Does Tommy Dunderdale Belong in the Hockey Hall of Fame?

Tommy Dunderdale was a PCHA star and is the career leader in Goals. He wasn’t the greatest player in league history – that’s Cyclone Taylor – but he may have been the forward.

Does a PCHA star belong? Listen to us discuss Tommy Dunderdale’s Hall of Fame case:

Tommy Dunderdale’s Career:

• NHA:
  • 1910-11; 2 seasons, both quality
  • Totals:
    • 27G for 
    • 27P in
    • 21 Games
  • Per Game: if the qualifier is set to 20 Games, Dunderdale is
    • 11th All Time in GPG
    • 17th All Time in PPG
  • 16-game average: 21G for 21P
  • Playoffs: no GP
  • Trades: Sent from the Shamrocks to the Bulldogs at 23
• PCHA:
  • 1911-23; 13 seasons, 11 quality?
  • Totals:
    • 194G (1st All Time),
    • 60A (t-5th All Time – Cyclone Taylor, Mickey MacKay, Eddie Oatman, Bernie Morris)
    • 254P (2nd All Time – Taylor) in
    • 231 Games (3rd All Time – Bobby Rowe, Smokey Harris)
  • Per Game: If the qualifier is set to 82 games, Dunderdale is
    • 1st All Time in GPG
    • 14th All Time in APG
    • 8th All Time in PPG
  • 24-game average: 20G, 6A for 26P
  • Didn’t bother to calculate a 3-year peak
  • Playoffs:
    • 5G,
    • 6A for
    • 11P in
    • 15 Games
  • Traded multiple times, I think
• WCHL:
  • 1923-24, 1 season, not quality
  • Total:
    • 2G,
    • 1A for
    • 3P in
    • 17 Games
  • 30-game average: 4G, 2A for 5P
  • No playoffs
  • Trades
• CHA:
  • 1909-10, 1 season, only 3 games
  • Totals:
    • 7G for
  • 7P in
  • 3 Games

Tommy Dunderdale’s Accomplishments:

• NHA:
  • Never a top offensive player
• PCHA:
  • Backcheck PCHA MVP (‘13, ‘20)
  • Goals:
    • Leader-Boards:
      • Led the PCHA in Goals twice
      • Top 5 five times
      • Top 10 nine times
    • GPG leader-boards:
      • Led the PCHA in GPG twice
      • Top 5 in GPG six times
      • Top 10 in GPG nine times
    • Single-seasons:
      • 25 goals once
      • 20 goals five times
  • Assists:
    • Leader-boards:
      • Top 5 in Assists four
      • Top 10 in Assists seven times
    • APG leader-boards:
      • Top 5 in APG three times
      • Top 10 in APG seven times
  • Points:
    • Leader-boards:
      • Led the league in Points twice
      • Top 5 five times
      • Top 10 nine times
    • PPG leader-boards:
      • Led the league in PPG twice
      • Top 5 six times
      • Top 10 nine times
• WCHL:
  • Never a top offensive player
• CHA: Not enough data

Tommy Dunderdale’s Great Teams:

• NHA: No playoffs
• PCHA:
  • Best Player? (PPG player) on one playoff team (‘15 Aristocrats)
  • Unknown role (not a PPG player) on two Stanley Cup Runners Up??? (‘14 Aristocrats, ‘16 Rosebuds)
• WCHL: No playoffs
• CHA: No playoffs