Eleven x 50-point scorers = an NHL record!

[The Panther]

According to my five minutes' of intense "research" while eating an apple in my office, I have identified three teams in NHL history (regular season, that is) that featured ten different 50-point scorers:

1976-77 Montreal Canadiens
I know, what a shocker, eh? These guys were stacked in all areas, including scorers. 1st overall and won the Cup, of course:
136 - Lafleur
105 - Shutt
85 - Robinson
76 - Lapointe
75 - Lemaire
62 - P. Mahovlich
60 - Risebrough
53 - Cournoyer
52 - Lambert
52 - Houle

1977-78 Boston Bruins
The "lunchpail gang" Bruins, coached by Don Cherry, were 2nd overall and made it to the Finals before going down to the (1st overall) Habs. They may have the smallest standard deviation of 50-point scorers, ranging from 52 to only 90:
90 - O'Reilly
84 - Ratelle
80 - McNab
79 - Park
62 - Cashman
60 - Middleton
59 - Sheppard
54 - Schmautz
54 - Marcotte
52 - Jonathan

1987-88 Calgary Flames
This pre-Cup Flames team supplanted Edmonton as the League's best offense. How deep were they? Brett Hull was a healthy scratch in about 30 games. (Team choked against Edmonton in second round, however.)
106 - Loob
103 - Bullard
92 - Nieuwendyk
91 - Suter
84 - Mullen
83 - MacInnis
58 - Tonelli
52 - Otto
51 - Peplinski
50 - Hull (only 52 games played)


So, I'm wondering -- Did any other teams have ten 50 point-scorers? Did any team have more than that?

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[Normand Lacombe]

1985-86 Flyers

Brian Propp-97
Tim Kerr-84
Mark Howe-82
Illkka Sinisalo-76
Dave Poulin-69
Pelle Eklund-66
Ron Sutter-60
Brad McCrimmon-56
Murray Craven-54
Peter Zezel-54

 

[Matsun]

Rk	Team	Year	Count
1	Washington Capitals	1992	11
2	Montreal Canadiens	1983	10
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1975	10
4	Montreal Canadiens	1977	10
5	Winnipeg Jets	1984	10
6	Calgary Flames	1988	10
7	Boston Bruins	1978	10
8	Philadelphia Flyers	1986	10

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS
1	Michal Pivonka	26	C	80	23	57	80
2	Dale Hunter	31	C	80	28	50	78
3	Dino Ciccarelli*	31	RW	78	38	38	76
4	Dmitri Khristich	22	LW	80	36	37	73
5	Mike Ridley	28	C	80	29	40	69
6	Randy Burridge	26	LW	66	23	44	67
7	Peter Bondra	23	RW	71	28	28	56
8	Calle Johansson	24	D	80	14	42	56
9	Kevin Hatcher	25	D	79	17	37	54
10	Kelly Miller	28	LW	78	14	38	52
11	Al Iafrate	25	D	78	17	34	51

I think we all knew that this list would be topped by the early 90s Caps.

 

[The Panther]

Rk	Team	Year	Count
1	Washington Capitals	1992	11
2	Montreal Canadiens	1983	10
3	Pittsburgh Penguins	1975	10
4	Montreal Canadiens	1977	10
5	Winnipeg Jets	1984	10
6	Calgary Flames	1988	10
7	Boston Bruins	1978	10
8	Philadelphia Flyers	1986	10

[THEAD] [/THEAD]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

Rk	Player	Age	Pos	GP	G	A	PTS
1	Michal Pivonka	26	C	80	23	57	80
2	Dale Hunter	31	C	80	28	50	78
3	Dino Ciccarelli*	31	RW	78	38	38	76
4	Dmitri Khristich	22	LW	80	36	37	73
5	Mike Ridley	28	C	80	29	40	69
6	Randy Burridge	26	LW	66	23	44	67
7	Peter Bondra	23	RW	71	28	28	56
8	Calle Johansson	24	D	80	14	42	56
9	Kevin Hatcher	25	D	79	17	37	54
10	Kelly Miller	28	LW	78	14	38	52
11	Al Iafrate	25	D	78	17	34	51

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I think we all knew that this list would be topped by the early 90s Caps.

Thanks for that! Okay, I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that the early-90s' Caps would have that balanced of an offense. That is kind of mind-boggling, actually...

I thought I had checked Montreal in the early 80s, but I guess I missed the 1982-83 squad. And the Penguins in 1975 is another that seems unaccountable. (Jets in '84 is a little surprising, too.)

 

[The Panther]

Thread-title changed!

 

[Midnight Judges]

Unless you adjust for era, all the top teams are going to be from the high scoring years.

This is largely an arbitrary result.

 

[SealsFan]

Thanks for that! Okay, I wouldn't have guessed in a million years that the early-90s' Caps would have that balanced of an offense.

That was the first team that came to mind for me! All those offensive-minded defensemen...

 

[vikash1987]

The Caps nearly had 11 with 50 again the following year (‘92-‘93) but a couple of players fell a bit short. Their scoring depth and their offensive defensemen during those years were historically good!