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| 1974 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Mark Howe
Selected in
second round
No. 25 overall by Boston Bruins
Born May 28, 1955
 | Position:
Left Wing / Defense
Height: 5-11 Weight:
180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Houston (WHA)
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan (USA)
Hometown:
Detroit, Michigan |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1969-70 |
Detroit | MiJHL | 40 |
30 | 39 |
69 | 21 | | 1970-71 |
Detroit | SOJHL | 44 |
37 | 70 |
107 | -- | | 1971-72 |
Detroit | SOJHL | 9 |
5 | 9 |
14 | -- | | |
Team USA | Olympics |
6 |
0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | | 1972-73 |
Toronto | OMJHL | 60 |
38 | 66 |
104 | 27 | | 1973-74 |
Houston | WHA | 76 |
38 | 41 |
79 | 20 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Avco Trophy: 1974 (Houston)
Memorial Cup: 1973 (Toronto)
Olympics: 1972 (silver medal)
U.S. National Junior A Championship 1970 (Detroit)
WHA Kaplan Trophy (Rookie of Year): 1973-74 (Houston)
Stafford
Smythe Trophy (Memorial Cup MVP): 1973 (Toronto)
SOJHL MVP:
1970-71 (Detroit)
SOJHL Outstanding Forward: 1970-71 (Detroit)
WHA All-Star Second
Team: 1973-74 (Houston)
SOJHL All-Star First Team: 1970-71 (Detroit)
SOJHL Points Leader: 1970-71 (Detroit) (107 points)
SOJHL Assists
Leader: 1970-71 (Detroit) (70 assists)
Memorial Cup Points Leader: 1973 (Toronto) (8 points)
Memorial
Cup Goals Leader: 1973 (Toronto) (4 goals)
Memorial Cup Assists
Leader: 1973 (Toronto) (4 assists)
OMJHL Playoffs Points Leader: 1973 (Toronto) (26
points)
1973-74: Played on WHA
regular-season champion (Houston).
Miscellaneous: Played left wing throughout junior career and for every
season prior to his draft year. ... Missed most of 1971-72 season recovering from knee surgery
performed in June 1971. ... OMJHL rights originally held by London, but traded
to Toronto in exchange for Larry Goodenough and Dennis Maruk in
August 1972. ... Left major junior hockey to sign with Houston (WHA) in
June 1973. ... Played on line with Gordie Howe and Jim Sherrit for Houston (WHA)
in 1973-74. ... Played Little League baseball in Detroit and was
a local All-Star catcher. ... Also competed in high school wrestling, track
and football. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 11, 1979 (Hartford at
Minnesota)
Numbers: 5 (Hartford); 2 (Philadelphia); 4 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup:
1997, 1998, 2002 (as pro scout)
Playing Status: Retired September
28, 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1979-1995 | Hartford, Philadelphia, Detroit |
929 | 197 | 545 |
742 | 455 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1983-1995 | Hartford, Philadelphia, Detroit |
101 | 10 | 51 |
61 | 34 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
NHL Emery Edge Trophy (+/- Leader): 1985-86 (Phila.) (plus-85)
NHL All-Star First Team: 1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87 (Philadelphia)
Sporting News All-Star First Team: 1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87
Sporting News All-Star Second Team: 1979-80 (Hartford)
All-Star Game: 1981, 1983, 1986, 1988
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1985, 1987 (Philadelphia), 1995 (Detroit)
Hartford Kravitz Award (Players' MVP): 1978-79
Hartford Three
Stars Leader: 1978-79
Hartford Budweiser Award (Top Defenseman):
1980-81
Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame: Inducted March 5, 2001
Philadelphia Clarke Trophy
(MVP): 1985-86
Philadelphia Ashbee Trophy (Top Defenseman):
1982-83, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88
Philadelphia Class Guy Award: 1982-83
Philadelphia Records: Most points by a defenseman in one season (82 in
1985-86), most goals by a defenseman in one season (24 in 1985-86), most
career points by a defenseman (480), most career goals by a defenseman (138),
most career assists by a defenseman (342), most career playoff points by a
defenseman (53)
Hartford Assists Leader: 1981-82 (45)
Hartford Playoffs Points Leader: 1980 (3, tie)
Philadelphia Assists Leader: 1985-86 (58)
Philadelphia Playoffs
Points Leader: 1988 (9)
Philadelphia Playoffs Assists Leader:
1983 (2, tie), 1986 (4), 1988 (6, tie), 1989 (15)
1979-80: Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team.
Scouting Career: Named Detroit pro scout in charge of minor leagues on Sept. 28,
1995, added NHL-level scouting duties in 1998, and remained in that position
through 2005-06 season.
Coaching Career: Named Detroit part-time minor-league coach in charge
of organization's defense prospects on Sept. 28, 1995, and remained in that
position through 2003-04 season.
Management Career: Named Detroit
director of pro scouting prior to 2006-07 season and remained in position
through 2006-07 season.
Miscellaneous: Was available in 1974 NHL Amateur Draft because of
league's decision to allow drafting of underage players that year. ... Assisted on Gordie Howe's final NHL goal in Hartford's
playoff game at Montreal on April 9, 1980. ... Became first defenseman in NHL
history to score two short-handed goals in one period when he achieved feat in
Hartford's game at St. Louis on Oct. 9, 1980. ... Suffered major injury in
Hartford's Dec. 27, 1980 game vs. N.Y. Islanders when he slid into the pointed
metal center of the net and cut a five inch gash in his upper thigh. He was
essentially impaled by the metal, and the injury, which nearly ended his career,
prompted the NHL to change the design of its nets so that there would no
longer be a center portion that jutted up toward the goal line. ... Set NHL
records (since broken) for single-season points (80) and assists (56) by a
U.S.-born player in 1979-80. ... Became first Philadelphia defenseman named to an NHL All-Star first team when he achieved feat in 1982-83. ... Set
Philadelphia record (since broken by self) for points by a defenseman in
one season with 67 in 1982-83. ... Was Norris Trophy runner-up and Masterton
Trophy finalist in 1982-83. ... Missed part of 1983-84 season with shoulder
injury, suffered in February 1984. ... Missed part of 1984-85 season with
bruised collarbone, suffered in January 1985. ... Named to 1985 NHL All-Star
Game, but did not play due to injury. ... Scored in OT to beat N.Y. Rangers
5-4 in Game 1 of 1985 Patrick Division semifinal series on April 10, 1985. ...
Was Norris Trophy finalist and Hart Trophy finalist in 1985-86. ... Missed
part of 1986-87 season with back spasms, suffered in January 1987. ... Led all
NHL defensemen with plus-57 rating in 1986-87. ... Was Norris Trophy finalist
in 1986-87. ... Missed part of Philadelphia's 1987 training camp with injured
back and vertebrae. ... Missed part of 1987-88 season with lower back strain.
... Missed part of 1988-89 season with bruised right foot, an injury suffered
in October 1988, and pulled groin muscle, suffered in December 1988. ...
Missed part of 1988-89 season with sprained ACL in left knee, an injury
suffered in February 1989. ... Missed part of 1989-90 season with groin
injury, suffered in Philadelphia's game vs. New Jersey on Dec. 22, 1989. ...
Missed second half of 1989-90 season with herniated discs in lower back, an
injury suffered in Philadelphia's game at Boston on Jan. 27, 1990. ... Missed most of 1990-91 season recovering from
surgery on herniated disc in lower back, an operation performed on Jan. 18,
1991. He played his last game of season for Philadelphia vs. N.Y. Islanders on
Nov. 25, 1990, after having missed four earlier games due to pain. He had
initially been hurt in a Nov. 3, 1990 game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of
1991-92 season with re-aggravated back injury, suffered in Philadelphia's game
at Washington on Oct. 4, 1991. ... Missed part of 1991-92 season with broken
left thumb, suffered in Philadelphia's Nov. 23, 1991, game vs. New Jersey. ...
Missed part of 1992-93 season with injured rib suffered in late December 1992.
... Missed parts of 1992-93 season with back injury suffered in Detroit's Jan.
17, 1993, game at Philadelphia and sprained neck, an injury suffered in
Detroit's game vs. Minnesota on March 18, 1993. ... Missed part of 1993-94
season with sprained left knee, an injury suffered in Detroit's game at Dallas
on Oct. 5, 1993. ... Missed parts of 1993-94 season with back spasms, suffered
in Detroit's Dec. 5, 1993 game at Winnipeg, and back strain, suffered in
Detroit's game at San Jose on Jan. 6, 1994. ... Missed part of 1995 season
with bruised left knee, suffered in Detroit's game vs. Calgary on Jan. 22,
1995. ... Missed parts of 1995 season with lower back spasms, suffered in
Detroit's Feb. 7, 1995, vs. San Jose, and with back injury, suffered in
Detroit's game at Anaheim on March 9, 1995. ... Missed part of 1995 season
with separated shoulder, an injury suffered in Detroit's game vs. St. Louis on
April 2, 1995. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Houston, New England (WHA)
WHA
Canada-Soviet Summit Series: 1974 (Canada)
Canada Cup: 1981
(fourth place) (USA)
Rendez-Vous Series: 1987 (injured, did not
play)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Avco Trophy: 1975 (Houston)
United States Hockey Hall of Fame: Inducted 2003
WHA All-Star First Team: 1978-79
(New England)
WHA All-Star Second Team: 1976-77 (Houston)
WHA All-Star Game: 1975, 1976
(Houston), 1978, 1979 (N. England)
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Houston in
professional draft)
WHA Records: Most career playoff points (92)
WHA Playoffs Points Leader: 1975 (Houston) (22 points)
WHA
Playoffs Goals Leader: 1975 (Houston) (10 goals, tie)
1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, 1976-77: Played on WHA regular-season
champion (Houston).
Miscellaneous: Began playing
defense in 1976-77 but did not play defense exclusively until he entered the
NHL in 1979-80. ... Missed part of 1976-77 season with separated shoulder. ...
Was youngest player in WHA history to score 100 goals. ... Named to 1977 WHA
All-Star Game but did not play due to injury. ... Joined father and
brother by leaving Houston (WHA) and signing with New England (WHA) as free
agents on May 23, 1977. ... Became only WHA player to be named to a mid-season
All-Star Game at one position (left wing) and a postseason All-Star team at
another position (defense) when he achieved feat in 1976-77. ... Missed part of 1977-78 season with rib injury. ...
Set New England (WHA) record with 107 points in 1978-79. ... Set New England (WHA)
record with 21-game points streak in 1978-79. ... Won New England (WHA)
Booster Club Player of Year award for 1978-79. ... Missed part of 1979 WHA
playoffs with cracked ribs, an injury suffered in Game 3 of Avco Trophy
semifinal series vs. Edmonton. ... Won Philadelphia Sports Writers
Association's Good Guy Award for 1989. ... Was avid golfer during his playing
days. Had a hole-in-one at a West Hartford course and also won a "Longest
Drive Award" by hitting a ball 316 yards. ... Served as chairman of Ann Ferrin Golf Tournament during his
many seasons in Philadelphia.
Personal: Full name is Mark Steven
Howe. ... Son of Hall of Famer Gordie Howe. ... Younger brother of former NHL player Marty Howe. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: Unlike other draft picks, who
snubbed the NHL in favor of the WHA, Howe was already playing in the WHA at
the time Boston selected him. He did not enter the NHL until the 1979 NHL-WHA
merger. Boston briefly regained his rights in the NHL Reclaim Draft on June 9,
1979, but Hartford
immediately took him back as part of its privilege to protect three players from its WHA franchise. |
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SNAPSHOT '74 | | Total Selected: |
246 | | Forwards: |
138 | | Defense: |
84 | | Goaltenders: |
24 | | Major Junior: |
171 | | College Players: |
44 |
| Canadian: |
200 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
40 | | U.S.-Born: |
39 |
| European: |
6 |
| Reached NHL: |
98 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
15 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
21 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
5 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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