E92 Hall of Fame Class of 1972 Part 2 | The Back Check Episode on Amazon Music

Episode Notes

Jean Beliveau: 1950-51, 1952-71; 20 seasons, 18 quality

Totals:

507G (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Hull, Richard),

712A (3rd All Time at his retirement - Howe, Delvecchio) for

1219P (2nd All Time at his retirement - Howe),

+117 (t-21st All Time at his retirement) in

1125 games (16th All Time at his retirement);

138.1 PS (3rd All Time at his retirement - Howe, Kelly);

Beliveau is 24th All Time in Offensive Point Shares, 2nd All Time at his retirement (Howe)

At his retirement, among Forwards, Beliveau was 7th/3rd All Time in Defensive Point Shares (Howe, Delvecchio)

Per Game: At his retirement, Beliveau was

T-13th All Time in GPG

4th All Time in APG (Mikita, Esposito, Cowley)

4th All Time in PPG (Esposito, Hull, Mikita)

Era: Of the 18 skaters to play in at least 1066 Games (13 modern seasons) between 1950 and 1971, Beliveau is

2nd in Goals (behind by nearly 200)

2nd in GPG

3rd in Assists

T-1st in APG

2nd in Points (behind by over 400)

2nd in PPG

4th in Plus/Minus

2nd in Offensive Point Shares (behind by over 50)

3rd (pure) Forward in Defensive Point Shares

2nd in Point Shares (behind by nearly 60)

82-game average: 37G, 52A for 89P, +9*

3-year peak (1958-61): 70-game average of 40G, 52A for 92P, +11*

Gordie Howe: 1946-71; 1979-80; 26 seasons, 25 quality

Totals:

801G (2nd All Time – Gretzky - 1st All Time at his initial retirement by 232; Howe was the career leader in goals from 1963-64 through 1993-94),

1049A (10th All Time – 1st All Time at his initial retirement by 300; Howe was the career leader in assists from 1957-58 through 1987-88) for

1850P (4th – Gretzky, Jagr, Messier - 1st All Time at his initial retirement by nearly 600; Howe was the career leader in points from 1959-60 through 1989-90);

+160* (14th All Time at his initial retirement) in

1767 Games (2nd All Time - Marleau - 1st All Time at his retirement by 300; Howe was the career leader in Games Played from 1961-62 through 2019-20)

217.1 PS (4th All Time - Gretzky, Bourque, Luongo - 1st All Time at his retirement by nearly 69; Howe was the career leader from 1960-61 to 1994-95);

Howe is 2nd All Time in Offensive Point Shares (Gretzky) - he was 1st All Time at his initial retirement by nearly 69 and was the career leader from 1958-59 until 1993-94

Howe is the 15th/13th Forward All Time in Defensive Point Shares - at his initial retirement he was 3rd/1st All Time

Per Game: At his initial retirement in 1971, Howe was

11th All Time in GPG

t-5th in APG (Mikita, Esposito, Cowley, Beliveau)

5th in PPG (Esposito, Hull, Mikita, Beliveau; Howe was the career leader in PPG from 1953-54 through 1958-59)

Era: Of the 13 skaters to play in at least 1148 games (14 modern seasons) between 1946 and 1971, Howe is

1st in Goals (by 369)

1st in GPG (by 0.17)

1st in Assists (by 300)

1st in APG

1st in Points (669)

1st in PPG (by 0.25)