Episode Notes

Lionel Conacher:

• NHL: 1925-37; 12 seasons, 10 quality
• Totals:
• 78G (10th D All Time at his retirement),
• 108A (5th D All Time at his retirement) for
• 186P (7th D All Time at his retirement) in
• 498 Games (16th All Time at his retirement, 4th D);
• 65.5 PS (9th All Time at his retirement, 5th D)
• At his retirement, Conacher was 8th All Time in Defensive Point Shares and 4th All Time in Offensive Point Shares among D and
• Per Game: Conacher obviously doesn’t qualify for the leader boards, but if the qualifier is set to 410 Games (5 modern seasons), among D Conacher is
• 5th All Time in GPG
• 4th All Time in APG
• 5th All Time in PPG
• Not drafted
• Era: Of the 11 D to play in at least 410 games (5 modern seasons) between 1925 and 1937, Conacher is
• 4th in Goals and GPG
• 4th in Assists and APG
• 4th in Points and PPG
• 3rd in Offensive Point Shares
• 6th in Defensive Point Shares
• 3rd in Point Shares
• 82-game average: 13G, 18A for 30P
• 3-year peak (1933-36): 48-game average of 6G, 10A for 16P; 4.2 PS
• No possession stats obviously
• Playoffs:
• 2G,
• 2A for 
• 4P in
• 35 Games

Harry Watson:

• NHL: 1941-43, 1945-57; 14 seasons, 9 quality by modern standards of PPG
• Totals:
• 236G (12th All Time at his retirement),
• 207A for
• 443P (19th All Time at his retirement) in
• 809 Games (3rd All Time at his retirement);
• 45.3 PS
• Per Game: At his retirement, Watson was
• 25th All Time in GPG
• Not drafted
• Era: Of the 17 players to play in at least 656 games (8 modern seasons), between 1941 and 1957, Watson is
• 5th in Goals
• 6th in GPG
• 12th in Assists
• 13th in APG (though he doesn’t qualify for the APG leader-boards)
• 6th in Points
• 9th in PPG (though he doesn’t qualify for the PPG leader-boards)
• 7th in Offensive Point Shares
• 10th (4th forward) in Defensive Point Shares
• 12th in Point Shares
• 82-game average: 24G, 21A for 45P
• 3-year peak (1946-49): 60-game average of 25G, 20A for 45P
• No possession stats
• Playoffs:
• 16G (t-25th All Time at his retirement),
• 9A for
• 26P in
• 62 Games

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