Seasons with Rangers: 17 (1952-1969)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 1160
Playoff Games with Rangers: 34

Acquired
Scouted and signed by Rangers organization as a free agent in 1949.

Departed
NHL rights sold to Oakland on June 1, 1969.

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NYR - Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1952-1953 Rangers 67 3 8 11 46 1953-1954 Rangers 67 7 9 16 58 1954-1955 Rangers 70 2 14 16 87 1955-1956 Rangers 70 3 15 18 77 1956-1957 Rangers 65 2 10 12 70 1957-1958 Rangers 70 4 7 11 62 1958-1959 Rangers 70 4 10 14 101 1959-1960 Rangers 67 7 6 13 58 1960-1961 Rangers 70 7 10 17 62 1961-1962 Rangers 66 6 15 21 89 1962-1963 Rangers 70 5 20 25 55 1963-1964 Rangers 70 5 31 36 75 1964-1965 Rangers 68 2 20 22 63 1965-1966 Rangers 70 4 29 33 92 1966-1967 Rangers 70 12 28 40 54 1967-1968 Rangers 74 5 24 29 12 62 1 0 2 220 2.3 1968-1969 Rangers 56 4 7 11 2 36 1 0 1 140 2.9 Team Totals: 1,160 82 263 345 14 1,147 2 0 3

NYR - Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1955-1956 Rangers 5 0 1 1 4 1956-1957 Rangers 5 1 0 1 6 1957-1958 Rangers 6 1 0 1 8 1961-1962 Rangers 6 0 1 1 8 1966-1967 Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 1967-1968 Rangers 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1968-1969 Rangers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team Totals: 34 3 2 5 30 1 0 1

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1949-1950 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 3 0 1 1 2 1949-1950 Guelph Biltmores-M-Cup 5 0 1 1 14 1950-1951 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 50 6 16 22 77 1951-1952 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 51 17 20 37 79 1951-1952 Cincinnati Mohawks-AHL 1 0 0 0 0 1951-1952 Guelph Biltmores-M-Cup 12 5 5 10 24 1952-1953 Rangers 67 3 8 11 46 1953-1954 Rangers 67 7 9 16 58 1954-1955 Rangers 70 2 14 16 87 1955-1956 Rangers 70 3 15 18 77 1956-1957 Rangers 65 2 10 12 70 1957-1958 Rangers 70 4 7 11 62 1958-1959 Rangers 70 4 10 14 101 1959-1960 Rangers 67 7 6 13 58 1960-1961 Rangers 70 7 10 17 62 1961-1962 Rangers 66 6 15 21 89 1962-1963 Rangers 70 5 20 25 55 1963-1964 Rangers 70 5 31 36 75 1964-1965 Rangers 68 2 20 22 63 1965-1966 Rangers 70 4 29 33 92 1966-1967 Rangers 70 12 28 40 54 1967-1968 Rangers 74 5 24 29 12 62 1 0 2 220 2.3 1968-1969 Rangers 56 4 7 11 2 36 1 0 1 140 2.9 1969-1970 Seals 55 4 16 20 -14 52 3 0 3 147 2.7 1970-1971 Seals 28 0 9 9 -20 14 0 0 0 51 0.0 1970-1971 Kings 18 3 8 11 1 4 1 0 0 33 9.1 1971-1972 Kings 77 1 17 18 -34 53 0 0 0 138 0.7 1972-1973 Kings 73 4 11 15 -4 28 0 0 0 97 4.1 1973-1974 New York/New Jersey Knights-WHA 65 3 23 26 24 1974-1975 San Diego Mariners-WHA 74 4 10 14 28 1975-1976 Calgary Cowboys-WHA 31 0 3 3 6 NHL Totals: 1,411 94 324 418 -57 1,298 6 0 6

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1949-1950 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 5 0 1 1 14 1949-1950 Guelph Biltmores-M-Cup 5 0 1 1 14 1950-1951 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 5 1 0 1 6 1951-1952 Guelph Biltmores-OHA-Jr. 23 7 9 16 36 1951-1952 Guelph Biltmores-M-Cup 12 5 5 10 24 1955-1956 Rangers 5 0 1 1 4 1956-1957 Rangers 5 1 0 1 6 1957-1958 Rangers 6 1 0 1 8 1961-1962 Rangers 6 0 1 1 8 1966-1967 Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 1967-1968 Rangers 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1968-1969 Rangers 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1969-1970 Seals 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1974-1975 San Diego Mariners-WHA 5 1 0 1 10 1975-1976 Calgary Cowboys-WHA 2 0 0 0 2 NHL Totals: 38 3 3 6 32 1 0 1

Bio/News RANGERS DEBUT Oct. 18, 1952 (Rangers at Toronto Maple Leafs) FINAL GAME WITH RANGERS March 30, 1969 (Rangers vs.Toronto Maple Leafs) RANGERS CAPTAIN 1955-56 to 1956-57 MAJOR NHL AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS WITH RANGERS Hockey Hall of Fame — Inducted 1979 Norris Trophy — 1966-67 NHL First All-Star Team — 1966-67 NHL All-Star Game — 1954, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968 RANGERS TEAM AWARDS Rangers MVP — 1963-64 Players` Player Award — 1964-65, 1966-67 Boucher Trophy (Most Popular) — 1964-65, 1965-66, 1966-67 RANGERS RECORDS Most career games played — 1,160 RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS Minor-league games: 105 Minor-league teams: Guelph (OHA) 1950-1952; Cincinnati (AHL) 1951-52 MISCELLANEOUS Full name: Henry Vernon Howell Uniform Numbers: 3 Retired from pro hockey: 1976 BIOGRAPHY Harry Howell spent an amazing 17 consecutive seasons in a Rangers uniform and, in the process, established the team record for career games played. Howell`s mark of 1,160 regular-season games might never be broken, as it would require a player to perform in every single game for at least 14 seasons. Howell has held the record ever since completinig his career with the team in March of 1969. At the time Howell left the Blueshirts, he was 36 years old, but he still had another seven years of pro hockey left in him — as he did not finally retire until after he had performed for Calgary in the 1976 WHA playoffs. Howell spent two seasons with the Rangers` major junior affiliate in Guelph, Ontario, before joining the team as a 19-year-old in 1952. He scored a goal in his first NHL game, and over the next 17 years, he became a fixture on defense, missing only 40 out of 1,200 regular-season games. After serving as team captain in the late 1950s. Howell put together some of his best seasons in the mid-1960s, earning team MVP honors in 1963-64. Perhaps Howell`s greatest hockey achievement came in 1966-67, when he won the Norris Trophy as the league`s top defenseman and earned a selection to the First All-Star Team. Howell would be the last player other than Bobby Orr to win the Norris Trophy until Denis Potvin broke Orr`s streak in 1976. Howell was also among the most popular players in Rangers history, winning the Fan Club`s Frank Boucher Trophy in each season from 1965 to 1967. He is one of only four Rangers to have won that award three straight times, putting him in elite company with Andy Bathgate, Rod Gilbert and Mark Messier. Howell`s younger brother Ron also played for the Rangers during the 1950s. RELATED CONTENT º Alumni Profile º Alumni Spotlight º A History of the New York Rangers º Rangers in the Hall of Fame º Rangers Captains º Rangers Career Leaders º Rangers NHL Award Winners º Rangers MVP Winners º Boucher Trophy Winners