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E89 Episode 89: Hall of Fame Class of 1974

Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 1974: Bill Burch, Alt Coulter, Tommy Dunderdale, Dickie Moore

Episode Notes

Bill Burch: 1922-33; 11 seasons, 5 quality by modern standard of PPG

  • Totals:
  • 136G (10th All Time at his retirement)
  • 60A for
  • 196P (14th All Time at his retirement) in
  • 390 Games (t-7th All Time at his retirement);
  • 40.2 PS (18th All Time at his retirement);
  • At his retirement, Burch was 12th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
  • Among Forwards, Burch was t-17th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
  • Per Game: Burch doesn’t qualify for any per game leader-board, but if we lower the qualifiers to 100G, 50A and 150P, at his retirement Burch was
  • T-17th All Time in GPG
  • (last in APG among all qualifying players)
  • T-24th All Time in PPG
  • Era: Among the 10 skaters to play in at least 328 Games (4 modern seasons), between 1922 and 1933, Burch is
  • 4th in Goals
  • T-4th in GPG
  • t-9th /last in Assists
  • 10th/last in APG
  • 5th in Points
  • 7th in PPG
  • 5th in Offensive Point Shares
  • 8th in Defensive Point Shares
  • 5th in Point Shares
  • 82-game average: 29G, 12A for 41P
  • 3-year peak (1922-25): 24-game average of 16G, 6A for 22P

Art Coulter:  1931-42; 11 seasons, 10 quality by DPS

  • Totals:
  • 31G,
  • 82A (21st/14th? D All Time at his retirement) for
  • 113P (25th/18th? D All Time at his retirement) in
  • 458 Games (17th/14th? D All Time at his retirement);
  • 46.1 Point Shares (16th/14th D All Time at his retirement);
  • At his retirement, Coulter was as high as 6th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
  • Per Game: Obviously he doesn’t qualify, but if the qualifiers are lowered to the hilariously low 30G, 80A, 100P, Coulter is last in GPG and APG and 2nd last in PPG
  • Era: Of the 18 “D” to play in at least 328 Games (4 modern seasons) between 1931 and 1942, Coulter is
  • 12th in Goals
  • T-13th in GPG (no Goals qualifier)
  • 11th in Assists
  • 11th in APG (no Assists qualifier)
  • 11th in Points
  • 11th in PPG (no Points qualifier)
  • 11th in Offensive Point Shares
  • 1st in Defensive Point Shares
  • 6th in Point Shares
  • 4th in Games
  • 82-game average: 6G, 15A for 21P, 8.3 PS
  • 3-year peak (1937-40): 48-game average of 4G, 10A for 13P, 5.4 PS

Tommy Dunderdale: NHA:

  • 1910-11; 2 seasons, both quality
  • Totals:
  • 27G for 
  • 27P in
  • 21 Games
  • Per Game: if the qualifier is set to 20 Games, Dunderdale is
  • 11th All Time in GPG
  • 17th All Time in PPG
  • 16-game average: 21G for 21P
  • Playoffs: no GP
  • Trades: Sent from the Shamrocks to the Bulldogs at 23
  • PCHA:
  • 1911-23; 13 seasons, 11 quality?
  • Totals:
  • 194G (1st All Time),
  • 60A (t-5th All Time - Cyclone Taylor, Mickey MacKay, Eddie Oatman, Bernie Morris)
  • 254P (2nd All Time - Taylor) in
  • 231 Games (3rd All Time - Bobby Rowe, Smokey Harris)
  • Per Game: If the qualifier is set to 82 games, Dunderdale is
  • 1st All Time in GPG
  • 14th All Time in APG
  • 8th All Time in PPG
  • 24-game average: 20G, 6A for 26P
  • Didn’t bother to calculate a 3-year peak
  • Playoffs:
  • 5G,
  • 6A for
  • 11P in
  • 15 Games
  • Traded multiple times, I think
  • WCHL:
  • 1923-24, 1 season, not quality
  • Total:
  • 2G,
  • 1A for
  • 3P in
  • 17 Games
  • 30-game average: 4G, 2A for 5P

Dickie Moore: 1951-63, 1964-65, 1967-68; 14 seasons, 9 quality

  • Totals:
  • 261G (11th All Time at his first retirement),
  • 346A (14th All Time at his first retirement) for
  • 607P (11th All Time at his first retirement),
  • +63* (9th All Time at his first retirement) in
  • 719 Games;
  • 65.2 Point Shares (13th Forward All Time at his first retirement);
  • At his retirement, Moore was 15th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
  • Per Game: At his first retirement, Moore was
  • 16th All Time in GPG
  • T-9th All Time in APG
  • 10th All Time in PPG
  • Era: Of the 36 skaters to play in at least 574 games (7 modern seasons) between 1951 and 1963, Moore is
  • 5th in Goals
  • 4th in GPG (8 qualifying players)
  • 9th in Assists
  • 5th in APG (10 qualifying players)
  • 6th in Points
  • 5th in PPG (8 qualifying players)
  • 3rd in Plus/Minus
  • 6th in Offensive Point Shares
  • 18th in Defensive Point shares (5th Forward)
  • 11th in Point Shares
  • 82-game average: 30G, 39A for 69P, +7
  • 3-year peak (1958-1961): 70-game average of 36G, 48A for 84P, +24*

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