Willie Marshall (ice hockey)
Wilmott Charles "The Whip" Marshall (born December 1, 1931) is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward.[1] Marshall holds all-time records for most goals, most points, most assists, most hat tricks, and most games played in the American Hockey League (AHL), registered over a 20-season career in the AHL.
| Willie Marshall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Marshall c. 1960s with the Baltimore Clippers | |||
| Born |
December 1, 1931 Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
NHL Toronto Maple Leafs AHL Pittsburgh Hornets Hershey Bears Rochester Americans Providence Reds Baltimore Clippers IHL Toledo Hornets NAHL Buffalo Norsemen | ||
| Playing career | 1952–1972 | ||
Marshall also played with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League over the course of four seasons between 1953 and 1958.
The Willie Marshall Award, which is awarded to the AHL's leading goal scorer, is named after him.
Personal life
In his later years, Marshall became an avid author who self-published numerous volumes of Christian poetry and several nonfiction works on Christian history, theology, and doctrine. He later lived in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Awards and honours
- Calder Cup champion (1955, 1958, 1959)
- AHL First All-Star Team (1956, 1958)
- AHL Second All-Star Team (1962)
- John B. Sollenberger Trophy (1958)
- AHL Hall of Fame (2006)
- Hershey Bears Hall of Fame (2012)
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1948–49 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 32 | 13 | 18 | 31 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 48 | 39 | 27 | 66 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1950–51 | Toronto St. Michael's Majors | OHA | 43 | 29 | 30 | 59 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | Charlottetown Islanders | MMHL | 84 | 50 | 44 | 94 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 62 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 1952–53 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 61 | 28 | 45 | 73 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1954–55 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 46 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 1954–55 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 58 | 45 | 52 | 97 | 47 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1955–56 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 64 | 35 | 59 | 94 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1957–58 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 68 | 40 | 64 | 104 | 56 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 1958–59 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 19 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 37 | 22 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1958–59 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 72 | 38 | 40 | 78 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1960–61 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 56 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 36 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1961–62 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 70 | 30 | 65 | 95 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 72 | 36 | 56 | 92 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 1963–64 | Providence Reds | AHL | 72 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | Providence Reds | AHL | 69 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Providence Reds | AHL | 70 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 68 | 33 | 56 | 89 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 51 | 24 | 41 | 65 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 74 | 26 | 52 | 78 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1969–70 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 42 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 64 | 15 | 40 | 55 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1971–72 | Toledo Hornets | IHL | 46 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Buffalo Norsemen | NAHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 1205 | 523 | 852 | 1375 | 520 | 111 | 48 | 71 | 119 | 43 | ||||
| NHL totals | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- His full name is listed in the NHL Media guides of the mid 1950s.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- AHL Hockey Hall of Fame bio