- B - Feb. 22 - 1918 - D - Feb. 8 - 2000

- NHL STATS Regular Season - GP - 612 - G - 189 - A - 283 - PTS - 472 - PIM - 376

- Playoffs - GP - 97 - G - 28 - A - 30 - PTS - 58 - PIM - 79

- Sid was inducted into the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969

- Won the Hart trophy 1949

- Second All Star team 1942 and 1951

- First All Star team 1949 and 1950

- Abel's # 12 jersey was retired and hung in the rafters between # 9 Gordie Howe

 and # 7 Ted Lindsay April 29 - 1995

- In Abel's career he wore #'s - 4 - 7 - 9 - 12 - 14 - 19 -  20

- In 1949/50 Lindsay , Abel & Howe finished 1 - 2 - 3 in the NHL scoring race.

                                      GP          G          A          PTS

 Ted Lindsay                69          23        55          78

 Sid Abel                       69          34        35          69

 Gord Howe                 70          35        33          68

- In 1952 Abel was traded to Chicago and was named Coach of the team for the

 next 2 seasons. He was the last full time Player - Head Coach in NHL history.

 He only played 3 games in 1953/54

- Abel picked up the nickname "Boot Nose" after he taunted Maurice Richard

 and paid for his insult with a punch that broke his nose.

- Abel was color commentator on Red Wings Radio and TV in the 70's and 80's