first player with 8 assists in a game

Ernie Calverley had 8 assists versus the Pittsburgh Ironmen on February 1, 1947.

Interpreted as:
first player with 8 or more assists in a game
NAMEDATEASTTMOPPMINPTSREBSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
2/1/1947
8
PRO PRO
vs
PIT PIT
17
6
5
2Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
11/13/1947
9
PRO PRO
@
PHI PHI
13
6
1
1
100.0
6
3Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
11/15/1947
9
PRO PRO
vs
PHI PHI
12
5
2
2
100.0
4Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
1/11/1948
8
CHI CHI
vs
NYK NYK
13
6
1
2
50.0
5Howie Dallmar
H. Dallmar
11/25/1948
9
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
5
0
15
0.0
5
5
100.0
14.5
2
6Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
12/4/1948
13
CHI CHI
vs
MIN MIN
24
10
4
6
66.7
5
7George Senesky
G. Senesky
12/17/1948
9
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
2
1
8
12.5
0
2
0.0
11.3
2
8John Logan
J. Logan
12/23/1948
8
STL STL
@
PRO PRO
23
8
7
7
100.0
9Lee Knorek
L. Knorek
1/29/1949
8
NYK NYK
vs
PHI PHI
2
1
8
12.5
0
2
0.0
11.3
4
10Ernie Calverley
E. Calverley
2/12/1949
8
PRO PRO
vs
IND
15
6
3
3
100.0
11Bob Davies
B. Davies
2/22/1949
13
ROC ROC
vs
PHI PHI
14
4
16
25.0
6
8
75.0
35.9
2
12Sid Tanenbaum
S. Tanenbaum
3/5/1949
9
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
11
4
14
28.6
3
3
100.0
35.9
0
13Jim Seminoff
J. Seminoff
3/11/1949
14
BOS BOS
vs
PHI PHI
10
4
14
28.6
2
3
66.7
32.6
5
14Ralph Beard
R. Beard
11/11/1949
8
IND
@
PHI PHI
20
10
27
37.0
0
0
37.0
2
15Bob Brannum
B. Brannum
11/13/1949
10
SHE SHE
vs
IND
14
4
18
22.2
6
11
54.5
30.6
6
16John Logan
J. Logan
11/16/1949
8
STL STL
@
MIN MIN
13
4
15
26.7
5
6
83.3
36.8
3
17Paul Hoffman
P. Hoffman
11/20/1949
8
BAL BAL
@
SHE SHE
19
8
24
33.3
3
7
42.9
35.1
5
18Buddy Jeannette
B. Jeannette
11/23/1949
11
BAL BAL
@
MIN MIN
10
3
6
50.0
4
5
80.0
61.0
3
19Dike Eddleman
D. Eddleman
11/24/1949
8
TRI TRI
@
SHE SHE
23
9
23
39.1
5
6
83.3
44.9
6
20Dick McGuire
D. McGuire
11/26/1949
14
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
10
4
2
3
66.7
21Carl Braun
C. Braun
11/30/1949
8
NYK NYK
@
MIN MIN
12
3
16
18.8
6
7
85.7
31.4
2
22Jim Pollard
J. Pollard
11/30/1949
8
MIN MIN
vs
NYK NYK
19
8
15
53.3
3
4
75.0
56.7
3
23Belus Smawley
B. Smawley
12/3/1949
8
STL STL
@
SHE SHE
13
4
19
21.1
5
5
100.0
30.7
6
24George Senesky
G. Senesky
12/8/1949
9
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
4
1
7
14.3
2
4
50.0
22.8
0
25Jerry Fleishman
J. Fleishman
12/11/1949
8
PHI PHI
@
MIN MIN
2
0
7
0.0
2
2
100.0
12.7
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for assists going back to the 1982-83 season.

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