You Are Here > Hockey-Reference.com > Players > K > Red Kelly

Red Kelly

Position: D/C
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: July 9, 1927 in Simcoe, Ontario

Inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame as Player in 1969

Coaching Record

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
4
Detroit Red Wings
1951-1960		 4
Toronto Maple Leafs
1960-1967

NHL/WHA Regular Season

Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1947-48 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 6 14 20 0.33 8 0.14 13
1948-49 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 59 5 11 16 0.27 7 0.12 10
1949-50 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 15 25 40 0.57 17 0.24 9
1950-51 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 17 37 54 0.77 21 0.31 24
1951-52 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 16 31 47 0.70 19 0.29 16
1952-53 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 19 27 46 0.66 19 0.27 8
1953-54 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL 62 16 33 49 0.79 19 0.30 18
1954-55 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 15 30 45 0.64 17 0.25 28
1955-56 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 16 34 50 0.71 19 0.28 39
1956-57 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 10 25 35 0.50 13 0.18 18
1957-58 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 61 13 18 31 0.51 12 0.20 26
1958-59 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 8 13 21 0.31 8 0.12 34
1959-60 32 2 Teams NHL 68 12 17 29 0.43 11 0.16 18
1959-60 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50 6 12 18 0.36 7 0.13 10
1959-60 32 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18 6 5 11 0.61 5 0.25 8
1960-61 33 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 20 50 70 1.09 25 0.40 12
1961-62 34 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 58 22 27 49 0.84 20 0.34 6
1962-63 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 20 40 60 0.91 23 0.35 8
1963-64 36 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 11 34 45 0.64 17 0.24 16 10 1 0 2
1964-65 37 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 18 28 46 0.66 18 0.25 8 11 6 1 1
1965-66 38 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 8 24 32 0.51 12 0.18 12 8 0 0 2
1966-67 39 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 14 24 38 0.62 14 0.24 4 12 2 0 0
Career NHL 1316 281 542 823 0.63 319 0.24 327 41 9 1 5

NHL/WHA Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1947-48 20 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 3 2 5 0.50 2
1948-49 21 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 1 1 2 0.18 10
1949-50 22 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 14 1 3 4 0.29 2
1950-51 23 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 1 1 0.17 0
1951-52 24 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 5 1 0 1 0.20 0
1952-53 25 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6 0 4 4 0.67 0
1953-54 26 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 12 5 1 6 0.50 0
1954-55 27 Detroit Red Wings NHL SC 11 2 4 6 0.55 17
1955-56 28 Detroit Red Wings NHL 10 2 4 6 0.60 2
1956-57 29 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 1 0 1 0.20 0
1957-58 30 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 1 1 0.25 2
1959-60 32 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 3 8 11 1.10 2
1960-61 33 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 1 0 1 0.50 0
1961-62 34 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL SC 12 4 6 10 0.83 0
1962-63 35 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL SC 10 2 6 8 0.80 6
1963-64 36 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL SC 14 4 9 13 0.93 4
1964-65 37 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6 3 2 5 0.83 2
1965-66 38 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4 0 2 2 0.50 0
1966-67 39 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL SC 12 0 5 5 0.42 2
Career NHL 8 164 33 59 92 0.56 51

Other Regular Season

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1943-44 16 St. Michael's Midgets Minor-ON 8 10 5 15 1.88
1944-45 17 St. Michael's Buzzers OHA-B 11 15 13 28 2.55 7
1944-45 17 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1945-46 18 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 26 13 11 24 0.92 18
1946-47 19 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 30 8 24 32 1.07 11
1946-47 19 St. Michael's Majors M-Cup 9 5 5 10 1.11 2
Career M-Cup 9 5 5 10 1.11 2
Career Minor-ON 8 10 5 15 1.88
Career OHA-B 11 15 13 28 2.55 7
Career OHA-Jr. 57 21 35 56 0.98 29

Other Playoffs

Glossary / CSV / PRE / Click column headers to sort
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1944-45 17 St. Michael's Buzzers OHA-B 11 16 8 24 2.18 6
1945-46 18 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 11 1 0 1 0.09 7
1946-47 19 St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 9 3 3 6 0.67 9
Career OHA-B 11 16 8 24 2.18 6
Career OHA-Jr. 20 4 3 7 0.35 16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1950 NHL
1951 NHL
1952 NHL
1953 NHL
1954 NHL
1955 NHL
1956 NHL
1957 NHL
1958 NHL
1960 NHL
1962 NHL
1963 NHL

Awards

1950-51 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1952-53 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1953-54 NHL James Norris Memorial Trophy
1953-54 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy
1960-61 NHL Lady Byng Memorial Trophy

Honors

1949-50 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1950-51 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1951-52 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1952-53 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1953-54 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1954-55 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)
1955-56 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1956-57 NHL NHL All-Star Team (1st)

Games Played

1947-48 NHL 60 (2)
1949-50 NHL 70 (2)
1950-51 NHL 70 (1)
 1952-53 NHL 70 (1)
 1954-55 NHL 70 (2)
1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1956-57 NHL 70 (1)
 1963-64 NHL 70 (2)
1964-65 NHL 70 (1)
 Career NHL 1316 (44)

Assists

1950-51 NHL 37 (6)
1951-52 NHL 31 (8)
1952-53 NHL 27 (10)
1953-54 NHL 33 (4)
1955-56 NHL 34 (9)
1960-61 NHL 50 (2)
1962-63 NHL 40 (8)
Career NHL 542 (93)

Assists Per Game

1950-51 NHL 0.53 (6)
1951-52 NHL 0.46 (9)
1952-53 NHL 0.39 (10)
1953-54 NHL 0.53 (2)
1955-56 NHL 0.49 (10)
1960-61 NHL 0.78 (2)
1962-63 NHL 0.61 (8)

Points

1950-51 NHL 54 (9)
1952-53 NHL 46 (8)
1953-54 NHL 49 (6)
1960-61 NHL 70 (6)

Points Per Game

1950-51 NHL 0.77 (10)
1952-53 NHL 0.66 (9)
1953-54 NHL 0.79 (5)
1960-61 NHL 1.09 (7)

Goals Created

1950-51 NHL 21.4 (10)
1952-53 NHL 18.8 (10)
1953-54 NHL 18.6 (7)
1960-61 NHL 25.4 (9)

Goals Created Per Game

1952-53 NHL 0.27 (10)
1953-54 NHL 0.30 (5)
1960-61 NHL 0.40 (8)
    

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 5, 1960: Traded to NY Rangers by Detroit with Billy McNeill for Bill Gadsby and Eddie Shack, February 5, 1960.

February 7, 1960: Kelly and McNeill refused to report and transaction was cancelled, February 7, 1960.

February 10, 1960: Traded to Toronto by Detroit for Marc Reaume, February 10, 1960.

June 8, 1967: Rights traded to Los Angeles by Toronto for Ken Block, June 8, 1967.