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Tiny ThompsonvsDenis Herron

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

G · VAL group GOALIE

Tiny Thompson

1929–1940 · 12 seasons

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G · VAL group GOALIE

Denis Herron

1973–1986 · 14 seasons

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At a glance

Tiny Thompson and Denis Herron: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Denis Herron
12	Seasons	14
112.2	Career VAL	99.5
15.8 (1937)	Peak-season VAL	17.9 (1978)
Inducted 1959	Hall of Fame	—
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	1
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Tiny Thompson and Denis Herron have
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Denis Herron
Career
553	Games	462
Goaltending
284	Wins	146
81	Shutouts	10
2.07	Goals-against avg	3.71

1 stat not compared

Save % — only Denis Herron has a career line.

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Tiny Thompson	Denis Herron
20	—	0
22	—	3.5
23	—	7.1
24	—	13
25	5.4	17.9
26	14.1	12.1
27	12.9	11.8
28	11.8	2.3
29	9.2	16.8
30	4.2	0
31	8.1	10.2
32	9.7	4.8
33	15.8	—
34	13.3	—
35	4.8	—
36	2.9	—