Earl Reibel

Earl Lloyd "Dutch" Reibel (July 21, 1930 – January 3, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey professional player. Reibel played primarily as a centre with the Detroit Red Wings, as well as the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins.

Reibel played seven season in the National Hockey League. He was also the only person to dethrone Gordie Howe as the Red Wings' leading scorer between the 1950 and 1964 seasons, surpassing him by 4 points in 1954–55.

He scored twice in the ninth All-Star Game for Detroit against the All-Stars on October 2, 1955. Following the winning goal in the second period, he scored a last-minute empty net goal to complete a 3–1 victory.

In regular season play, Reibel scored 84 goals and 161 assists for 245 points in 409 games. He recorded 6 goals and 14 assists for 20 points in 39 career playoff appearances. Reibel holds the record for most assists by a player in his first NHL game with 4 assists. He was awarded the Lady Byng Trophy in 1956.

Reibel's time in NHL ended in 1959 after play for a year with the Boston Bruins.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1948–49 Kitchener Greenshirts Big-10 Jr. B — — — — — — — — — — 1949–50 Windsor Spitfires OHA 48 53 76 129 14 11 7 14 21 2 1950–51 Omaha Knights USHL 32 13 25 38 6 10 0 6 6 2 1951–52 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 68 33 34 67 8 — — — — — 1952–53 Edmonton Flyers WHL 70 34 56 90 14 12 6 6 12 4 1953–54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 15 33 48 18 9 1 3 4 0 1954–55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 25 41 66 15 11 5 7 12 2 1955–56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 17 39 56 10 10 0 2 2 2 1956–57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 13 23 36 6 5 0 2 2 0 1957–58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 29 4 5 9 4 — — — — — 1957–58 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 40 4 12 16 6 — — — — — 1958–59 Boston Bruins NHL 63 6 8 14 16 4 0 0 0 0 1959–60 Providence Reds AHL 69 20 46 66 6 5 0 1 1 0 1960–61 Providence Reds AHL 43 7 18 25 2 — — — — — NHL totals 409 84 161 245 75 39 6 14 20 4