Chris Clegg
NPHL.com Writer
When debate begins about who the best player was to ever play in the NPHL, Terry Houlder’s name is always mentioned.
Combining his regular season and playoff scoring totals, the numbers are truly mind-boggling:
GP – 845
Goals – 692
Assists – 1453
Points – 2145
PIMs – 753
PPGs – 161
SHGs – 32
GWGs – 62
And statistics for PPGs, SHGs and GWGs were not kept until 1989-90!
Houlder is a six-time NPHL champion, all with the powerhouse Grimshaw Huskies teams from 1989-90 to 1998-99, including three in a row from 1994-95 to 1996-97.
Need more proof? He is a 4-Time NPHL MVP, 5-Time NPHL Most Gentlemanly Player, 8-Time NPHL Best Centre, 5-Time NPHL Leading Scorer, and an incredible 15-Time NPHL All-Star.
Oh, and Houlder led Grimshaw in scoring a record 13 times, and added one other team scoring title to his credit with the Grimshaw – Peace River Wild in 2001-02.
Born and raised in Grimshaw, the son of Huskies’ legend Bud and Ann Houlder, he returned home after a junior career to star with Huskies. He was exemplary on and off the ice, combing exceptional skill in a gentlemanly manner.
The Huskies will retire his #20 Saturday, Jan. 12 against the High Prairie Regals. Fitting perhaps, that Grimshaw’s most bitter rival for most of Houlder’s career comes to town, although the names have changed.
One could go on forever about Houlder’s career. Instead, let’s let the numbers do the talking:
Terry Houlder
Regular Season Statistics
Year Team GP G A Pts PM PP SH GW1987-88 GRIM 2 0 5 5 2 - - -
x NPHL record for points in a season.
1988-89 Did not play
1989-90 GRIM 28 41 62 103 60 - - -
1990-91 GRIM 30 38 55 93 53 - - -
1991-92 GRIM 30 38 68 106 39 6 7 6
1992-93 GRIM 28 33 46 79 36 5 2 3
1993-94 GRIM 27 31 52 83 14 7 0 1
1994-95 GRIM 32 49 82 131 54 12 6 7
x1995-96GRIM 32 64 98 162 60 23 2 4
1996-97 GRIM 31 35 63 98 4 7 2 3
1997-98 GRIM 31 36 54 90 26 11 0 3
1998-99 GRIM 31 27 87 114 15 6 0 6
1999-00 GRIM 26 28 34 62 8 5 1 3
2000-01 GRIM 29 13 43 56 14 5 0 0
2001-02 G-PR 28 12 51 63 18 4 0 3
2002-03 GRIM 27 19 60 79 34 5 2 0
2003-04 PR 22 15 34 49 16 7 2 1
2004-05 GRIM 24 11 36 47 10 5 1 2
2005-06 GRIM 24 11 39 50 4 2 1 2
2006-07 GRIM 26 20 48 68 12 7 0 2
2007-08 GRIM 20 7 25 32 4 3 0 1
2008-09 PR 15 8 21 29 4 4 0 0
2009-10 PR 21 4 22 26 14 1 0 1
2010-11 FAIR 14 2 15 17 8 0 0 0
2011-12 GRIM 20 12 31 43 8 4 1 1
2012-13 GRIM 21 3 27 30 6 0 0 2
2013-14 GRIM 21 5 26 31 14 1 0 0
2014-15 GRIM 19 4 9 13 14 2 0 0
2015-16 GRIM 10 0 4 4 4 0 0 0
TOTALS --- 669 566 1197 1763 555 132 27 51Awards and Honours:
* 4-Time NPHL MVP: 1989-90, 1991-92, 1994-95 and 1995-86.
* 5-Time NPHL Most Gentlemanly Player 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2003-04 and 2005-06.
* 8-Time NPHL Best Centre 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1994-95, 2001-02, 2003-04 and 2006-07 (co-winner).
* 5-Time NPHL Leading Scorer 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1994-95 and 1995-96.
* 15-Time NPHL All-Star:
- 1989-90 First Team Centre.
- 1990-91 First Team Centre.
- 1991-92 First Team Centre.
- 1992-93 First Team Centre.
- 1993-94 Second Team Centre.
- 1994-95 First Team Centre.
- 1995-96 First Team Forward.
- 1996-97 Second Team Centre.
- 1998-99 East Division Second Team Centre.
- 1999-00 Second Team Centre.
- 2000-01 Second Team Forward.
- 2001-02 First Team Centre.
- 2002-03 Second Team Centre.
- 2003-04 First Team Centre.
- 2006-07 East Division Centre.
* 13-Time GRIM Leading Scorer: 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-20, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2006-07.
* GRIM-PR 2001-02 Leading Scorer.Terry Houlder
Playoff StatisticsYear Team GP G A Pts PM PP SH GW1987-88 No records available.
1988-89 Did not play.
1988-89 Did not play.
1989-90 GRIM – No statistics available.
1990-91 GRIM – Team did not qualify for playoffs.
1991-92 GRIM 12 14 16 30 14 - - -
1992-93 GRIM 4 3 3 6 4 - - -
1993-94 GRIM 9 12 12 24 6 - - -
1994-95 GRIM 14 21 41 62 22 5 1 2
1995-96 GRIM 17 23 28 51 23 6 1 3
1996-97 GRIM 15 11 24 35 8 3 3 1
1997-98 GRIM 11 6 25 31 18 1 0 1
1998-99 GRIM 13 8 20 28 23 4 0 0
1999-00 GRIM 7 8 7 15 32 3 0 1
2000-01 GRIM 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
2001-02 G-PR 10 3 15 18 0 0 0 0
2002-03 GRIM 7 1 10 11 10 0 0 0
2003-04 PR 8 2 10 12 4 1 0 0
2004-05 GRIM 4 4 2 6 2 2 0 0
2005-06 GRIM 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0
2006-07 GRIM 6 2 10 12 10 1 0 1
2007-08 GRIM 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
2008-09 PR 5 2 5 7 2 1 0 0
2009-10 PR 6 1 5 6 2 0 0 1
2010-11 FAIR - Did not play in playoffs.
2011-12 GRIM 8 1 12 13 6 0 0 1
2012-13 GRIM 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013-14 GRIM 7 2 5 7 12 1 0 0
2014-15 GRIM - Team did not qualify for playoffs.
2015-16 GRIM - Did not play in playoffs.
TOTALS ---- 176 126 256 382 198 29 5 116 Time Campbell Cup Champion
- 1989-90 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated High Prairie Regals 4-0.
- 1991-92 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated High Prairie Regals 4-2.
- 1994-95 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated Peace River Stampeders 4-0.
- 1995-96 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated Lakeland Eagles 4-3.
- 1996-97 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated Fairview Kings 4-1.
- 1998-99 - Grimshaw Huskies defeated Spirit River Rangers 4-3.3-Time NPHL Playoffs Leading Scorer:
- 1991-92.
- 1994-95.
- 1996-97.10-Time Grimshaw Leading Scorer in Playoffs:
- 1991-92.
- 1992-93.
- 1993-94.
- 1994-95.
- 1995-96.
- 1996-97.
- 2002-03.
- 2004-05.
- 2005-06.
- 2006-07.NOTE: This material is free to use provided credit is given to NPHL.com.