Most former 30+ goal-scorers on one club

[tabness]

1992-1993 Red Wings can't officially tie the 1986-1987 North Stars or 1990-1991 Leafs but they get close (then again Carson was traded for Coffey)

1. Yzerman
2. Fedorov
3. Ciccarelli
4. Ogrodnick
5. Carson
6. Sheppard
7. Coffey
8. Gallant
9. Ysebaert
10. Kozlov
11. Primeau

Mark Howe hit 30+ in the WHA and Probert had 29 once

 

[MadArcand]

1992-1993 Red Wings can't officially tie the 1986-1987 North Stars or 1990-1991 Leafs but they get close (then again Carson was traded for Coffey)

1. Yzerman
2. Fedorov
3. Ciccarelli
4. Ogrodnick
5. Carson
6. Sheppard
7. Coffey
8. Gallant
9. Ysebaert
10. Kozlov
11. Primeau

Mark Howe hit 30+ in the WHA and Probert had 29 once

Wait, do *future* 30-goal scorers like Primeau and Kozlov count too? Because then 90-91 Whalers could add Sanderson and Young to get to 13.

 

[tabness]

Wait, do *future* 30-goal scorers like Primeau and Kozlov count too? Because then 90-91 Whalers could add Sanderson and Young to get to 13.

ah didnt notice future

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

The 2002-03 Maple Leafs had nine former 30 goal scorers on their roster at the same time.

1. Mats Sundin
2. Alexander Mogilny
3. Gary Roberts
4. Owen Nolan
5. Robert Reichel
6. Mikael Renberg
7. Shayne Corson
8. Phil Housley
9. Doug Gilmour

Granted there wasn't a ton of overlap as a couple of those guys spent significant time on the IR. There were also six former 40 goal scorers on this list (Sundin, Roberts, Mogilny, Nolan, Gilmour, Reichel).




The next season, 2003-04 Maple Leafs had eight former 30 goal scorers all on the team at once.

1. Mats Sundin
2. Joe Nieuwendyk
3. Gary Roberts
4. Owen Nolan
5. Alexander Mogilny
6. Robert Reichel
7. Ron Francis
8. Mikael Renberg

The top six guys on that list are also former 40 goal scorers. And three of them are former 50 goal scorers (Mogilny, Nieuwendyk, Roberts).

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

Holy cow, I think we have a winner!!

This one is really unexpected. Especially in that some of these past 30-goal seasons are total one-offs (Bjugstad) or are for relatively obscure teams (Plett).

It's a fun exercise! Great idea!

I like targeting where guys like Petri Skriko, Pat Elynuik, Warren Young end up, teams that bunch up older players (some of those early Lightning teams), and teams around the merger in '79. Some of those 1970's teams like Atlanta, Detroit, Pittsburgh, can go 7 to 8 deep, with a litany of names of guys who hit the 30 goal mark once.

Housley, Doug Wilson, and Kevin Hatcher are nice targets.

I totally forgot about Bob Kudelski's 40 goal campaign over the years.

 

[MadLuke]

Those 1987 Stars are kind of loaded in raw offensive talent....

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

I was surprised that I couldn't find a single Rangers' team with 10 +30 goal scorers on it at one time (in the '80s).

I'm cheating here, because it's not a decade, rather 11 years (anything with an "8" in it as far as years go I'm using), but here's are all of the scorers who scored +30 goals, only prior to playing with the Rangers, or with that player still being on the roster the following year. I'm not counting the Turcotte, Dave Gagner, Paul Fenton, etc, because they did it on other teams after being with the Rangers, or in Turcotte's case, the year after he scored 30 goals, he's into the '90 (1990-91).

Has a team, ever had more 30 goal scorers in a single decade (or 11 years)?

1979-80 through to 1989-90

Phil Esposito - 76
Bernie Nicholls - 70
Guy Lafleur - 60
Marcel Dionne - 59
Blaine Stoughton - 56
John Ogrodnick - 55
Pierre Larouche - 53
Bobby Carpenter - 53
Mike Gartner - 50
Mike Rogers - 44
Steve Vickers - 41
Tomas Sandstrom - 40
Ron Duguay - 40
Pat Hickey - 40
Walt Poddubny - 40
Vaclav Nedomansky - 38
Mark Pavelich - 37
Tony McKegney - 37
Tony Granato 36
Bob Crawford - 36
Lucien DeBlois - 34
Anders Hedberg - 33
Carey Wilson - 32
Don Murdoch - 32
Brian Mullen - 32
Brian MacLellan - 31
Eddie Johnstone - 30 (twice)

20-goal scorers

Don Maloney - 29 (twice)
Doug Sulliman - 29
Ulf Dahlen - 29
Walt Tkaczuk - 27 (twice)
Ulf Nilsson - 27
Mark Osborne - 26
Mike Allison - 26
Kelly Kisio - 26
Larry Patey - 25
Doug Wickenheiser - 25
Robbie Ftorek - 24
Bob Brooke - 24
Jere Gillis - 23
Mike Blaisdell - 23
Mike Ridley - 22 (he scored 31 in 1986-87 split between the Rangers and the Capitols)
Dean Talafous - 22
Warren Miller - 22
Rob McClanahan - 22
Peter Sundstrom - 22
Paul Cyr - 22
Chris Nilan - 21
Brian Lawton - 21
Lane Lambert - 20
Lindy Ruff - 20

Defenseman

Reijo Ruotsalainen - 28
Ron Greschner - 27
Walt Tkaczuk - 27 (twice)
Carol Vadnais - 24
Brian Leetch - 23
Barry Beck - 22
Mike McEwen - 20

 

[MadArcand]

I was surprised that I couldn't find a single Rangers' team with 10 +30 goal scorers on it at one time (in the '80s).

I'm cheating here, because it's not a decade, rather 11 years (anything with an "8" in it as far as years go I'm using), but here's are all of the scorers who scored +30 goals, only prior to playing with the Rangers, or with that player still being on the roster the following year. I'm not counting the Turcotte, Dave Gagner, Paul Fenton, etc, because they did it on other teams after being with the Rangers, or in Turcotte's case, the year after he scored 30 goals, he's into the '90 (1990-91).

Has a team, ever had more 30 goal scorers in a single decade (or 11 years)?

1979-80 through to 1989-90

Phil Esposito - 76
Bernie Nicholls - 70
Guy Lafleur - 60
Marcel Dionne - 59
Blaine Stoughton - 56
John Ogrodnick - 55
Pierre Larouche - 53
Bobby Carpenter - 53
Mike Gartner - 50
Mike Rogers - 44
Steve Vickers - 41
Tomas Sandstrom - 40
Ron Duguay - 40
Pat Hickey - 40
Walt Poddubny - 40
Vaclav Nedomansky - 38
Mark Pavelich - 37
Tony McKegney - 37
Tony Granato 36
Bob Crawford - 36
Lucien DeBlois - 34
Anders Hedberg - 33
Carey Wilson - 32
Don Murdoch - 32
Brian Mullen - 32
Brian MacLellan - 31
Eddie Johnstone - 30 (twice)

20-goal scorers

Don Maloney - 29 (twice)
Doug Sulliman - 29
Ulf Dahlen - 29
Walt Tkaczuk - 27 (twice)
Ulf Nilsson - 27
Mark Osborne - 26
Mike Allison - 26
Kelly Kisio - 26
Larry Patey - 25
Doug Wickenheiser - 25
Robbie Ftorek - 24
Bob Brooke - 24
Jere Gillis - 23
Mike Blaisdell - 23
Mike Ridley - 22 (he scored 31 in 1986-87 split between the Rangers and the Capitols)
Dean Talafous - 22
Warren Miller - 22
Rob McClanahan - 22
Peter Sundstrom - 22
Paul Cyr - 22
Chris Nilan - 21
Brian Lawton - 21
Lane Lambert - 20
Lindy Ruff - 20

Defenseman

Reijo Ruotsalainen - 28
Ron Greschner - 27
Walt Tkaczuk - 27 (twice)
Carol Vadnais - 24
Brian Leetch - 23
Barry Beck - 22
Mike McEwen - 20

I count 27 Rangers.
Hartford Whalers 1981-82 through to 1991-92
Dave Keon 38
Blaine Stoughton 56
Tom Rowe 31
Jordy Douglas 33
Ron Francis 32
Pierre Larouche 53
Rick MacLeish 50
Mark Johnson 35
Bob Crawford 36
Greg Malone 35

Sylvain Turgeon 45
Kevin Dineen 45
Ray Ferraro 41
Dave Lumley 32
John Anderson 37
Wayne Babych 54
Jorgen Pettersson 38
Tiger Williams 35
Carey Wilson 32
Randy Cunneyworth 35

Pat Verbeek 46
Rob Brown 49
John Cullen 39
Mark Hunter 44
Murray Craven 30
Barry Pederson 46

damn close at 26. One could stretch it a little and include Paul Fenton 32, who normally probably doesn't count, as he was a Whaler after his 32 goal season, but never got into a game before being traded...

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

I count 27 Rangers.
Hartford Whalers 1981-82 through to 1991-92
Dave Keon 38
Blaine Stoughton 56
Tom Rowe 31
Jordy Douglas 33
Ron Francis 32
Pierre Larouche 53
Rick MacLeish 50
Mark Johnson 35
Bob Crawford 36
Greg Malone 35

Sylvain Turgeon 45
Kevin Dineen 45
Ray Ferraro 41
Dave Lumley 32
John Anderson 37
Wayne Babych 54
Jorgen Pettersson 38
Tiger Williams 35
Carey Wilson 32
Randy Cunneyworth 35

Pat Verbeek 46
Rob Brown 49
John Cullen 39
Mark Hunter 44
Murray Craven 30
Barry Pederson 46

damn close at 26. One could stretch it a little and include Paul Fenton 32, who normally probably doesn't count, as he was a Whaler after his 32 goal season, but never got into a game before being traded...

Awesome! A lot of sneaky guys in there, like Barry Pederson, Jorgen Pettersson, and Tiger Williams. I was also thinking about Tim Kerr and Brian Propp ending their careers with Hartford in the early '90s.

I wouldn't count Fenton, only because he did it years later with Winnipeg.

BTW, since you're a Whalers' guy, I was rooting hard for them in the '92 playoffs. I remember barely anyone being at the Civic Center, yet, it sounded loud on TV, and Yvon Corriveau (of all people) looking like Cam Neely for a handful of games.

 

[MS]

1986-87 Minnesota North Stars

1. Dino Ciccarelli
2. Brian MacLellan
3. Brian Bellows
4. Neal Broten
5. Kent Nilsson
6. Dennis Maruk
7. Keith Acton
8. Scott Bjugstad
9. Willi Plett
10. Steve Payne
11. Mark Pavelich
12. Tony McKegney

This one is crazy, especially considering it was a crap team that drafted 5th overall in 1987 ... but it should be noted that Pavelich joined the team late in the year after McKegney and Nilsson had been traded, so there were only 11 on that team at any given time.

 

[Iron Mike Sharpe]

1983-84 Minnesota North Stars

1. Neal Broten
2. Brian Bellows
3. Dino Ciccarelli
4. Tom McCarthy
5. Keith Acton
6. Steve Payne
7. Willi Plett
8. Mark Napier
9. Tony McKegney
10. Dennis Maruk
11. Paul Holmgren

+ Al MacAdam
+ Bobby Smith

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

+ Al MacAdam

My bad. I had the wrong year, that was for the 1984-85 season (whoops!). Nice catch!

Revised version:

1983-84 Minnesota North Stars

1. Neal Broten
2. Brian Bellows
3. Dino Ciccarelli
4. Dennis Maruk
5. Steve Payne
6. Keith Acton
7. Mark Napier
8. Willi Plett
9. Al MacAdam
10. Paul Holmgren
11. Jordy Douglas
12. *Bobby Smith

Tom McCarthy isn't on this list (above), because he passed the 30 goal mark (39 in total) for the first time in 1983-84. Obviously Bobby Smith shouldn't count, as he was traded for Napier and Acton that year.

'1984-85' Minnesota North Stars (corrected)

1. Neal Broten
2. Brian Bellows
3. Dino Ciccarelli
4. Tom McCarthy
5. Keith Acton
6. Steve Payne
7. Willi Plett
8. Mark Napier
9. Tony McKegney
10. Dennis Maruk
11. Paul Holmgren

 

[MadArcand]

I wouldn't count Fenton, only because he did it years later with Winnipeg.

Ah, but Fenton was also a Whaler between 90-91 and 91-92... but he never got to play a regular game then.
.

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

Ah, but Fenton was also a Whaler between 90-91 and 91-92... but he never got to play a regular game then.
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Okay.

 

[vikash1987]

I was thinking of the 1982-83 Chicago Black Hawks, but if I counted correctly, they only had 7 guys. Interestingly, all of them got their 30+ previously while playing for Chicago.

* Denis Savard (32G in ‘81-‘82)
* Al Secord (44G in ‘81-‘82)
* Doug Wilson (39G in ‘81-‘82)
* Tom Lysiak (32G in ‘81-‘82)
* Darryl Sutter (40G in ‘80-‘81)
* Rich Preston (31G in ‘79-‘80)
* Grant Mulvey (39G in ‘79-‘80)

not counting
* Steve Larmer (43G that season)
* Peter Marsh (43G in WHA)
* Tony Tanti (45G the next season in VAN)
* Troy Murray (45G three seasons later)
* Curt Fraser (just short of 30 in ‘81-‘82 in VAN)

 

[vikash1987]

90-91 Kings:

1. Gretzky
2. Robitaille
3. Sandstrom
4. Granato
5. Dave Taylor
6. Sinisalo (acquired midseason) / Krushelnyski (traded away midseason) - not traded for each other, but they did not overlap
7. Tonelli
8. Scott Bjugstsad (!!!)

EDIT: Actually, the 89-90 Kings do even better with 11 players at one time (12 if you count everyone who played for them that season, i.e., counting each of Nicholls, Sandstrom, and Granato):

1. Gretzky
2. Robitaille
3. Sandstrom (acquired midseason for Nicholls)
4. Granato (acquired midseason for Nicholls)
5. Taylor
6. Tonelli
7. Krushelnyski
8. Scott Bjugstsad (!!!)
9. Keith Crowder
10. Jim Fox
11. Mikko Mäkelä

pre-Gretzky 1987-88 LA Kings had these 10 guys

* Jimmy Carson (37G in ‘86-‘87)
* Luc Robitaille (45G in ‘86-‘87)
* Bernie Nicholls (46G in ‘84-‘85)
* Dave Taylor (47G in ‘80-‘81)
* Bobby Carpenter (53G in ‘84-‘85)
* Jim Fox (30G in ‘84-‘85)
* Bob Bourne (35G in ‘80-‘81)
* Craig Laughlin (30G in ‘85-‘86)
* Ron Duguay (40G in ‘81-‘82)
* Tiger Williams (35G in ‘80-‘81)

 

[pnep]

* - count everyone who played for team that season.

#_PAST_30G_Players

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Player	POS	Team	Season	First_30G_Season	MAX_G	#
Gretzky Wayne	C	LAK	1989-90	1979-80	92​	0​
Nicholls Bernie	C	LAK	1989-90	1983-84	70​	1​
Robitaille Luc	LW	LAK	1989-90	1986-87	63​	0​
Taylor Dave	RW	LAK	1989-90	1978-79	47​	0​
Sandstrom Tomas	RW	LAK	1989-90	1986-87	45​	2​
Krushelnyski Mike	C	LAK	1989-90	1984-85	43​	0​
Bjugstad Scott	LW	LAK	1989-90	1985-86	43​	0​
Tonelli John	LW	LAK	1989-90	1981-82	42​	0​
Granato Tony	RW	LAK	1989-90	1988-89	39​	2​
Crowder Keith	RW	LAK	1989-90	1982-83	38​	0​
Makela Mikko	RW	LAK	1989-90	1987-88	36​	2​
Fox Jim	RW	LAK	1989-90	1981-82	30​	0​
Maruk Dennis	C	MNS	1986-87	1975-76	60​	0​
Ciccarelli Dino	RW	MNS	1986-87	1981-82	55​	0​
Bellows Brian	LW	MNS	1986-87	1982-83	55​	0​
Nilsson Kent	C	MNS	1986-87	1979-80	49​	1​
Bjugstad Scott	LW	MNS	1986-87	1985-86	43​	0​
Payne Steve	LW	MNS	1986-87	1979-80	42​	0​
McKegney Tony	LW	MNS	1986-87	1980-81	40​	1​
Plett Willi	RW	MNS	1986-87	1976-77	38​	0​
Broten Neal	C	MNS	1986-87	1981-82	38​	0​
Pavelich Mark	C	MNS	1986-87	1981-82	37​	0​
Acton Keith	C	MNS	1986-87	1981-82	36​	0​
MacLellan Brian	LW	MNS	1986-87	1984-85	32​	0​
Maruk Dennis	C	MNS	1983-84	1975-76	60​	0​
Ciccarelli Dino	RW	MNS	1983-84	1981-82	55​	0​
Bellows Brian	LW	MNS	1983-84	1982-83	55​	0​
Smith Bobby	C	MNS	1983-84	1978-79	43​	1​
Payne Steve	LW	MNS	1983-84	1979-80	42​	0​
MacAdam Al	RW	MNS	1983-84	1975-76	42​	0​
Napier Mark	RW	MNS	1983-84	1980-81	40​	2​
Plett Willi	RW	MNS	1983-84	1976-77	38​	0​
Broten Neal	C	MNS	1983-84	1981-82	38​	0​
Acton Keith	C	MNS	1983-84	1981-82	36​	2​
Douglas Jordy	LW	MNS	1983-84	1979-80	33​	1​
Holmgren Paul	RW	MNS	1983-84	1979-80	30​	2​
Anderson Glenn	RW	TOR	1991-92	1980-81	54​	0​
Leeman Gary	RW	TOR	1991-92	1987-88	51​	1​
Bullard Mike	C	TOR	1991-92	1981-82	51​	0​
Clark Wendel	LW	TOR	1991-92	1985-86	46​	0​
Krushelnyski Mike	C	TOR	1991-92	1984-85	43​	0​
Gilmour Doug	C	TOR	1991-92	1986-87	42​	2​
Foligno Mike	RW	TOR	1991-92	1979-80	41​	0​
Marois Daniel	RW	TOR	1991-92	1988-89	39​	1​
DeBlois Lucien	C	TOR	1991-92	1983-84	34​	1​
Zezel Peter	C	TOR	1991-92	1986-87	33​	0​
Linseman Ken	C	TOR	1991-92	1982-83	33​	0​
Fergus Tom	C	TOR	1991-92	1984-85	31​	1​
Leeman Gary	RW	TOR	1990-91	1987-88	51​	0​
Clark Wendel	LW	TOR	1990-91	1985-86	46​	0​
Krushelnyski Mike	C	TOR	1990-91	1984-85	43​	2​
Olczyk Eddie	RW	TOR	1990-91	1987-88	42​	1​
Foligno Mike	RW	TOR	1990-91	1979-80	41​	2​
Damphousse Vincent	C	TOR	1990-91	1989-90	40​	0​
Marois Daniel	RW	TOR	1990-91	1988-89	39​	0​
Shedden Doug	C	TOR	1990-91	1984-85	35​	0​
DeBlois Lucien	C	TOR	1990-91	1983-84	34​	2​
Zezel Peter	C	TOR	1990-91	1986-87	33​	2​
Fenton Paul	LW	TOR	1990-91	1989-90	32​	2​
Fergus Tom	C	TOR	1990-91	1984-85	31​	0​

 

[CrosbyIsKing87]

93-94 Pens are also very strong here:

1. Lemieux
2. Jagr
3. Francis
4. Stevens
5. Mullen
6. Trottier
7. Sandstrom (midseason acquisition)
8. Tocchet

And Straka scored 30 that season. McEachern had 28 in a prior season as well.

That's the first Pens team I thought of. Also Markus Naslund was a rookie on that team. He would score 30 but not until 1999. No way I would have guessed the 87 North Stars.

 

[Doctor Coffin]

1988-89 Chicago Blackhawks who had 30-goal seasons in their careers:

1. Denis Savard
2. Steve Larmer
3. Doug Wilson
4. Troy Murray
5. Rick Vaive
6. Adam Creighton
7. Jeremy Roenick
8. Greg Gilbert
9. Wayne Presley
10. Dirk Graham
11. Steve Thomas

 

[The Panther]

1988-89 Chicago Blackhawks who had 30-goal seasons in their careers:

1. Denis Savard
2. Steve Larmer
3. Doug Wilson
4. Troy Murray
5. Rick Vaive
6. Adam Creighton
7. Jeremy Roenick
8. Greg Gilbert
9. Wayne Presley
10. Dirk Graham
11. Steve Thomas

Well, Dirk Graham's first (and only) 30+ goal season was during 1988-89, so he doesn't count for purposes of this thread.

And Adam Creighton would not have his only 30-goal season until 1989-90, a year later.

(Does anyone find it weird that Wayne Presley had a 30-goal season....? the more-so that it was in 1986-87, when the Hawks sucked bone.)

 

[Doctor Coffin]

Well, Dirk Graham's first (and only) 30+ goal season was during 1988-89, so he doesn't count for purposes of this thread.

And Adam Creighton would not have his only 30-goal season until 1989-90, a year later.

(Does anyone find it weird that Wayne Presley had a 30-goal season....? the more-so that it was in 1986-87, when the Hawks sucked bone.)

That is true, which is why I titled the list as players on that particular team who had 30-goal seasons in their careers.

I thought it was an interesting collection of players in time and the post would hardly be the first or only one to tippy-toe outside the strict confines of the criteria of an original post on this site.