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. His records are unlikely to ever be surpassed, as the AHL later put rules in place to reinforce its role as a development league, severely limiting the presence of long-term veterans.[2]
| Willie Marshall | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Marshall c. 1950 with the St. Michaels Majors | |||
| 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.
The Willie Marshall Award, which is awarded to the AHL's leading goal scorer, is named after him.
In his later years, Marshall has become an avid author who has self-published numerous volumes of Christian poetry and several nonfiction works on Christian history, theology, and doctrine. He is currently working on an autobiography. He currently resides in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 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 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 33 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| AHL totals | 1205 | 523 | 852 | 1375 | 520 | 111 | 48 | 71 | 119 | 43 | ||||
References
- His full name is listed in the NHL Media guides of the mid 1950s.
- "FAQ". Theahl.com. Retrieved April 20, 2019.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
- AHL Hockey Hall of Fame bio