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Ralph Busher Jackson

Busher Jackson’ Career

NHL: 1929-44; 15 seasons, 12 quality (by modern PPG standards)
Totals:
- 241G (5th All Time at his retirement),
- 234A (4th) for
- 475P (2nd) in
- 633 games (6th);
- 61.5 PS (15th)
- At his retirement, Jackson was 9th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
- Per Game: At his retirement, Jackson was
  - 5th All Time in GPG, APG and PPG
Era: Jackson is Of the 7 players to play in at least 550 games between 1929 and 1944
- 1st in Goals, GPG, Points and PPG,
- 2nd in Assists, APG, OPS and PS,
- 3rd in Games
82-game average: 31G, 30A for 62P
3-year peak (1931-34): 48-game average of 27G, 21A for 48P
Playoffs:
- 18G, (Jackson held the career lead in playoff goals from 1937, when he tied the record till 1941)
- 12A for
- 30P in
- 71 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 390G, 489A for 879P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: an 51G, 63A for 114P
  - Per Game:
    - 14th All Time in Adjusted GPG
    - Doesn’t qualify for APG and PPG
- VsX:
  - 485G
  - 605A
  - 980P
  - Per Game:
    - 13th All Time in Adjusted GPG
    - 12th All Time in Adjusted PPG
Trades:
- Traded at 28 with Buzz Boll (28), Doc Romnes (30), Jimmy Fowler (24), Murray Armstrong (23) for Sweeney Schriner (27)
- Traded at 30 for cash

Billy Burch

Career

NHL: 1922-33; 11 seasons, 5 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
137G (101th All Time at his retirement), 61A (25th) for 1988P (14th) in 390 Games (7th); 40.2 PS (18th)
If the qualifier is set to 300 games, at his retirement Burch was 10th in GPG and 17th in PPG
At his retirement, Burch was 12th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
82-game average: 29G, 13A for 42P
3-year peak (1922-25): 24-game average of 18G, 6A for 23P
Playoffs: 0P in 2 games
Adjusted: 257G, 292A for 549P
Adjusted 82-game average: 54G, 61A for 115P
If the qualifier is set to 300 games, Burch is 24th All Time in Adjusted PPG
Traded twice after his prime, purchased once.

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Cecil Dillon

Career

NHL: 1930-40; 10 seasons, 8 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
167G (14th All Time at his retirement), 131A for 298P (17th) in 453 games; 43.7 PS
At his retirement, Dillon was 11th All Time in GPG, 23rd in APG and 12th in PPG[2. Minimum 300 games]
At his retirement, Dillon was 18th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Dillon is 2nd in Goals, GPG, Points and PPG, 5th in Assists and APG, 3rd in OPS and PS, 6th in Games[3. Of the 8 players to play in at least 450 games between 1930 and 1940]
82-game average: 30G, 24A for 54P
3-year peak (1933-36): 48-game average of 19G, 16A for 35P
Playoffs: 14G, 9A for 23P in 43 games
Adjusted: 288G, 295A for 583P
Adjusted 82-game average: 52G, 53A for 106P
If the qualifier is set to 300 games, Dillon is 23rd All Time in Adjusted PPG
Traded once within the NHL.

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Bill Cowley

Career

NHL: 1934-47; 13 seasons, 11 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
Totals:
- 195G (17th All Time at his retirement),
- 353A (1st[2. Cowley was the career leader in Assists from the 1943-44 season till the 1951-52 season]) for
- 548P (1st[3. Cowley was the career leader in Points from the 1946-47 season to the 1950-51 season]) in
- 549 Games (25th); 57.2 PS (20th)
At the time of his retirement, Cowley was 21st All Time in GPG, 1st All Time in APG[3. Cowley held the career record for APG for all but four years from 1944-45 until 1966-67] and 4th in PPG[4. Minimum 300 games. If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, Cowley was 8th All Time in GPG and 1st in PPG at his retirement][5. Cowley held the career record of PPG – Among qualifying players – from 1945-46 till 1950-1951. And he held it again briefly, only for the 1952-53 season]
At the time of his retirement, Cowley was 13th All Time in Offensive Points Shares
Era: Cowley is 5th in Goals and GPG, 1st in Assists, APG, Points, PPG, and OPS, 4th in PS and 2nd in Games[6. Of the 11 players to play in at least 500 games between 1934 and 1947]
82-game average: 30G, 52A for 82P
3-year peak (1942-45): 48-game average of 30G, 46A for 77P
Playoffs: 12G, 34A[7. Cowley held the career record in playoff Assists in 1943 and again from 1945 to 1946] for 46P in 46 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 252G, 555A for 807P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 38G, 83A for 121P
  - Adjusted Per Game:
- VsX:
Claimed in dispersal draft.

Harry Meeking

Career

NHL: 1917-19; 1926-27; 3 seasons, 2 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
18G, 12A for 30P in 64 games
Did not play in the NHL enough for an 82-game average of 3-year peak
NHL Playoffs: 3G for 3P in 9 games
Adjusted: 26G, 64A for 90P
Adjusted 82-game average: 33G, 82A for 115P[2. Take that with a giant grain of salt]
Traded out of the NHL in his prime, traded twice within the NHL in the same calendar year after his prime.

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Ralph Cooney Weiland

Career

NHL: 1928-39; 11 seasons, 7 quality[1. By modern stands of PPG]
Total:
- 173G (12th All Time at his retirement), 1
- 60A (13th) for
- 333P (11th) in
- 509 games (20th);
- 54.6 PS (16th)
Per Game:
- At his retirement, Weiland was 15th All Time in GPG, 20th in APG and 13th in PPG, minimum of 300 games[2. If the qualifier is raised to 500 games]
- Weiland was 5th in GPG and PPG and 6th in APG at his retirement]
At his retirement, Weiland was 14th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Weiland is 4th in Goals, GPG, Assists, APG, Points, PPG, OPS and PS, and 9th in Games[3. Of the 10 players to play in at least 500 games between 1928 and 1939]
82-game average: 28G, 25A for 53P
3-year peak (1929-32): 44 game average of 27G, 18A for 45P
Playoffs: 12G, 10A for 22P in 45 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey Reference:
  - 309G, 440A for 749P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 50G, 71A for 121P
  - Per Game: If the qualifier is set to 300 games, Weiland is 21st All Time in Adjusted PPG[4. If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, Weiland is 11th All Time]
- VsX:
Traded thrice in his prime.

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Gerry Lowrey

Career

NHL: 1927-33; 6 seasons, 2 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
48G, 48A for 96P in 211 games
Era: Lowrey does not qualify for the leader boards[2. 62 players played in at least 200 games between 1927 and 1933 and Lowrey is not in the Top 25 in any category]
82-game average: 19G, 19A for 37P
3-year peak (1928-31): 44-game average of 11G, 13A for 25P
Playoffs: 1G for 1P in 2 games
Adjusted: 91G, 224A for 315P
Adjusted 82-game average: 35G, 87A for 122P
Traded once in his prime within the NHL, traded into and out of the NHL.

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Gordie Drillon

Gordie Drillon’s Career:

NHL: 1936-43; 7 seasons, all quality
Totals:
- 155G (22nd All Time when he went to war),
- 139A for
- 294P in
- 311 Games;
- 37.4 PS
Per Game: Drillon doesn’t qualify for the per game leader-boards, so, if the qualifier is set to 300 games, at the time he joined the RCAF, Drillon was
- 2nd All Time in GPG,
- 6th in APG and
- 2nd in PPG
Era: Of the 29 players to play in at least 300 games between 1936 and 1943, Drillon is
- 1st in Goals and GPG,
- 8th in Assists,
- 5th in APG,
- 4th in Points,
- 2nd in PPG,
- 3rd in OPS,
- 6th in PS and
- 25th in Games
82-game average: 41G, 37A for 81P
3-year peak (1940-43): 48-game average of 26G, 21A for 47P
Playoffs:
- 26G,(Drillon held the career lead in playoffs goals from 1940, when he tied the record, to 1947)
- 15A for
- 41P (Drillon briefly held the record for career playoff points in 1943) in
- 50 games;
- Drillon held the career record for playoff GPG from 1941 to 1946
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 228G, 237A for 465P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 60G, 62A for 123P
  - Per Game: Drillon doesn’t qualify for the Per Game leader-boards but, if the qualifier is set to 300 games, Drillon is
    - 19th All Time in Adjusted PPG
- VsX:
  - Goals: 328
  - Assists: doesn’t qualify
  - Points: doesn’t qualify
  - Per Game: Drillon is
    - 1st All time in VsX Adjusted GPG but
    - doesn’t qualify for APG or PPG
Trades:
- Traded at nearly 29 for cash.

Reginald Hooley Smith

Career

NHL: 1924-41; 17 seasons, 10 quality[1. By modern PPG standards]
200G (10th All Time at his retirement), 225A (2nd) for 425P (4th) in 715 games (1st[2. Smith was the career leader in games played from the 1939-40 season to the 1942-43 season]); 65.3 PS (12th)
At his retirement, Smith was 12th All Time in GPG, 8th in APG and 11th in PPG[3. Minimum 500 games]
At his retirement, Smith was 7th All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Smith is 4th in Goals, GPG, PPG and PS, 1st in Assists, APG and Games, 3rd in Points and OPS[4. Of the 5 players to play in at least 600 games between 1924 and 1941]
82-game average: 23G, 25A for 48P
3-year peak (1931-34): 48-game average of 17G, 26A for 43P
Playoffs: 11G, 8A for 19P in 54 games
Adjusted: 358G, 716A for 1074P
Adjusted 82-game average: 41G, 82A for 123P
If the qualifier is set to 300 games, Smith is 18th All Time in Adjusted PPG[5. If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, he is 9th All Time]
Traded thrice in his prime.

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