Left Wing

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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Samuel Rusty Crawford

Career

NHL: 1917-19; 2 seasons, 1 quality[1. By modern standards of PPG]
10G, 8A for 18P in 38 games; 0.1 PS
When Crawford left the NHL,[2. To play in a senior league] he was tied for the league lead in Games Played but was 20th in Goals, 14th in Assists and 20th in Points
When he left the NHL, Crawford was 25th in GPG, 20th in APG and 24th in PPG
Playoffs: 2G, 1A for 3P in 2 games
Adjusted: 15G, 45A for 60P
Traded once within the NHL, and transferred once, willingly left the NHL, traded and otherwise transferred multiple times outside of the NHL.

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Aurele Joliat’s Career

NHL: 1922-1938; 16 seasons, 12 quality (by modern standards of PPG)
Totals:
- 270G (3rd All Time at his retirement),
- 190A (4th) for
- 460P (3rd) in
- 655 games (1st);
- 87.6 PS (5th)
Per Game:
- Few players qualified for the PG leaderboards when Joliat retired. (He was 7th of 7 qualifying players in GPG at his retirement and didn’t qualify for the other two.) However, if the qualifier is set at 300 Games Played instead, at his retirement, Joliat was
  - 9th in GPG,
  - 22nd in APG and
  - 11th in PPG
- If the qualifier is raised to 500 games, he was
  - 3rd in GPG
  - 5th in APG and
  - 4th in PPG
Joliat held the record for career games played from the 1936-37 season until the 1939-40 season
At his retirement, Joliat was 3rd All Time in Offensive Point Shares
Era: Of the 16 players to play in at least 500 games between 1922 and 1938, Joliat is
- 3rd in Goals, GPG, Points and OPS,
- 4th in Assists, PPG and PS,
- 5th in APG and
- 1st in Games
82-game average: 34G, 24A for 57P
3-year peak (1922-25): 30-game average of 23G, 10A for 34P
Playoffs: 9G, 13A for 22P in 25 games
Adjusted:
- Hockey-Reference:
  - 489G, 694A for 1183P
  - Adjusted 82-game average: 61G, 87A for 148P
  - Joliat is 7th All Time in GPG but does not qualify for APG or PPG
    - However, if the qualifier is set at 82 games, Joliat is 21st All Time in Adjusted PPG and if the qualifier is raised to300 games, he is 8th All Time; when it is raised to 500 games he is 3rd All Time
- VsX:
  - 406G, 508A for 830P [Numbers are adjusted separately)
  - 82-game average*: 51G, 64A for 104P
  - Per Game: Crazy as it may seem, Joliat is not in the Top 25 of any PG leader-board
Traded into the NHL.

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