Height: 6-1
Weight: 200
Shoot: L
Born: 28 Dec 1932, Hamilton ON (d. 2019)
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
| year | team | |||||||||||
| 1973-74 | New York-Jersey | |||||||||||
| 1974-75 | San Diego | |||||||||||
| 1975-76 | Calgary | |||||||||||
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• Member, Hockey Hall of Fame.
Regular Season & Playoff Coaching Record
| Regular Season | Playoffs |
| year | team | finish | finish | |||||||||
| 1973-74 | Jersey | 6-E | DNQ | |||||||||
| 1974-75 | San Diego | 2-W | SF | |||||||||
| 1975-76 | Calgary | Interim | Interim | |||||||||
• Named player-coach of Jersey franchise on November 25, 1973. Ron Ingram served as bench coach for both Jersey and San Diego.
• Coached Calgary on March 11 and March 23, 1976, in absence of Joe Crozier.
• Coached Calgary from April 14 to April 18, 1976, as coach Joe Crozier was serving a suspension.
• Coached in NHL, Min (1978-79).
• Only player to play and coach in both the NHL and WHA.
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Harry Howell's Back in New York • no byline • The Hockey Spectator • August 1973
He's almost completely gray and he has the same quick smile and amiable personality he displayed during 17 previous seasons in this town as a star defenseman with the New York Rangers. But even if Harry Howell's hair all falls out and his temper suddenly turns nasty, the Golden Blades won't mind. They have signed the 21-year veteran of the National Hockey League to a two-year contract. The club and Howell made the joint announcement at a press conference here July 18. It remains to be seen how much defense Howell, who'll be 41 next December 28, has left. He appeared trim during his brief stay here, and weighed in at 200 pounds, the same weight at which he played last season. The Golden Blades were able to land him after he balked at an offer to be player-coach of the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League, a farm of the Los Angeles Kings. Harry toiled for the Kings the past two and a half seasons, but was left unprotected by the Southern Californians in the NHL summer draft. Howell played 1,160 games for the Rangers, a club record, from the 1952-53 season through 1968-69. Spinal fusion surgery and advancing age rendered Harry questionable to Ranger officials and the club sold him to the Oakland Seals in June 1969. The Kings purchased his contract from the Seals in February 1971. Howell's totals for 21 NHL campaigns were 1,411 games, 94 goals, 324 assists, 418 points and 1,303 penalty minutes. Only Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio have played more games in the history of the NHL. Harry's best season was 1966-67, when he scored 12 goals and had 28 assists, and was awarded the James Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman. At the time, he won the award, Howell said: "I'm glad I won it now, because from now on nobody is going to be able to take it away from Bobby Orr." Harry proved a master predictor, Orr had just completed his ยป rookie season with the Boston Bruins. Since then, Orr has captured the Norris trophy the past six seasons in a row. A native of Hamilton, Ontario, who wore No. 3 during his long career with the Rangers, Howell likely will get the same number with the Golden Blades. A teammate of his for 12 seasons with the Rangers was Camille Henry, now the coach of the Golden Blades. For much of that time, Harry and Camille were roommates on road trips. Howell points with pride to the fact that he played in 150 games in Los Angeles the past two seasons, including 73 last year when he scored four goals and 11 assists. He is expected not only to see considerable ice time for the Golden Blades, but also to help groom the club's young defensemen. There's no question that the Blades need all the blue line help they can get. The primary reason for the club's last-place finish in the Eastern Division in 1972-73 was its yield of 334 goals, 21 more than were allowed by any other World Hockey Association team. Quebec gave up 313 goals. The Golden Blades feel that Howell's presence will result in a reduction of at least 50 goals allowed next winter, |
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1973-74 (by Reyn Davis & Charley Hallman)
A beautiful link with the past ... Started his NHL career in 1952 with the Rangers and played in New York 17 years ... Has played 1,411 National Hockey League games in 21 seasons, third on the all time list ... "He's a pros pro," says former New York teammate Vic Hadfield, "He hits you hard but clean." ... Won Norris Trophy in 1966-67 as outstanding defensemen in the NHL ... Wears protective corset from 1969 spinal injury ... Gray-haired defenseman plays a pure defensive game and needs six goals for career 100. |
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