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Tiny ThompsonvsRejean Lemelin

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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Rejean Lemelin

1979–1993 · 15 seasons

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At a glance

Tiny Thompson and Rejean Lemelin: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Rejean Lemelin
12	Seasons	15
112.2	Career VAL	98.4
15.8 (1937)	Peak-season VAL	18.2 (1984)
Inducted 1959	Hall of Fame	—
—	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
—	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	8

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 Rejean Lemelin have
Tiny Thompson	Stat	Rejean Lemelin
Career
553	Games	506
Goaltending
284	Wins	236
81	Shutouts	12
2.07	Goals-against avg	3.46

1 stat not compared

Save % — only Rejean Lemelin 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	Rejean Lemelin
24	—	1.3
25	5.4	—
26	14.1	13.7
27	12.9	3.7
28	11.8	12
29	9.2	18.2
30	4.2	16.1
31	8.1	4.1
32	9.7	4.6
33	15.8	8.4
34	13.3	7.7
35	4.8	8.6
36	2.9	0
38	—	0