Russell Bowie
Inducted:
1947
Player Stats
Born:
August 24, 1880
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died:
April 8, 1959
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Position:
Rover
Forward
College:
NA
Russell "Dubbie" Bowie was the most dominant amateur scorer in the history of the sport and arguably the greatest player to never play professionally. A superstar for the Montreal Victorias, Bowie was a pure center who possessed an almost supernatural ability to find the back of the net.
Bowie’s statistics are legendary; he led his league in scoring five times over a ten-year span and is one of the few players to average nearly three goals per game over his entire career. He won a Stanley Cup in 1898 and remained an amateur icon until his retirement in 1910. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947.
Bowie's Awards and Record:
- Stanley Cup Champion (1898)
- 5x League Scoring Champion (1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908)
- All-Time Amateur Record: Highest goals-per-game average (2.98) in major senior hockey
Career Teams
Montreal Victorias (1898-1910)
Number Worn:
48
Career Stats
Playing career:
1898-1910
Games Played:
80
Goals:
239
Points:
239
Penalty Minutes:
40
Stanley Cup:
1 (1898)