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Harry Howell

#5 · Defence · Los Angeles Kings · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Dec 28, 1932 in Hamilton, Ontario, CAN · 6'1", 195 lb · Shoots left

Trophy case

James Norris Memorial Trophy Top Defenseman 1966-67

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Barry Long LAK · 15 P in 71 GP Jean Potvin NYI · 15 P in 46 GP Brent Hughes STL · 15 P in 37 GP Tracy Pratt BUF · 16 P in 74 GP Dennis O'Brien MNS · 14 P in 76 GP

Career

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

0102030401952-53: 11 points1152-531953-54: 16 points161954-55: 16 points1654-551955-56: 18 points181956-57: 12 points1256-571957-58: 11 points111958-59: 14 points1458-591959-60: 13 points131960-61: 17 points1760-611961-62: 21 points211962-63: 25 points2562-631963-64: 36 points361964-65: 22 points2264-651965-66: 33 points331966-67: 40 points4066-671967-68: 29 points291968-69: 11 points1168-691969-70: 20 points201970-71: 20 points2070-711971-72: 18 points181972-73: 15 points1572-73

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1952-53 NYR 67 3 8 11 0 46 0 0 0.16
1953-54 NYR 67 7 9 16 0 58 0 0 0.24
1954-55 NYR 70 2 14 16 0 87 0 0 0.23
1955-56 NYR 70 3 15 18 0 77 0 0 0.26
1956-57 NYR 70 2 10 12 0 70 0 0 0.17
1957-58 NYR 70 4 7 11 0 62 0 0 0.16
1958-59 NYR 70 4 10 14 0 101 0 0 0.20
1959-60 NYR 69 7 6 13 -16 58 128 0 0.19
1960-61 NYR 70 7 10 17 -8 62 150 0 0.24
1961-62 NYR 66 6 15 21 -10 89 122 0 0.32
1962-63 NYR 70 5 20 25 -19 55 131 0 0.36
1963-64 NYR 70 5 31 36 -9 75 208 0 0.51
1964-65 NYR 68 2 20 22 -13 63 222 0 0.32
1965-66 NYR 70 4 29 33 -20 92 181 0 0.47
1966-67 NYR 70 12 28 40 4 54 200 0 0.57
1967-68 NYR 74 5 24 29 11 62 219 0 0.39
1968-69 NYR 57 4 7 11 3 36 140 0 0.19
1969-70 OAK 55 4 16 20 -16 52 147 0 0.36
1970-71 CGS 28 0 9 9 -20 14 51 0 0.32
1970-71 LAK 18 3 8 11 1 4 33 0 0.61
1971-72 LAK 77 1 17 18 -35 53 138 0 0.23
1972-73 LAK 74 4 11 15 -5 28 97 0 0.20
21 seasons Career 1420 94 324 418 -152 1298 2167 0 0.29

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1955-56 NYR 5 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0.20
1956-57 NYR 5 1 0 1 0 6 0 0 0.20
1957-58 NYR 6 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 0.17
1961-62 NYR 6 0 1 1 -4 8 9 0 0.17
1966-67 NYR 4 0 0 0 -2 4 9 0 0.00
1967-68 NYR 6 1 0 1 -6 0 25 0 0.17
1968-69 NYR 3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0.00
1969-70 OAK 4 0 1 1 -1 2 8 0 0.25
8 seasons Playoffs 39 3 3 6 -14 32 51 0 0.15

1972-73 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
74 4 11 15 -5 28 97 0 0.20 4.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 31, 1973 vs VAN W 6-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1973 vs CGS L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1973 vs DET W 5-3 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1973 vs TOR W 5-1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1973 vs MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1973 @ VAN L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1973 vs PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1973 @ MNS T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1973 vs CGS W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1973 vs CHI W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1973 vs BUF T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1973 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1973 @ PHI W 2-0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1973 @ MTL L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1973 vs BOS L 5-7 0 1 1 -4 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1973 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1973 @ CGS W 4-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1973 vs AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1973 vs DET T 2-2 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1973 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1973 @ BOS L 0-2 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1973 @ TOR W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1973 vs PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1973 vs MTL L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1973 @ BUF L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1973 @ PIT L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1973 @ BOS L 5-6 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1973 @ AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1973 vs STL L 5-7 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1973 @ MNS T 5-5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1973 vs TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1973 @ VAN W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1973 vs NYR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1973 @ AFM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1973 @ PIT L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1973 @ PHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1973 @ NYI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1973 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1973 @ NYR L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1972 vs PHI W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1972 vs NYI W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 24, 1972 @ CGS W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1972 vs BUF W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1972 vs MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1972 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1972 vs PIT W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1972 @ CHI L 0-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1972 @ NYI W 6-1 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1972 vs STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1972 vs NYR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1972 vs MNS L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1972 vs MTL T 3-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1972 vs DET W 8-3 0 2 2 2 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1972 @ VAN L 4-8 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1972 vs BUF T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1972 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1972 @ NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1972 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1972 @ AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1972 @ STL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1972 vs NYI W 9-2 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1972 vs BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1972 vs VAN W 4-1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1972 vs PIT W 5-2 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1972 vs AFM W 3-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1972 vs CGS W 5-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1972 vs CHI W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1972 vs PHI L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1972 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1972 @ TOR L 4-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1972 @ NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1972 @ BUF L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 8, 1972 @ BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1972 @ PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 4 1 0 00:00