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Murray Balfour

#12 · Right wing · Boston Bruins

Born Aug 24, 1936 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'9", 178 lb · Shoots right

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Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1960-61

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1961-62. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Eric Nesterenko CHI · 29 P in 68 GP Ron Murphy CHI · 28 P in 60 GP Ken Schinkel NYR · 28 P in 65 GP Ted Hampson NYR · 28 P in 69 GP Charlie Burns BOS · 28 P in 70 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

0102030401956-57: 0 points056-571957-58: 2 points257-581959-60: 30 points3059-601960-61: 48 points4860-611961-62: 30 points3061-621962-63: 33 points3362-631963-64: 12 points1263-641964-65: 2 points264-65

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1956-57 MTL 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
1957-58 MTL 3 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0.67
1959-60 CHI 66 18 12 30 2 55 89 0 0.45
1960-61 CHI 70 21 27 48 6 123 168 0 0.69
1961-62 CHI 49 15 15 30 7 70 102 0 0.61
1962-63 CHI 65 10 23 33 -3 73 132 0 0.51
1963-64 CHI 45 2 10 12 3 36 47 0 0.27
1964-65 BOS 15 0 2 2 -7 26 41 0 0.13
8 seasons Career 317 67 90 157 8 389 579 0 0.50

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1959-60 CHI 4 1 0 1 0 2 7 0 0.25
1960-61 CHI 11 5 5 10 5 14 28 0 0.91
1961-62 CHI 12 1 1 2 -2 15 12 0 0.17
1962-63 CHI 6 0 2 2 -5 12 9 0 0.33
1963-64 CHI 7 2 2 4 1 4 7 0 0.57
5 seasons Playoffs 40 9 10 19 -1 47 63 0 0.48

1961-62 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
49 15 15 30 7 70 102 0 0.61 14.7 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 25, 1962 @ NYR L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1962 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1962 vs DET W 3-0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 18, 1962 @ DET L 1-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1962 @ TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1962 @ MTL L 5-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1962 vs TOR L 2-3 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1962 vs MTL W 5-2 1 0 1 1 6 6 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1962 @ BOS W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1962 @ TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1962 vs BOS W 8-0 1 0 1 1 4 6 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1962 @ DET W 6-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1962 vs DET W 6-4 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1962 vs BOS W 6-0 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1962 @ MTL L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1962 vs NYR W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1962 vs MTL L 3-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1962 @ NYR L 1-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1962 @ BOS W 6-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1962 @ DET T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 6 0 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1962 vs NYR W 2-1 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1962 vs MTL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1961 @ MTL T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1961 @ DET T 2-2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1961 @ TOR T 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1961 vs TOR T 3-3 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1961 @ NYR L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 4 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1961 @ MTL W 4-3 0 0 0 -1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1961 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1961 vs BOS T 2-2 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1961 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1961 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1961 @ BOS W 5-2 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1961 @ NYR W 8-3 1 1 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1961 vs MTL L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1961 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1961 vs TOR W 6-0 1 1 2 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1961 @ BOS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1961 @ TOR L 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1961 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1961 @ BOS T 2-2 1 0 1 1 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1961 @ MTL L 1-7 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1961 @ NYR T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1961 vs MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 21, 1961 @ TOR T 1-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1961 vs NYR L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1961 vs BOS W 5-3 0 2 2 2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1961 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1961 @ DET T 3-3 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 00:00