Harry Howell

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CanadaCanada  Harry Howell Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1979
Harry Howell
Date of birth December 28, 1932
place of birth Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
date of death March 10, 2019
Place of death Ancaster , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1949-1952 Guelph Biltmores
1952-1969 New York Rangers
1969-1970 Oakland Seals
1970-1971 California Golden Seals
1971-1973 Los Angeles Kings
1973-1974 Jersey Knights
1974-1975 San Diego Mariners
1975-1976 Calgary cowboys

Henry Vernon "Harry" Howell (born December 28, 1932 in Hamilton , Ontario ; † March 10, 2019 in Ancaster , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player , coach , functional and scout . The defender played in the course of his active career between 1949 and 1976, among other things, 1449 games for the New York Rangers , Oakland Seals and California Golden Seals and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League(NHL) before ending his career with the New York Golden Blades and Jersey Knights , San Diego Mariners and Calgary Cowboys in the World Hockey Association (WHA).

Howell spent most of his career with the New York Rangers, where he still holds the franchise record for games played (1,160), which he led as captain and which no longer award his jersey number 3 . In 1967 he was honored with the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the best defensive player in the NHL, before he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1979. After his playing career he was briefly active as general manager of the Cleveland Barons and as head coach of the Minnesota North Stars in the NHL before he devoted himself to a long career as a scout.

Career

Harry Howell, 1959

Howell played during his junior years between 1950 and 1952 with the Guelph Biltmores in the Ontario Hockey Association . With the team he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup twice and the George Richardson Memorial Trophy and the Memorial Cup once each . The team thus secured the triple in 1952 .

In the 1952/53 season , the defender made his debut with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League . His persistence was one of the positive qualities that set him apart. The Rangers were one of the weaker teams in the NHL at the time. In 16 years playing for the Rangers, he only missed 17 games. By far his best season he completed the season 1966/67 . He was 35 years old that game year and managed to score more than ten goals for the first time. He also only reached the 40 point mark this season. For this he was honored with the election to the First All-Star Team of the NHL and awarded the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the best defender in the league.

After playing 1,160 games for the Rangers - more than any other player who wore the New York jersey to date - they sold him to the Oakland Seals . During the second season with the team, which was now called the California Golden Seals , he was passed on to the Los Angeles Kings . Here he played until the end of the 1972/73 season .

Like many other veterans of the NHL Howell joined the World Hockey Association . His team in the 1973/74 season were the New York Golden Blades , which brought him back to his sporting home, New York. But the WHA team could not assert itself in the city and so a move to the southwest followed. The new team were the San Diego Mariners . With the Calgary Cowboys he played the 1975/76 season before ending his active career.

In his long career he was never on a team with which he could have won a title, but with 1,581 games in the NHL and WHA he had a record that had never been topped by any ice hockey defender. As a scout for the Edmonton Oilers , he managed to immortalize his name on the Stanley Cup at the end of the 1989/90 season . At the ice hockey world championship in 1978 he looked after the Canadian national team as an assistant coach. In the 1978/79 season he was the head coach of the Minnesota North Stars . In 1979 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In 2009 , the New York Rangers banned his jersey number 3.

Howell died on March 10, 2019 at the age of 86 in a nursing home in Ancaster , near his hometown of Hamilton.

Achievements and Awards

Franchise Records

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1949/50 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 3 0 1 1 2 5 0 1 1 14th
1950 Guelph Biltmores Memorial Cup 5 0 1 1 14th
1950/51 Guelph Bitmores OHA Jr. 50 6th 16 22nd 77 5 1 0 1 6th
1951/52 Guelph Bitmores OHA Jr. 51 17th 20th 37 79 23 7th 9 16 36
1952 Guelph Bitmores Memorial Cup 12 5 5 10 24
1951/52 Cincinnati Mohawks AHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1952/53 New York Rangers NHL 67 3 8th 11 46 - - - - -
1953/54 New York Rangers NHL 67 7th 9 16 58 - - - - -
1954/55 New York Rangers NHL 70 2 14th 16 87 - - - - -
1955/56 New York Rangers NHL 70 3 15th 18th 77 5 0 1 1 4th
1956/57 New York Rangers NHL 65 2 10 12 70 5 1 0 1 6th
1957/58 New York Rangers NHL 70 4th 7th 11 62 6th 1 0 1 8th
1958/59 New York Rangers NHL 70 4th 10 14th 101 - - - - -
1959/60 New York Rangers NHL 67 7th 6th 13 58 - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 70 7th 10 17th 62 - - - - -
1961/62 New York Rangers NHL 66 6th 15th 21st 89 6th 0 1 1 8th
1962/63 New York Rangers NHL 70 5 20th 25th 55 - - - - -
1963/64 New York Rangers NHL 70 5 31 36 75 - - - - -
1964/65 New York Rangers NHL 68 2 20th 22nd 63 - - - - -
1965/66 New York Rangers NHL 70 4th 29 33 92 - - - - -
1966/67 New York Rangers NHL 70 12 28 40 54 4th 0 0 0 4th
1967/68 New York Rangers NHL 74 5 24 29 62 6th 1 0 1 0
1968/69 New York Rangers NHL 56 4th 7th 11 36 2 0 0 0 0
1969/70 Oakland Seals NHL 55 4th 16 20th 52 4th 0 1 1 2
1970/71 California Golden Seals NHL 28 0 9 9 14th - - - - -
1970/71 Los Angeles Kings NHL 18th 3 8th 11 4th - - - - -
1971/72 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 1 17th 18th 53 - - - - -
1972/73 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 4th 11 15th 28 - - - - -
1973/74 New York Golden Blades / Jersey Knights WHA 65 3 23 26th 24 - - - - -
1974/75 San Diego Mariners WHA 74 4th 10 14th 28 5 1 0 1 10
1975/76 Calgary cowboys WHA 31 0 3 3 6th 2 0 0 0 2
OHA total 104 23 37 60 158 33 8th 10 18th 56
NHL overall 1411 94 324 418 1298 38 3 3 6th 32
WHA total 170 7th 36 43 58 7th 1 0 1 12
Howell's display case in the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Coach statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1973/74 New Jersey Knights WHA 58 26th 30th 2 (54) 6th, Eastern - - - not qualified
1974/75 San Diego Mariners WHA 78 43 31 4th 90 2nd, western 10 4th 6th Loss in the playoff semifinals
1978/79 Minnesota North Stars NHL 11 3 6th 2 (8th) 4th, Adams Resignation during the season
WHA total 136 69 61 6th 144 0 division title 10 4th 6th 0 Avco World Trophies
NHL overall 11 3 6th 2 8th 0 division title - - - 0 Stanley Cups

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Web links

Commons : Harry Howell  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lance Hornby: Hamilton Hockey Hall of Famer Harry Howell dead at 86. In: montrealgazette.com . March 10, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
  2. ^ John Kreiser: Howell, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman, dies at 86.nhl.com, March 10, 2019, accessed on March 10, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Howell, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howell, Henry Vernon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach, official and scout
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamilton , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2019
Place of death Ancaster , Ontario , Canada