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E98 Episode 98: Part 1 of the Class of 1966

EPISODE NOTES Part 1 of 3 on the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 1966, featuring Toe Blake: 1934-48; 14 seasons, 12 quality * Totals: * 235G (7th All Time at his retirement), * 294A (2nd All Time at his retirement - Cowley) for  * 529P (t-2nd All Time at his retirement - Cowley) in * 577 Games (18th All Time at his retirement); * 52.6 Point Shares (25th All time at his retirement); * At his retirement, Blake was 18th All time in Offensive Point Shares * Per Game: At his retirement, Blake was * T-8th All Time in GPG (14 qualifying players) * 2nd All Time in PPG (4 qualifying players - Cowley, Stewart, Syd Howe); * Blake doesn’t qualify for the APG leaderboard but if we lower the qualifier so he does (250A), at his retirement, Blake was * 2nd All Time in APG (5 qualifying players, Cowley, Boucher, Watson, Syd Howe) * Era: Of the 13 skaters to play in at least 492 games (6 modern seasons) between 1934 and 1948, Blake is * 1st in Goals (by 31) * 1st in GPG * 2nd in Assists * 2nd in APG * 2nd in Points * 2nd in PPG * 2nd in Offensive Point Shares * 5th/4th Forward in Defensive Point Shares (9/8 qualifying Forwards) * 5th in Point Shares * 2nd in Games Played * 82-game average: 34G, 42A for 75P * 3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 28G, 39A for 67P * Playoffs: * 25G (t-3rd All time at his retirement - Richard, Drillon) * 37A (1st All Time at his retirement) for * 62P (1st All Time at his retirement by 9P) in * 58 playoff Games (20th All Time at his retirement) * Per Game: At his retirement, Blake was * 4th All Time in playoff GPG (Richard, Kennedy, Drillon - 7 qualifying players) * 2nd All Time in playoff APG (Lach - 3 qualifying players: Cowley) * 1st All Time (by .4) in playoff PPG (2 qualifying players: Apps) * Era: Of the 46 skaters to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1934 and 1948, Blake is * T-2nd in playoff Goals * 2nd in playoff GPG * 1st in playoff Assists * 1st in playoff APG (by .09) * 1st in playoff Points * 1st in playoff PPG (by .25) * 15th in playoff Games Played Frank Brimsek: 1938-43; 1945-50; 10 seasons, all as a starter * Totals: * 252W (3rd All Time - 1st American - at his retirement - Broda, Thompson), * 182L (5th All Time - 1st American - at his retirement - Worters, Broda, Roach, Thompson), * 80T (3rd All Time - 1st American - at his retirement - Broda, Worters; 5th American All Time - Vanbiesbrouck, Miller, Barrasso, Quick); * 40 SO (11th All Time - 1st American - at his retirement); * 95.4 Point Shares (3rd All Time - 1st American at his retirement - Broda, Thompson) in * 31,230 Minutes (3rd All Time - 1st American at his retirement - Broda, Thompson) over * 514 Games * Averages: * 2.70 GAA (12th All Time at his retirement - 17 qualifying players) * Era: Of the 14 goalies to play in at least 82 games between 1938 and 1950, Brimsek is * 1st in Wins * 1st/last in Losses * 2nd in Ties * 1st/last in Goals Against * 6th in GAA * 2nd in Shutouts * 1st in Minutes * 2nd in Point Shares * 1st in Games Played * Season average: 25-18-8; 4 Shutouts; 9.5 PS * 82-game average: 40-29-13; 6 Shutouts; 15.2 PS * Playoffs: * 32W (2nd All Time at his retirement - Broda, behind by 23), * 36L (t-1st/last All Time at his retirement); * 2 SO (t-16th All Time at his retirement) in * 4395 Minutes (2nd All Time at his retirement - Broda, behind by nearly 1400) over * 68 playoff Games (2nd All Time at his retirement - Broda, behind by 23); * Averages: * 2.54 (t-10th All Time/last among qualifying players at his retirement) * Era: Of the six goalies to play in at least 20 playoff games between 1938 and 1950, Brimsek is * 2nd in playoff Wins (behind by 19) * 1st/last in playoff Losses * 1st/last in playoff Goals Against * T-4th (2nd last) in playoff GAA * t-4th/last in playoff Shutouts * 2nd in playoff Minutes (behind by nearly 800 minutes) * 2nd in playoff Games Played (behind by 14) Babe Pratt: 1935-47; 12 seasons, 11 quality by DPS * Totals: * 83G (17th/7th D All Time at his retirement), * 210A (2nd/1st D All Time at his retirement - Clapper) for * 293P (5th/2nd D All time at his retirement - Clapper, Goodfellow, Hollett, Siebert) in * 518 Games (12th/8th D All Time at his retirement); * 64.7 Point Shares (15th All Time at his retirement, 9th/7th D) * At his retirement, Pratt was 8th/7th All Time in Defensive Point Shares * At his retirement, Pratt was the 12th/6th D All Time in Offensive Point Shares * Per Game: Obviously Pratt doesn’t qualify for any Per Game leaderboards but, if we lower the qualifiers so he does (75G, 200A, 275P), at his retirement, among D*, Pratt was * t-16th/10th D All Time in GPG * 1st D All Time in APG (2 qualifying players - Clapper) * 4th/1st D All Time in PPG (4 qualifying players - Schmidt, Goodfellow, Clapper) * Era: Of the 15 D* to play in at least 328 games (4 modern seasons) between 1935 and 1947, Pratt is * 5th/2nd in Goals * 7th/2nd in GPG * 1st in Assists (by 42/49) * 2nd/1st in APG * 1st in Points * 5th/2nd in PPG * 3rd/2nd in Offensive Points Shares * 1st in Defensive Point Shares * 2nd in Point Shares * 1st in Games * 82-game average: 13G, 34A for 47P * 3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 16G, 32A for 48P * Playoffs: * 12G (3rd/1st D All Time at his retirement - Schmidt, Clapper), * 17A (3rd/2nd D All Time at his retirement - Hollett, Colville) for * 29P (t-2nd/2nd D All Time at his retirement - Hollett, Clapper) in * 63 playoff Games (5th/4th D All Time at his retirement - Clapper, Hollett, Horner, Seibert) * Per Game: Obviously Pratt doesn’t qualify for the per game leaderboards, if we lower the qualifiers so he does (10G, 15A, 25P), at his retirement, among D, Pratt was * 2nd/1st D All Time in playoff GPG (Schmidt - 4 qualifying players: Seibert, Clapper) * 4th/2nd D All Time in playoff APG (Colville, Hollett, Schmidt - 5 qualifying players: Clapper) * 3rd/1st D All Time in playoff PPG (Colville, Schmidt - 5 qualifying players: Hollett, Clapper) * Era: Of the 13 D* to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1935 and 1947, Pratt is * 2nd/1st in playoff Goals * 4th/2nd in playoff GPG * 2nd in playoff Assists (behind by 9) * 4th/3rd in playoff APG * 2nd in playoff Points * t-5th//3rd in playoff PPG * 2nd in playoff Games Find out more at https://the-back-check.pinecast.co [https://the-back-check.pinecast.co]

E97 Episode 97: Hall of Fame Class of 1967

EPISODE NOTES Turk Broda: 1936-43, 1945-52; 14 seasons, 11 as a starter, 1 as a 1A * Totals: * 304W (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1950 to 1958) * 222L (2nd All Time at his retirement) * 102T (19th All time, 1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1949 to 1955); * 61 SO (6th All Time at his retirement); * 120.4 PS (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1950 to 1956) in * 38,182 Minutes (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1950 to 1955) over * 629 Games (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1950 to 1955) * Averages: * 2.53 GAA (11th All Time at his retirement) * Era: Of the 11 goalies to play in at least 164 games (2 modern seasons) between 1936 and 1952, Broda is * 1st in Wins (by over 50) * 1st/last in Losses * 1st in Ties (by over 20) * 1st/last in Goals Against * 4th in GAA * 1st in Shutouts by over 20 * 1st in Minutes (by nearly 7,000) * 1st in Games (by 115) * Season average: 22-16-7; 4 SO; 8.6 GPS * 82-game average: 40-29-13; 8 SO; 15.7 GPS * Playoffs: * 60W (17th All Time, 1st All Time at his retirement by nearly double - held the record from 1947 until 1969) * 39L (1st All Time at his retirement) * 13 SO (9th All Time, 1st All Time at his retirement by 44% - held the record from 1950 through 1969) in * 6,387 Minutes (19th All Time, 1st All Time at his retirement by nearly 2,000 - held the record from 1943 until 1970) over * 101 Games (20th All Time, 1st All Time a this retirement by 49% - held the record from 1943 until 1968); * 7th All Time at his retirement * Era: Of the 9 goalies to play in at least 20 playoff games between 1936 and 1952, Broda is * 1st in playoff Wins (by nearly double) * 1st in playoff Losses * The only goalie to record a Tie * 1st/Last in playoff Goals Against * 3rd in playoff GAA (with 3 ½ times as many GP as 1st place and over four times the GP of 2nd) * 1st in playoff Shutouts (by nearly double 2nd) * 1st in playoff Minutes (by nearly 2000) * 1st in playoff Games (by 49%) * Adjustment for Era: * 2.68 Adjusted GAA (22nd All Time) * Trades: * Traded just before his 22nd birthday by Detroit to Toronto for cash - our Greatest Maple Leaf Trade of All Time [https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2020/03/12/the-25-best-trades-in-toronto-maple-leafs-history/] Neil Colville: 1935-42 (as Centre), 1944-49 (as D); 12 seasons, five seasons quality as a forward and a further three as a D by modern standards of PPG/DPS * Totals: * 100G, * 166A for * 266P in * 465 Games; * 36.8 Point Shares; * Per Game: Coville obviously doesn’t qualify for any leaderboards, but if the qualifiers are lowered so he does, at his retirement Coville was not on any leaderboards; however at his departure for WWII, he was * T-7th All Time in APG * T-13th All Time in PPG * Era:  * Of the 38 skaters to play in at least 246 games (3 modern seasons) between 1935 and 1942, Colville is * 10th in Goals * 7th in GPG * 7th in Assists * t-3rd in APG * 10th in Points * T-4th in PPG * T-8th in Offensive Point Shares * 18th (9th/6th Forward) in Defensive Point Shares * 13th in Point Shares * 29th in Games * Of the 16 D to play in at least 164 games (2 modern seasons) between 1944 and 1949, Colville is * 11th in Goals * T-10th in GPG * 13th in Assists * T-8th in APG * T-13th (3rd last) in Points * T-10th in PPG * 12th in Offensive Point Shares * 14th (3rd last) in Defensive Point Shares * 14th (3rd last) in Point Shares * 13th in Games * 82-game average: 18G, 30A for 47P * 3-year peak: * As a forward (1938-41): 48-game average of 17G, 22A for 39P * As a D (1945-48): 60-game average of 5G, 11A for 16P * Playoffs: * 7G, * 19A (t-13th All Time at his retirement, t-4th All Time at his departure for WWII - Apps, Syd Howe, Boucher) for * 26P (t-12th All time at his departure for WWII) in * 45 Games * Per Game: Colville doesn’t meet any PG requirements (obviously), but if they are lowered so that he does, at his departure for WWII, Coville was * 2nd All Time in playoff APG (Cowley - ahead by .09) * T-8th All Time in playoff PPG * Era: * Among the 74 skaters to play in at least 20 playoff games between 1935 and 1942, Colville is * T-27th in playoff Goals * T-36th in playoff GPG * T-3rd in playoff Assists * 5th in playoff APG * 6th in playoff Points * T-12th in playoff PPG * T-14th in playoff Games * Colville only played 6 playoff games once he switched to D and he scored a single point * Adjustment for Era: * Hockey Reference: * 151G, * 283A for * 434P * Adjusted 82-game average: 27G, 50A for 77P (+30P per 82 games) * Per Game: doesn’t qualify for the leaderboards * VsX: Doesn’t qualify * Trades: Never traded Harry Oliver: 1926-37; 11 seasons, 5 quality by modern standards of PPG * Totals: * 127G, * 85 A for * 212P; * 39.1 Point Shares in * 465 Games; * At his retirement, Harry Oliver was  * 22nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares * T-25th Forward All Time in Defensive Point Shares * Per Game: Oliver does not qualify for any PG leaderboards but if we lower the qualifiers so he does (125G/75A/200P), at his retirement he still doesn’t make the Top 25 * Era: Of 30 skaters to play in at least 410 games (5 modern seasons) between 1926 and 1937, Oliver is * 15th in Goals * 15th in GPG * 22nd in Assists * T-22nd in APG * 17th in Points * 18th in PPG * 14th in Offensive Point Shares * T-13th Forward in Defensive Point Shares * 18th in Point Shares * T-15th in Games * 82-game average: 22G, 15A for 38P * 3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 17G, 9A for 25P * Playoffs:  * 10G (t-15th ALL Time at his retirement), * 6A (t-30th All Time at his retirement) for * 16P (t-20th All Time at his retirement) in * 36 Games * Per Game: Harry Oliver doesn’t qualify for any playoff PG leaderboards, but if they’re lowered, at his retirement Oliver was * T-14th All Time (t-2nd last among qualifying players) in playoff GPG * T-16th All Time in playoff APG * 20th All Time in playoff PPG * Era: Of the 77 skaters to play in at least 20 playoff games between 1926-37, Oliver is * T-12th in playoff Goals * T-14th in playoff GPG * 28th in playoff Assists * T-32nd in playoff APG * 17th in playoff Points * T-19th in playoff PPG * 24th in playoff Games * Trades: * Traded at 27 into the NHL for cash * Traded at 36 to the Americans for cash * Adjustment for Era: * Hockey-Reference: * 241G, * 294A for * 535P * Adjusted 82-game average: 42G, 52A for 94P (+56P per 82 games) * VsX: Doesn’t qualify * WCHL: 1921-26; 5 seasons, all quality * Totals: * 90G (3rd All Time - Keats, Hay), * 48A (t-4th All Time - Keats, Bill Cook, Art Gagne) for * 138P (5th All Time - Keats, Hay, Cook, Gagne) in * 130 Games (t-4th All Time - Ty Arbour, Keats, Stanley) * Per Game: * T-5th All Time in GPG (Keats, Hay, Cook, MacKay) * T-4th All Time in APG (Keats, Cook, Gagne) * 5th All Time in PPG (Keats, Cook, Hay, Gagne) * 30-game average: 21G, 11A for 32P * Playoffs: * 3G, * 2A for * 5P in * 11 Games Find out more at https://the-back-check.pinecast.co [https://the-back-check.pinecast.co]

E96 Episode 96: Hall of Fame Class of 1968

EPISODE NOTES BILL COWLEY’S CAREER: * NHL: 1934-47; 13 years, 11 quality by modern standards of PPG * Totals: * 195G (16th All Time at his retirement), * 354A (1st All Time at his retirement, by 62, i.e. 21% more than 2nd - held the record from 1943-44 to 1950-51) for * 549P (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1946-47 to 1950-51) in * 549 Games (t-25th All Time at his retirement); * 57.1 Point Shares (20th All Time at his retirement) * At his retirement, Cowley was 12th All Time in Offensive Point Shares * Per Game: * At his retirement, Cowley was * 1st All Time in APG (only qualifying player) * 1st All Time in PPG (only four qualifying player) * If the goals qualifier is lowered so he qualifies (150), and the assists (250) and points qualifiers (400) are lowered so other players qualify, at his retirement Cowley was * T-17th All Time in GPG * 1st All Time in APG (5 qualifying players, ahead of Blake by .13) * 1st All Time in PPG (12 qualifying players) * Era: Of the 40 skaters to play in at least 492 games (6 modern seasons) between 1934 and 1947, Cowley is * 11th in Goals * T-7th in GPG * 1st in Assists (by 62) * 1st in APG (by .13) * 1st in Points * 1st in PPG * 10th in Offensive Point Shares * 31st in Defensive Point Shares (20th Forward) * 16th in Point Shares * T-25th in Games Played * 82-game average: 30G, 52A for 82P * 3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 32G, 48A for 80P * Playoffs: * 12G (t-31st All Time at his retirement), * 34A (2nd All Time at his retirement - Blake) for * 46P (3rd All Time at his retirement - Blake, Maurice Richard) in * 64 playoff Games (11th At his retirement) * Per Game: At his retirement Cowley was * 3rd All time in playoff APG (nearly 50% of the leader) - Lach, Blake * Cowley doesn’t qualify for the playoff GPG and PPG leaderboards, if we lower the qualifiers for goals (10) and points (30) and if we lower the qualifiers so that others qualify for GPG (20), at his retirement Cowley was * T-46th All Time (3rd last among qualifying players) in playoff GPG * Still 3rd All Time in playoff APG * T-8th All time in playoff PPG * Era: Of the 44 skaters to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1934 and 1947, Cowley is * T-16th in playoff Goals * T-22nd in playoff GPG * 2nd in playoff Assists * 2nd in playoff APG (behind by .11) * 2nd in playoff Points (behind by 16) * T-5th in playoff PPG * 6th in playoff Games * Adjusted for Era: * Hockey-Reference: * 252G, * 555A for * 807P * 82-game average: 38G, 83A for 121P * Per Game:  * 2nd All Time in Adjusted APG (Gretzky) * 6th All Time in Adjusted PPG * VsX: * 365G * 820A * 982P * Per Game: * t-22nd All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG * 3rd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG (Joe Primeau, Boucher) * 4th All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG (Bryan Hextall, Charlie Conacher, Bill Cook) * If the qualifier is set to 410 Games, Cowley is * t-21st All Time in VsX Adjusted APG * 2nd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG (Boucher) * Still 4th All Time in VsX Adjusted PPG * Trades: * Never traded but acquired by Boston in the St. Louis dispersal draft BILL COWLEY’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS: * Hart (‘41, ‘43) * Top 5 in Hart voting a further two times * Art Ross* (‘41) * Back Check MVP (‘41, [https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2019/12/05/reevaluating-the-hart-part-2-early-hart-trophies-1924-1942/] ‘43) [https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2020/03/05/reevaluating-the-hart-part-3-original-six-hart-trophies/] * Back Check Best Player [https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2020/03/05/reevaluating-the-hart-part-3-original-six-hart-trophies/] (‘41, ‘43, ‘44) [https://blog.thebackcheck.com/2020/07/08/hart-trophy-part-9-the-best-players-by-mvp-and-best-player-award/] * All Star: * 1st Team All Star four times * 2nd Team All Star once * Top Player: * Top 5 Player (by Point Shares) once (‘41) * Top 10 twice (‘43) * Best Offensive Player (by OPS) once (‘41) * Top 5  four times (‘39, ‘43, ‘44, ‘45) * Top 10 eight times (‘37, ‘38, ‘40) * Goals: * Leaderboards: * Top 5 in Goals once * Top 10 four times * GPG leaderboards: * Top 5 in GPG once * Top 10 three times * Single-season totals: * 30 goals once * 25 goals three times (1 of only 13 skaters ever at his retirement) * Assists: * Leaderboards: * Set the single-season Assists record (broke the previous record by 10) and held it for three seasons * Led the league in Assists three times (t-3rd most all time - Gretzky, Orr) * Top 5 six times * Top 10 eight times * APG leaderboards: * Set the single-season APG record (broke the previous record by .14) in 1938-39, broke his own record in 1940-41, broke it again in 1943-44 and held that record until 1970 * Led the league in APG five times (4th most all time - Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr) * Top 5 seven times * Top 10 ten times (t-9th most all time) * Single-season totals: * 40 assists four times (most all time at his retirement) * Points: * Leaderboards: * Led the league in Points once * Top 5 six times * Top 10 eight times * PPG leaderboards: * Led the league in PPG four times (t-7th most all time) * Top 5 five times * Top 10 seven times * Single-season totals: * 70 points twice (1 of only 5 players ever at his retirement - Richard, Lach, Max and Doug Bentley) * 60 points four times (only player ever at his retirement) * VsX Peak: * Best 7 Seasons: * Goals: 115th All Time * Assists: 9th All Time * Points: 19th All Time * Best 10 Seasons: * Goals: t-130th All Time * Assists: 11th All Time * Points: 28th All Time BILL COWLEY’S GREAT TEAMS: * NHL: * Best Player? (set the single playoff record in assists - broke the previous record by 57% - and set the single playoff record in points) on one Champion (‘39 Bruins) * Best Player? (by points) on one Final Four (‘38 Bruins) * Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Runner Up (‘43 Bruins) and one Final Four (‘45 Bruins) * Top 6 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (‘42 Bruins) * Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Runner Up (‘46 Bruins) and two Final Fours (‘40, ‘47 Bruins) * Injured (missed 9 of 11 games) on one Champion (‘41 Bruins) * Junior: * Best Player (led tournament in scoring) on one Memorial Cup Runner Up (‘31 Millionaires) Find out more at https://the-back-check.pinecast.co [https://the-back-check.pinecast.co]

E95 Episode 95: Hall of Fame Class of 1970

EPISODE NOTES Babe Dye: 1921-1931; 11 seasons, 8 quality * Totals: * 201G (3rd All Time at his retirement - Denneny, Morenz), * 47A for * 248P (4th - Denneny, Morenz, Noble) in * 271 games (13th); * 46.6 PS (10th) * At his retirement, Dye was 5th All Time in Offensive Point Shares (Morenz, Nels Stewart, Joliat, Denneny) * Per Game: * Dye is 4th All Time in GPG (Bossy, Lemieux, Denneny) * Dye doesn’t qualify for the APG or PPG leader-boards. However, if the qualifier is set at 82 games * Dye was 9th All Time in PPG at his retirement * 82-game average of 61G, 14A for 75P * 3-year peak (1920-23): 24-game average of 31G, 8A for 39P * Playoffs:  * 2G for  * 2P in  * 10 games * Per Game: Dye scored 2 points in 10 games so there is no point * Era: Of the 77 skaters who played in at least 10 playoff games between 1919 and 1931, Dye is * T-34th in playoff Goals * T-21st in obviously GPG (a joke, obviously) * T-last in playoff Assists (obviously) * T-51st in playoff Points * T-68th in playoff Games * T-47th in playoff PPG Gadsby: 1946-66; 21 seasons, 16 quality (by DPS) * Totals: * 130G (11th/3rd D All Time at his retirement - Clancy, Hollett), * 438A (7th All Time, 2nd/1st D, at his retirement - Kelly) for * 568P (16th All Time, 3rd/1st D, at his retirement - Kelly, Schmidt???) * -62* in * 1248 Games (3rd All Time, 2nd/1st D, at his retirement - Howe, Kelly); * 100.3 Point Shares (9th All Time, 4th/3rd D, at his retirement - Kelly, Harvey, Clancy); * At his retirement, Gadsby was 12th All Time in Defensive Point Shares * At his retirement, among D, Gadsby was t-4th/t-1st in Offensive Point Shares (Kelly, Clapper, Schmidt???) * Per Game: * T-25th All Time in APG at his retirement (last among qualifying players) * 4th/2nd D All Time in PPG at his retirement (Schmidt, Kelly, Harvey; last among qualifying players); * Gadsby doesn’t qualifying for GPG, but if the qualifier is lowered enough so he qualifies (125G), among D, he was * 11th/3rd All Time in GPG (last among qualifying players - Hollett, Clancy) * Era: Of the 11 D* to play in at least 820 Games (10 modern seasons) between 1946 and 1966, Gadsby is * 3rd in Goals * 3rd in GPG (doesn’t actually qualify, less than half of 1st) * 2nd in Assists * 3rd in APG * 2nd in Points * 4th in PPG * 8th in Plus/Minus * 2nd in Offensive Point Shares * 8th in Defensive Point Shares * 3rd in Point Shares * 2nd in Games * 82-game average: 8G, 29A for 38P, -4*; 6.6 PS * 3-year peak (1955-58): 70-game average of 10G, 38A for 64P; 7.9 PS * Playoffs: * 4G, * 23A (8th/6th D All Time at his retirement) for * 27P (13th/9th D All Time at his retirement); * +5* (7th D All Time at his retirement) in * 67 Games (18th/15th D at his retirement) * Per Game: * 6th/5th D in APG All Time at his retirement (Pilote, Harvey, Tremblay, Stanley); * Gadsby doesn’t qualify for the playoff GPG and PPG leaderboards, but if we lower the qualifiers (absurdly) so he does (4G, 25P), at his retirement, among D, he was * Last in playoffs GPG * 12th/9th in playoffs PPG * Era: Of the 34 D* to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1946-66, Gadsby is * t-15th/12th in playoff Goals * T-13th in playoff GPG * 6th/5th in playoff Assists * 7th in playoff APG * 8th/6th in playoff Points * 9th in playoff PPG * T-5th in playoff Plus/Minus * 12th in Games Johnson: 1947-48, 1950-65; 16 seasons, 14 quality * Totals: * 51G, * 213A (13th D All Time at his retirement) for * 264P (21st D All Time at his retirement), * +56* (24th All Time at his retirement, 11th D) in  * 978 Games (8th All Time at his retirement, 6th D) * 81.6 Point Shares (17th All Time at his retirement, 9th D); * At his retirement, Johnson was 2nd All Time in Defensive Point Shares (Harvey) * Per Game: Johnson doesn’t qualify for the per game leaderboards but if we lowered the qualifiers so that he does (50G, 200A, 250P), among D at his retirement, Johnson was * T-13t/10th (last) All Time in APG * 21st/17th (last) All Time in PPG * Era: Of the 10 D* to play in at least 820 games (10 modern seasons) between 1950 and 1965, Johnson is * 9th (2nd last) in Goals * 9th (2nd last) in GPG * 8th (3rd last) in Assists * T-7th (3rd last) in APG * 8th (3rd last) in Points * 8th (3rd last) in PPG * 8th (3rd last) in Offensive Point Shares * 2nd in Defensive Point Shares * 7th in Point Shares * 6th in Games * 82-game average: 4G, 18A for 22P, +5*; 6.8 PS * 3-year peak (1957-60): 70-game average of 6G, 25A for 31P, +26*; 7.4 PS * Playoffs: * 8G (t-11th/6th D All Time at his retirement),  * 15A (t-17th/14th D All Time at his retirement) for * 23P (t-15th/9th D All Time at his retirement); * +4* (t-8th D All Time at his retirement) in * 111 Games (11th All Time, 5th/4th D - Kelly, Harvey, Pronovost, Bouchard - in his retirement) * Per Game: Johnson doesn’t qualify but if we lower the qualifier so he does (5G, 15A, 20P), among D, at his retirement, he was * 18th (last) in playoff APG * 18th (last) in playoff PPG Find out more at https://the-back-check.pinecast.co [https://the-back-check.pinecast.co]

E94 Episode 94: Hall of Fame Class of 1969

EPISODE NOTES Sid Abel: 1938-43, 1946-54; 14 seasons, 9 quality * Totals: * 188G, * 284A (t-8th All Time at his retirement) for * 472P (17th All Time at his retirement) in * 612 Games (20th All Time at his retirement); * 49.4 Point Shares; * Per Game: Abel doesn’t quality for the PG leaderboards but, if the qualifiers are lowered so that he does (175G, 275A, 450P), at his retirement Abel was * T-6th All Time in APG (10 qualifying players) * 13th All Time in PPG (18 qualifying players) * Era: Of the 15 skaters to play in at least 574 games (7 modern seasons) between 1938 and 1954, Abel is * 10th in Goals * T-8th in GPG (doesn’t actually qualify) * 4th in Assists * T-2nd in APG (doesn’t actually qualify) * 8th in Points * T-7th in PPG (doesn’t actually qualify) * 8th in Offensive Point Shares * 8th in Defensive Point Shares (6th Forward) * 9th in Point Shares * 10th in Games * 82-game average: 25G, 38A for 63P * 3-year peak (1948-51): 70-game average of 30G, 35A for 65P Bryan Hextall: 1936-44, 1945-48; 11 seasons, 8 quality * Totals: * 187G (19th All Time at his retirement), * 180A for * 367P (23rd All Time at his retirement) in * 449 Games; * 36.5 Point Shares; * Per Game: Hextall doesn’t qualify for the PG leaderboards but if we lower the qualifiers so that he does (175G, 175A, 350P), at his retirement, Hextall was * T-9th All Time in GPG (21 qualifying players) * 18th All Time in APG (37 qualifying players) * T-9th All Time in PPG (24 qualifying players) * Era: Of the 21 skaters to play in at least 410 games (5 modern seasons) between 1936 and 1948, Hextall is * 3rd in Goals * T-2nd in GPG * 9th in Assists * 9th in APG * 8th in Points * T-5th in PPG * 4th in Offensive Point Shares * 21st (last) in Defensive Point Shares * 11th in Point Shares * 14th in Games * 82-game average: 34G, 33A for 67P * 3-year peak (1941-44): 50-game average of 24G, 33A for 57P * Playoffs: * 8G, * 9A for * 17P in * 37 Games Red Kelly: 1947-67; 20 seasons, all quality * Totals: * 281G (11th All Time at his retirement) , * 542A (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Bathgate, Beliveau) for * 823P (7th All Time at his retirement), * +50* in * 1316 Games (2nd All Time at his retirement - Howe); * 146.3 Point Shares (2nd All Time at his retirement - Howe); * At his retirement, Kelly was * 8th All time in Offensive Point Shares * 3rd All Time in Defensive Point Shares (Harvey, Pronovost); * At his trade from Detroit to Toronto, when he switched to centre, among D, Kelly was approximately: * 3rd/1st All Time in Goals (Clapper, Schmidt) * 4th/3rd All Time in Assists (Schmidt, Harvey, Gadsby) * 2nd/1st All Time in Points (Schmidt) * 2nd/1st All Time in Offensive Point Shares (Clapper) * 3rd All Time in Defensive Point Shares (Harvey, Bouchard) * 1st All Time in Point Shares (by over 12 PS) * 1st All Time in Games * Per Game: At his retirement, Kelly was * T-22nd All Time in APG * At his trade from Detroit to Toronto, when he switched to centre, among D, Kelly was approximately: * 4th/3rd in APG (Schmidt, Harvey, Gadsby); * Kelly didn’t yet qualify for Goals and Points but if we lower the qualifiers (to 150G, 450A) so he does, Kelly was * 4th/1st All Time in GPG (Noble, Schmidt, Clapper) * 3rd/1st All Time in PPG (Schmidt, Clapper) * Era: * Of the 14 D to play in at least 574 games (7 modern seasons) between 1947 and 1960, Kelly is * 1st in Goals (by 73) * 1st in GPG * 2nd in Assists * 3rd in APG * 1st in Points (by 75) * 1st in PPG * 1st in Offensive Point Shares (by over 17) * 2nd in Defensive Point Shares * 1st in Point Shares (by nearly 19) * 1st in Games * Of the 49 skaters to play at least 410 games (5 modern seasons) between 1959 and 1967, Kelly is * T-21st in Goals * T-26th in GPG * 13th in Assists * 13th in APG * 15th in Points * T-16th in PPG * 23rd in Plus/Minus * 17th in Offensive Point Shares * 14th (1st or 2nd Forward) in Defensive Point Shares * 24th in Point Shares * 82-game average: 17G, 34A for 52P, +3*; 9.1 PS * 3-year peak: * As D (1950-53): 70-game average of 18G, 32A for 50P; 12.2 PS * As C (1960-63): 70-game average of 23G, 43A for 63P; +24 * Playoffs: * 33G (9th All Time at his retirement) * 59A (t-5th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Beliveau, Delvecchio, Harvey) for * 92P (8th All Time at his retirement), * -6* in * 164 playoff Games (1st All Time at his retirement, held record until 1973); Roy Worters: 1925-37; 12 seasons, 11 as a starter * Totals: * 171W (7th All Time at his retirement) * 230L (1st/Last All Time at his retirement) * 82T (1st All Time at his retirement); * 67 SO (t-4th All Time at his retirement - Hainsworth, Connell, Chabot); * 75.7 Point Shares (5th All Time at his retirement - Hainsworth, Connell; Thompson); * 30181 Minutes (2nd All Time at his retirement - Roach) over * 484 Games (2nd All Time at his retirement - Roach); * Averages: * 2.28 GAA (6th All Time at his retirement - 8 qualifying players) * Era: Of the 11 goalies to play in at least 164 games (2 modern seasons) between 1925 and 1937, Worters is * 7th in Wins * 1st/Last in Losses * 1st in Ties * Last in Goals Against (by over 200) * 9th (3rd last) in GAA * T-4th in Shutouts * 1st in Minutes * 4th in Goalie Point Shares * 1st in Games * Season Average: 14-19-7; 6 SO; 6.3 PS * 82-game average: 29-39-14; 11 SO; 12.8 PS * Playoffs: * 3W (14th All Time at his retirement) * 6L (t-8th All Time at his retirement) * 1T (t-11th All Time at his retirement); * 3 SO (t-9th All Time at his retirement); * 690 Minutes (12th All Time at his retirement) in * 11 playoff Games; * 2.09 GAA (13th All Time - 2nd last out of all qualifying players, doesn’t actually qualify) Find out more at https://the-back-check.pinecast.co [https://the-back-check.pinecast.co]