.15
1945-46 DET 26 4 7 11 0 9 0 0 0.42
17 seasons Career 705 237 292 529 0 214 0 0 0.75

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1929-30 SEN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1935-36 DET 7 3 3 6 0 2 0 0 0.86
1936-37 DET 10 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 0.70
1938-39 DET 6 3 1 4 0 4 0 0 0.67
1939-40 DET 5 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0.80
1940-41 DET 9 1 7 8 0 0 0 0 0.89
1941-42 DET 12 3 5 8 0 0 0 0 0.67
1942-43 DET 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0.43
1943-44 DET 5 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 0.80
1944-45 DET 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
10 seasons Playoffs 70 17 27 44 0 10 0 0 0.63

1938-39 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
48 16 21 37 0 11 0 0 0.77 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 19, 1939 vs CHI W 3-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1939 vs NYR W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1939 vs MTL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1939 @ TOR L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1939 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 7, 1939 @ BOS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1939 @ NYA W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1939 vs NYA W 7-3 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1939 vs TOR W 5-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1939 vs NYR L 2-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1939 @ NYR L 3-7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1939 vs BOS W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1939 @ CHI T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1939 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1939 @ NYA L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1939 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1939 vs NYA W 7-3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1939 vs TOR T 2-2 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1939 @ TOR L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1939 @ CHI W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1939 vs BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1939 vs NYR W 4-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1939 vs TOR W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1939 vs MTL W 3-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1939 @ MTL T 1-1 (OT) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1939 @ NYA T 6-6 (OT) 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1939 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1939 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1938 vs CHI W 4-1 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1938 vs MTL W 4-1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 24, 1938 @ TOR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1938 @ CHI T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1938 @ NYR L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1938 vs BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1938 @ NYA L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1938 @ MTL L 2-4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1938 vs NYA T 1-1 (OT) 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1938 vs TOR W 1-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1938 @ CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1938 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1938 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1938 vs CHI W 4-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1938 @ BOS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1938 @ MTL W 7-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1938 @ NYR L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1938 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1938 vs NYA L 1-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1938 vs BOS L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00