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1292:2004–05
1287:2003–04
1282:2002–03
1277:2001–02
1272:2000–01
1267:1999–00
1262:1998–99
1257:1997–98
1252:1996–97
1247:1995–96
1242:1994–95
1237:1993–94
1232:1992–93
1227:1991–92
1222:1990–91
1217:1989–90
1212:1988–89
1207:1987–88
1202:1986–87
1197:1985–86
1192:1984–85
1187:1983–84
1182:1982–83
1177:1981–82
1172:1980–81
1167:1979–80
1162:1978–79
1157:1977–78
1152:1976–77
1147:1975–76
1142:1974–75
1137:1973–74
1132:1972–73
1127:1971–72
1122:1970–71
1117:1969–70
1112:1968–69
1107:1967–68
1102:1966–67
1097:1965–66
1092:1964–65
1087:1963–64
1082:1962–63
1077:1961–62
1072:1960–61
1067:1959–60
1062:1958–59
1057:1957–58
1052:1956–57
1047:1955–56
1042:1954–55
1037:1953–54
1032:1952–53
1027:1951–52
1022:1950–51
1017:1949–50
1012:1948–49
1007:1947–48
1002:1946–47
997:1942–43
992:1941–42
987:1940–41
982:1939–40
977:1938–39
972:1937–38
967:1936–37
962:1935–36
957:1934–35
952:1933–34
947:1932–33
942:1931–32
937:1930–31
932:1929–30
927:1928–29
922:1927–28
917:1926–27
912:1925–26
907:1924–25
898:Seasons
542:76–76–3
502:1961–62
471:66–69–2
448:1960–61
429:1959–60
410:1958–59
391:1957–58
372:1956–57
353:1955–56
334:1954–55
315:1953–54
296:1952–53
277:1951–52
239:Season
215:colonel
200:1957–58
178:during
122:Overall
1708:(1999)
1466:Points
1414:ECAC 2
663:
538:Total:
530:10–7–0
527:10–7–1
512:10–7–0
509:10–7–1
455:3–11–0
436:11–8–0
417:14–5–0
398:13–3–0
360:3–11–0
150:Career
1476:Goals
1474:(127
1464:(243
1442:Maine
379:7–7–1
341:5–8–0
322:2–5–1
303:3–6–0
284:5–5–0
242:Team
166:as a
1686:2003
1681:2002
1672:1979
1652:2013
1647:2011
1642:2010
1637:2009
1632:2008
1627:2007
1622:2006
1617:2005
1612:2004
1607:2003
1602:2002
1597:2000
1592:1999
1587:1998
1582:1997
1577:1995
1572:1994
1567:1992
1562:1983
1557:1982
1552:1979
1547:1977
1530:2003
1525:2002
1520:1999
1515:1998
1510:1982
1505:1979
1500:1977
661:ISBN
515:11th
192:1954
172:Army
40:Died
30:Born
1724::
1679::
1670::
160:BA
146:.
96:HC
1478:)
1468:)
739:e
732:t
725:v
696:.
675:.
645:.
624:.
492:)
486:(
48:)
44:(
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