Episode Notes

Johnny Bucyk: 1955-78; 23 seasons, 20 quality

• Totals:
• 556G (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Esposito, Hull),
• 813A (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Mikita, Delvecchio) for
• 1369P (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Esposito, Mikita),
• -7;
• 122.4 Point Shares (12th All Time at his retirement);
• 1540 Games (17th All Time, 3rd at his retirement - Howe, Delvecchio)
• At his retirement, Bucyk was 7th All Time in Offensive Point Shares;
• Among forwards, Bucy was 19th All Time in Defensive Point Shares at retirement
• Per Game: Not in the Top 25
• Era: Of the 12 skaters to play in at least 1148 games (14 modern seasons) between 1955 and 1978, Bucyk is
• 1st in Goals
• 3rd in GPG (10 qualifying players)
• 2nd in Assists
• 4th in APG (10 qualifying players)
• 2nd in Points
• 3rd in PPG (6 qualifying players)
• 8th in Plus/Minus
• 2nd in Offensive Point Shares
• 10th (3rd last) in Defensive Point Shares
• 2nd in Point Shares
• 82-game average: 30G, 43A for 73P, 0
• 3-year peak (1970-73): 78-game average of 41G, 56A for 97P, +23
• Playoffs:
• 41G (15th All Time at his retirement),
• 62A (12th All Time at his retirement) for
• 103P (14th All Time at his retirement),
• +29 (8th All Time at his retirement) in
• 124 Games (20th All Time at his retirement)
• Per Game: At his retirement, Bucyk was
• 18th All Time in playoff GPG
• T-25th All Time in playoff PPG
• Era: Of the 73 skaters to play in at least 82 playoff games between 1955 and 1978, Bucyk is
• 10th in playoff Goals
• 15th in playoff GPG
• 8th in playoff Assists
• T-14th in playoff APG
• 9th in playoff Points
• T-15th in playoff PPG
• 8th in playoff Plus/Minus 
• 11th in playoff Games

Frank Mahovlich: 1956-74, 18 seasons, 17 quality

• Totals:
• 533G (4th All Time at his departure to the WHA - Howe, Hull, Richard),
• 570A (10th All Time at his departure) for
• 1103P (8th All Time at his departure),
• +266 (4th All Time at his departure - Orr, Esposito, Mikita) in
• 1181 Games (17th All Time at his departure);
• 121.7 PS (10th All Time at his departure);
• At his departure, Mahovlich was 6th All Time in Offensive Point Shares;
• Among Forwards, Mahovlich was 8th* All Time in Defensive Point Shares
• Per game: At his retirement, Mahovlich was
• T-14th All Time in GPG (4th LW)
• 23rd All Time in APG (2nd LW)
• T-12th All Time in PPG (3rd LW)
• Era: Of the 12 skaters to play in at least 1066 games (13 modern seasons) between 1956 and 1974, Mahovlich is
• 1st in Goals (by 61 Goals)
• 1st in GPG (by 0.08)
• 5th in Assists
• 5th in APG
• 3rd in Points
• T-1st in PPG
• 1st in Plus/Minus
• 1st in Offensive Point Shares
• 4th in Defensive Point Shares (1st Forward)
• 1st in Point Shares
• 5th in Games
• 82-game average: 37G, 39A for 76P, +18
• 3-year peak (1971-74): 78-game average of 39G, 55A for 93P, +35
• Playoffs:
• 51G (7th All Time at his retirement),
• 67A (t-6th All Time at his retirement) for
• 118P (t-7th All Time at his retirement),
• -25 in
• 137 Games (t-6th All Time at his retirement);
• Per Game: At his retirement, Mahovlich was
• T-17th All Time in playoff GPG
• T-16th All Time in playoff APG
• T-12th All Time in playoff PPG
• Era: Of the 42 skaters to play in at least 82 playoff games between 1956 and 1974, Mahovlich is
• 4th in playoff Goals
• T-9th in playoff GPG
• T-4th in playoff Assists
• T-8th in playoff APG
• 4th in playoff Points
• 8th in playoff PPG
• Last in Plus/Minus
• 3rd in playoff Games

Allan Stanley: 1948-69, 21 seasons, 20 quality?

• Totals:
• 100G (9th/11th D All Time at his retirement),
• 333A (4th/5th D All Time at his retirement - Harvey, Gadsby, Pilote, Kelly) for 
• 433P (5th/7th D All Time at his retirement - Gadsby, Harvey, Kelly Pilote, Clapper, Horton),
• +117* (14th All Time - 6th D at his retirement) in 
• 1244 Games (4th All Time at his retirement - Howe, Kelly, Gadsby);
• 103.6 Point Shares (9th All Time at his retirement, 4th/5th D - Harvey, Kelly, Horton, Clancy);
• Stanley is 25th All Time in Defensive Point Shares (At his retirement, he  was 4th All Time in Defensive Point Shares - Harvey, Pronovost, Horton)
• At his retirement, Stanley was the 11th D All Time in Offensive Point Shares
• Per Game: Stanley didn’t score enough to make either the GPG or PPG leader-boards but we lowered the requirements (100G, 400P). At his retirement, among D, Stanley was 
• 11th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in GPG
• 6th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in APG
• 7th (last among all qualifying players) All Time in PPG
• Era: Of the 12 D* to play in at least 820 games (10 modern seasons) between 1948 and 1969, Stanley is
• 4th (3rd) in Goals
• 6th (5th) in GPG
• 4th in Assists
• 6th (5th) in APG
• 6th (5th) in Points
• 6th (5th) in PPG
• 4th in Plus/Minus
• 6th (5th) in Offensive Shares
• 4th in Defensive Point Shares
• 4th (3rd) in Point Shares
• 1st in Games
• 82-game average: 7G, 22A for 29P, +8 (1/2 of his career so this isn’t accurate)
• 3-year peak (1959-62): 70-game average of 10G, 27A for 37P, +18
• Playoffs:
• 7G (t-17th/15th D All Time at his retirement),
• 36A (3rd D All Time at his retirement - Harvey, Pilote) for
• 43P (5th/4th D All Time at his retirement - Harvey, Pilote, Kelly, Tremblay),
• +2* (t-24th D All Time at his retirement) in
• 109 Games (6th D All Time at his retirement)
• Per Game: Stanley doesn’t qualify for playoff GPG or PPG so we lowered the qualifiers (5G, 40P). At his retirement, among D, Stanley was
• T-4th (last among qualifying players) in playoff APG - Pilote, Harvey, Tremblay
• 6th (last among qualifying players) in playoff PPG

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