Bryan Hextall

Bryan Hextall’s Career

• NHL: 1936-44; 1945-48; 11 seasons, 8 quality
• Totals:
  • 187G (19th All Time at his retirement),
  • 175A for
  • 362P (24th) in
  • 449 games;
  • 36.4 PS
• Hextall does not qualify for the PG leader-boards but, if the qualifier is set at 300GP, at his retirement, Hextall was
  • 9th All Time in GPG,
  • 23rd in APG and
  • 15th in PPG
• Era: Of the 23 players to play in at least 400 games between 1936 and 1948, Hextall is
  • 3rd in Goals and GPG,
  • 9th in Assists,
  • 10th in APG, 8th in Points,
  • 6th in PPG,
  • 4th in OPS,
  • 12th in PS and
  • 13th in Games
• 82-game average: 34G, 32A for 66P
• 3-year peak (1941-43): 48-game average of 23G, 32A for 55P
• Playoffs: 8G, 9A for 17P in 37 games
• Adjusted:
  • Hockey-Reference:
    • 252G, 250A for 502P
    • Adjusted 82-game average: 46G, 46A for 92P
    • Hextall didn’t score enough to qualify for the adjusted PG leader-boards
  • VsX:
    • 469G, 564A for 904P [The calculation is done individually for each stat]
    • 82-game average: 85G, 103A for 165P [This is absurd]
    • Hextall is 2nd All Time in GPG, 5th in APG and 1st in PPG [so we know what era this adjustment favours!]
• Traded out of the NHL at the end of his career.

Bryan Hextall’s Accomplishments

• Top 5 in Hart voting once (’41)
• Back Check MVP (’42)
• Back Check Best Player (’42)
• Top Player:
  • Top 10 Player (by Point Shares) once (’42)
  • Top 5 Offensive Player (by Offensive Point Shares) three times (’40, ’41, ’42),
  • Top 10 five times (’39, ’43)
• Goals:
  • Leader-boards:
    • Led the league in Goals twice,
    • Top 5 five times,
    • Top 10 six times
  • GPG Leader-boards:
    • Top 5 in GPG three times,
    • Top 10 five times
  • Single-season totals:
    • Scored 25 goals twice,
    • 20 goals seven times (1 of only 4 players to do so at his retirement)
• Assists:
  • Top 5 in Assists once
  • Top 5 in APG once
• Points:
  • Leader-boards:
    • Led the league in Points once,
    • Top 5 twice,
    • Top 10 four times
  • PPG Leader-boards:
    • Led the league in PPG once,
    • Top 5 twice,
    • Top 10 four times
  • Single-season totals:
    • Scored 50 points three times (1 of only 12 players to do so at his retirement)
• All Star:
  • 1st Team All Star thrice,
  • 2nd Team once.
• VsX Peak:
  • Best 7 Seasons:
    • Goals: 32nd All Time
    • Assists: 191st All Time
    • Points: 98th All Time
  • Best 10 Seasons:
    • Goals: 40th All Time
    • Assists: 192nd All Time
    • Points: 114th All Time

Great Teams

• NHL:
  • Top 3 Forward (by points) on one Champion (’40 Rangers),
  • Top 6 Forward (by points) on two Final Fours (’42, ’48 Rangers),
  • Top 9 Forward (by points) on one Final Four (’39 Rangers).

Hextall was a dominant regular season forward who did not have a lot of success in the playoffs. I think his regular season numbers are probably good enough for inclusion.