Episode Notes Bill Cowley’s Career: NHL: 1934-47; 13 years, 11 quality by modern standards of PPGTotals: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) for549P (1st All Time at his retirement - held the record from 1946-47 to 1950-51) in549 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 SharesPer Game:At his retirement, Cowley was1st 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 wasT-17th All Time in GPG1st 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 is11th in GoalsT-7th in GPG1st in Assists (by 62)1st in APG (by .13)1st in Points1st in PPG10th in Offensive Point Shares31st in Defensive Point Shares (20th Forward)16th in Point SharesT-25th in Games Played82-game average: 30G, 52A for 82P3-year peak (1942-45): 50-game average of 32G, 48A for 80PPlayoffs:12G (t-31st All Time at his retirement),34A (2nd All Time at his retirement - Blake) for46P (3rd All Time at his retirement - Blake, Maurice Richard) in64 playoff Games (11th At his retirement)Per Game: At his retirement Cowley was3rd All time in playoff APG (nearly 50% of the leader) - Lach, BlakeCowley 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 wasT-46th All Time (3rd last among qualifying players) in playoff GPGStill 3rd All Time in playoff APGT-8th All time in playoff PPGEra: Of the 44 skaters to play in at least 41 playoff games between 1934 and 1947, Cowley isT-16th in playoff GoalsT-22nd in playoff GPG2nd in playoff Assists2nd in playoff APG (behind by .11)2nd in playoff Points (behind by 16)T-5th in playoff PPG6th in playoff GamesAdjusted for Era:Hockey-Reference:252G,555A for807P82-game average: 38G, 83A for 121PPer Game: 2nd All Time in Adjusted APG (Gretzky)6th All Time in Adjusted PPGVsX:365G820A982PPer Game:t-22nd All Time in VsX Adjusted GPG3rd 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 ist-21st All Time in VsX Adjusted APG2nd All Time in VsX Adjusted APG (Boucher)Still 4th All Time in VsX Adjusted PPGTrades: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 timesArt Ross* (‘41)Back Check MVP (‘41, ‘43)Back Check Best Player (‘41, ‘43, ‘44)All Star:1st Team All Star four times2nd Team All Star onceTop 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 onceTop 10 four timesGPG leaderboards:Top 5 in GPG onceTop 10 three timesSingle-season totals:30 goals once25 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 seasonsLed the league in Assists three times (t-3rd most all time - Gretzky, Orr)Top 5 six timesTop 10 eight timesAPG 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 1970Led the league in APG five times (4th most all time - Gretzky, Lemieux, Orr)Top 5 seven timesTop 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 onceTop 5 six timesTop 10 eight timesPPG leaderboards:Led the league in PPG four times (t-7th most all time)Top 5 five timesTop 10 seven timesSingle-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 TimeAssists: 9th All TimePoints: 19th All TimeBest 10 Seasons:Goals: t-130th All TimeAssists: 11th All TimePoints: 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 ...
