He was the first player in NHL history to score 50 goals in one season, accomplishing the feat in 50 games in 1944–45, and the first to reach 500 career goals.
Po sezoni 1971/72 je prestopil v klub Winnipeg Jets, s katerim je po sedmih sezonah v ligi WHA v sezoni 1979/80 zaigral ponovno ligi NHL.