Does George Owen Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

George Owen’s Career

• NHL: 1928-33; 5 seasons, all quality (by Defensive Point Shares)
• Totals:
  • 44G,
  • 33A for
  • 77P in
  • 183 games
  • At his retirement, Owen was 20th All Time in Defensive Point Shares
• Per Game: Doesn’t qualify; however, if the qualifier is set to an absurdly low 164 games, Owen is
  • 14th All Time in GPG among D
• Era: Of the 23 D who played in at least 164 games (2 modern seasons) between 1928 and 1933, Owen is
  • 6th in Goals and GPG
  • 12th in Assists
  • 9th in APG
  • 7th in Points
  • 6th in PPG
  • 6th in Offensive Point Shares
  • 8th in Defensive Point Shares
  • 3rd in Point Shares
  • 18th in Games Played
• 82-game average: 20G, 15A for 34P; 32.6 PS
• 3-year peak (1929-32): 44-game average of 12G, 10A for 22P; 7.9 PS
• Playoffs:
  • 2G,
  • 5A for
  • 7P in
  • 21 Games
• Adjusted:
  • Hockey-Reference:
    • 83G, 121A for 204P
    • Adjusted 82-game average: 37G, 54A for 91P
    • Per Game: Doesn’t qualify
  • VsX: Doesn’t qualify
• Trades:
  • Having refused to move to Canada and never played in the NHL, his NHL rights were traded when he was almost 28 to the Bruins for Eric Pettinger (24) and Hugh Plaxton (24) – our 21st Worst Leafs Trade ever.

George Owen’s Accomplishments:

• Top Player:
  • Best Defensive Player (by DPS) once (’30)

George Owen’s Great Teams

• NHL:
  • Best D (by points) on one Final Four (’31 Bruins),
  • Top 2 D (by points) on one Runner up (’30 Bruins),
  • Top 4 D (by points) on one Champion (’29 Bruins) and one Final Four (’33 Bruins)

We can’t know if Owen was a dominant defensive player, unfortunately. And he didn’t play long enough.