Mark Howe Whalers Career Highlights
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| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
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| 10/15/1977 | Mark Howe plays his first Whalers game recording an assists vs Birmingham. |
| 1/17/1978 | Mark Howe represents the Whalers recording a goal and an assist (getting the WHA MVP) in the 1978 WHA All-Star game in Quebec. |
| 1/25/1978 | Mark Howe ties the Whalers (WHA) record for points in a game with 5 (2g, 3a) vs Cincinnati. |
| 3/26/1978 | Mark Howe scores a hat trick vs Edmonton. |
| 5/7/1978 | Mark Howe scores his 1st playoff hat trick vs Quebec. |
| 10/22/1978 | Mark Howe scores his 1st Whalers hat trick (9th career) vs Indianapolis. |
| 11/4/1978 | Mark Howe scores his 2nd Whalers hat trick (10th career) vs Indianapolis. |
| 12/3/1978 | Mark Howe ties Tom Webster's team (franchise) record for consecutive games with a point at 21 (recording two goals and an assist) vs Edmonton. He scores 16 goals and 20 assists during the 21 games. |
| 12/27/1978 | Mark Howe ties the Whalers record for points in a game (for the 2nd time) with 5 (1g, 4a) vs Czechoslovakia. |
| 1/2/1979 | Mark Howe represents the Whalers in the 3 day 1979 WHA All-Star vs Moscow Dynamo series recording 2 goals and 2 assists in Edmonton. |
| 2/18/1979 | Mark Howe scores his 200th WHA goal (his 2nd of the game) vs Winnipeg. |
| 4/8/1979 | Mark Howe records his 100th point (an assist) of the season vs Winnipeg. |
| 4/12/1979 | Mark Howe records his 65th assist of the season (his 4th of the game - besting the Whalers single season record of 63 set by Gordie Howe in 1977/78) setting his career high vs Cincinnati. |
| 4/12/1979 | Mark Howe Records his 500th WHA point (an assist) vs Cincinnati. |
| 4/12/1979 | Mark Howe records his 104th point of the season (besting the Whalers single season record of 103 set by Tom Webster in 1972/73) vs Cincinnati. |
| 4/15/1979 | Mark Howe records his 107th point of the season (a goal) setting the franchise record and setting his career high vs Edmonton. |
| 4/29/1979 | Mark Howe sets the WHA playoff record for points with his 92nd (a goal) vs Edmonton. |
| 10/11/1979 | Mark Howe plays his 1st NHL game vs Minnesota. |
| 10/19/1979 | Mark Howe records his 1st two NHL goals adding his 1st assist while recording his 200th Whalers point vs Los Angeles. |
| 10/19/1979 | Gordie and Mark Howe become the first father and son in NHL history to combine for points on an NHL goal. Both assisted on a Bill Bennett goal vs Los Angeles. |
| 1/30/1980 | Mark Howe records five assists (setting the NHL club record for assists in a game, tying the franchise record for points for the 3rd time) vs Boston. |
| 2/27/1980 | Mark Howe plays his 200th Whalers game vs Boston. |
| 3/29/1980 | Mark Howe sets the record for points in a season by an American born player with his 80th vs Los Angeles. |
| 4/8/1980 | Mark Howe plays his 1st NHL playoff game scoring his 1st goal (his 13th and last Whalers playoff goal) vs Montreal. |
| 4/8/1980 | Mark Howe records his 24th and last Whalers playoff points (3rd NHL/21 WHA) with 2 assists vs Montreal. |
| 4/11/1980 | Mark Howe plays his 23rd and last Whalers playoff game (3rd NHL/20 WHA) vs Montreal. |
| 10/9/1980 | Mark Howe becomes the NHL's 1st defensman to score 2 short-handed goals in a period and only the 5th defensman to score 3 goals in a period while recording his 1st NHL hat trick (3rd Whalers/11th career) vs St. Louis. |
| 10/22/1980 | Mark Howe scores his 100th Whalers goal vs Colorado. |
| 11/15/1980 | Mark Howe records his 200th Whalers assist on his 2nd assist of the game vs Washington. |
| 11/23/1980 | Mark Howe records his 300th Whalers point on 2 assists vs Chicago. |
| 12/3/1980 | Mark Howe plays his 100th Whalers NHL game recording an assist vs Vancouver. |
| 12/27/1980 | Mark Howe suffers a serious injury as he is impaled on the goal flange vs the Islanders. His injury prompts the NHL to re-design the nets. |
| 1/29/1981 | Mark Howe is the voted to represent the Whalers in the 1981 NHL All-Star game in Los Angeles. |
| 2/10/1981 | Mark Howe represents the Whalers recording an assist in the 1981 NHL All-Star game in Los Angeles. |
| 3/8/1981 | Mark Howe bests the Whalers record for goals in a season by a defenseman (Ted Green 16 in 1972/73) with his 17th vs Calgary. |
| 3/13/1981 | Mark Howe plays his 200th Whalers NHL game vs Montreal. |
| 3/21/1981 | Mark Howe sets the Whalers record for goals in a season by a defenseman with his 19th vs the Rangers. It would only be bested once in 1992. |
| 4/3/1981 | Mark Howe bests the Whalers record for points in a season by a defenseman (Jim Dorey 63 in 1972/73) with his 64th (an assist) vs Montreal. |
| 4/5/1981 | Mark Howe sets the Whalers record for points in a season by a defenseman with his 65th (an assist) vs Pittsburgh. |
| 10/8/1981 | Mark Howe is designated team captain for the game vs Montreal. |
| 11/21/1981 | Mark Howe plays his 300th Whalers game recording an assist vs Quebec. |
| 3/18/1982 | Mark Howe scores his 123rd and final Whalers goal (51st NHL/72 WHA) vs Buffalo. |
| 3/30/1982 | Mark Howe records his 396th and final Whalers point (198th NHL/198 WHA) vs Montreal. |
| 3/31/1982 | Whalers announce "The Team of the Decade" (voted by readers of the Hartford Sports Extra): Blaine Stoughton (LW), Mike Rogers, Tom Webster (RW), Rick Ley, Mark Howe (D), Al Smith (G), and Harry Neale (coach). |
| 4/4/1982 | Mark Howe plays his 360th and final Whalers game (213th NHL/147 WHA) vs Boston. |
| 3/24/1990 | Ron Francis records his 500th NHL assist while breaking the Whalers franchise record for assist in a season with his 66th (Mike Rogers NHL, Mark Howe WHA) vs Montreal. |
| 3/31/1990 | Ron Francis records his 100th point of the season (an assist) becoming only the 5th in franchise history to hit the mark (Tom Webster, Terry Caffery, and Mark Howe in the WHA; Mike Rogers - twice in the NHL) vs Quebec. |
| 11/14/2011 | Mark Howe is inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. |
