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Gordie Howe

#9 · Right wing · Hartford Whalers · Hockey Hall of Fame

Born Mar 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots right

Trophy case

×4 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1954-55, 1953-54, 1951-52, 1949-50
×6 Art Ross Trophy Top Point Scorer 1962-63, 1956-57, 1953-54, 1952-53, 1951-52, 1950-51
×6 Hart Memorial Trophy MVP of Regular Season 1962-63, 1959-60, 1957-58, 1956-57, 1952-53, 1951-52
NHL Lifetime Achievement Award Long-Term Contributions to Hockey 2007-08
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1966-67

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1951-52. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ted Lindsay DET · 69 P in 70 GP Elmer Lach MTL · 65 P in 70 GP Don Raleigh NYR · 61 P in 70 GP Sid Smith TOR · 57 P in 70 GP Bernie Geoffrion MTL · 54 P in 67 GP

Career

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

0501001946-47: 22 points2246-471947-48: 44 points441948-49: 37 points3748-491949-50: 68 points681950-51: 86 points8650-511951-52: 86 points861952-53: 95 points9552-531953-54: 81 points811954-55: 62 points6254-551955-56: 79 points791956-57: 89 points8956-571957-58: 77 points771958-59: 78 points7858-591959-60: 73 points731960-61: 72 points7260-611961-62: 77 points771962-63: 86 points8662-631963-64: 73 points731964-65: 76 points7664-651965-66: 75 points751966-67: 65 points6566-671967-68: 82 points821968-69: 103 points10368-691969-70: 71 points711970-71: 52 points5270-711979-80: 41 points41

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1946-47 DET 58 7 15 22 0 52 0 0 0.38
1947-48 DET 60 16 28 44 0 63 0 0 0.73
1948-49 DET 40 12 25 37 0 57 0 0 0.93
1949-50 DET 70 35 33 68 0 69 0 0 0.97
1950-51 DET 70 43 43 86 0 74 0 0 1.23
1951-52 DET 70 47 39 86 0 78 0 0 1.23
1952-53 DET 70 49 46 95 0 57 0 0 1.36
1953-54 DET 70 33 48 81 0 109 0 0 1.16
1954-55 DET 64 29 33 62 0 68 0 0 0.97
1955-56 DET 70 38 41 79 0 100 0 0 1.13
1956-57 DET 70 44 45 89 0 74 0 0 1.27
1957-58 DET 64 33 44 77 0 38 0 0 1.20
1958-59 DET 70 32 46 78 0 57 0 0 1.11
1959-60 DET 70 28 45 73 16 46 354 0 1.04
1960-61 DET 64 23 49 72 -5 30 357 0 1.13
1961-62 DET 70 33 44 77 12 54 346 0 1.10
1962-63 DET 70 38 48 86 23 100 351 0 1.23
1963-64 DET 69 26 47 73 -10 70 345 0 1.06
1964-65 DET 70 29 47 76 22 104 341 0 1.09
1965-66 DET 70 29 46 75 19 83 274 0 1.07
1966-67 DET 69 25 40 65 -3 53 293 0 0.94
1967-68 DET 74 39 43 82 12 53 301 0 1.11
1968-69 DET 76 44 59 103 45 58 284 0 1.36
1969-70 DET 76 31 40 71 23 58 268 0 0.93
1970-71 DET 63 23 29 52 -3 38 195 0 0.83
1979-80 HFD 80 15 26 41 9 42 94 0 0.51
26 seasons Career 1767 801 1049 1850 160 1685 3803 0 1.05

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1946-47 DET 5 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0.00
1947-48 DET 10 1 1 2 0 11 0 0 0.20
1948-49 DET 11 8 3 11 0 19 0 0 1.00
1949-50 DET 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0.00
1950-51 DET 6 4 3 7 0 4 0 0 1.17
1951-52 DET 8 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 0.88
1952-53 DET 6 2 5 7 0 2 0 0 1.17
1953-54 DET 12 4 5 9 0 31 0 0 0.75
1954-55 DET 11 9 11 20 0 24 0 0 1.82
1955-56 DET 10 3 9 12 0 8 0 0 1.20
1956-57 DET 5 2 5 7 0 6 0 0 1.40
1957-58 DET 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0.50
1959-60 DET 6 1 5 6 1 4 33 0 1.00
1960-61 DET 11 4 11 15 5 10 39 0 1.36
1962-63 DET 11 7 9 16 2 22 68 0 1.45
1963-64 DET 14 9 10 19 -2 16 74 0 1.36
1964-65 DET 7 4 2 6 -1 20 29 0 0.86
1965-66 DET 12 4 6 10 4 12 45 0 0.83
1969-70 DET 4 2 0 2 -3 2 9 0 0.50
1979-80 HFD 3 1 1 2 -1 2 4 0 0.67
20 seasons Playoffs 157 68 92 160 5 220 301 0 1.02

1951-52 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 47 39 86 0 78 0 0 1.23 0.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 23, 1952 vs MTL W 7-2 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1952 @ MTL T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1952 vs NYR W 7-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1952 @ CHI W 4-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1952 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1952 @ BOS L 2-3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1952 vs TOR W 6-1 1 2 3 0 6 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1952 @ TOR L 3-6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1952 vs BOS W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1952 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1952 @ NYR W 6-4 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1952 @ MTL L 2-3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1952 @ BOS W 4-3 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1952 @ CHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1952 @ TOR W 3-1 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1952 @ NYR T 1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1952 vs BOS W 4-2 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1952 @ CHI W 3-2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1952 @ TOR W 3-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1952 @ BOS W 2-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1952 vs MTL W 5-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1952 vs NYR W 4-3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1952 @ MTL T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1952 @ BOS L 1-3 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1952 @ CHI W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1952 vs CHI L 2-3 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1952 vs TOR T 2-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1952 vs NYR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1952 @ MTL W 4-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1952 vs BOS W 5-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1952 vs TOR W 2-1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1952 @ TOR L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1952 vs NYR W 5-2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1952 vs BOS W 4-2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1952 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1951 vs MTL L 3-5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1951 vs CHI W 3-1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1951 @ NYR L 0-1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1951 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1951 vs MTL W 4-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1951 @ CHI W 6-4 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1951 @ BOS T 5-5 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1951 @ NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1951 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1951 vs TOR W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1951 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1951 @ MTL W 3-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1951 @ TOR T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 2, 1951 vs TOR L 1-2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1951 vs BOS T 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1951 @ CHI W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1951 vs CHI L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1951 vs NYR W 2-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1951 @ BOS W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1951 @ NYR W 5-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1951 vs CHI W 3-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1951 vs MTL T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1951 @ TOR T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1951 @ NYR T 4-4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1951 @ BOS T 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1951 vs NYR W 4-2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1951 @ MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1951 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1951 vs TOR T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1951 @ TOR W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1951 @ MTL W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1951 vs MTL W 3-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1951 @ CHI W 6-1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1951 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1951 vs BOS W 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00