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Dave Balon

#21 · Left wing · Vancouver Canucks

Born Aug 2, 1938 in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, CAN · 5'10", 180 lb · Shoots left

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×2 Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1965-66, 1964-65

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1972-73. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Stewart NYI · 5 P in 40 GP Barry Wilcox VAN · 5 P in 31 GP Terry Holbrook MNS · 5 P in 26 GP Mike Lampman STL · 5 P in 19 GP Randy Wyrozub BUF · 6 P in 53 GP

Career

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

02040601959-60: 0 points059-601960-61: 3 points360-611961-62: 15 points1561-621962-63: 24 points2462-631963-64: 42 points4263-641964-65: 41 points4164-651965-66: 10 points1065-661966-67: 19 points1966-671967-68: 47 points4767-681968-69: 31 points3168-691969-70: 70 points7069-701970-71: 60 points6070-711971-72: 47 points4771-721972-73: 5 points572-73

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1959-60 NYR 5 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0.00
1960-61 NYR 14 1 2 3 -7 8 10 0 0.21
1961-62 NYR 30 4 11 15 1 11 62 0 0.50
1962-63 NYR 70 11 13 24 -13 72 113 0 0.34
1963-64 MTL 70 24 18 42 13 80 220 0 0.60
1964-65 MTL 63 18 23 41 18 61 121 0 0.65
1965-66 MTL 48 3 7 10 9 24 50 0 0.21
1966-67 MTL 49 11 8 19 3 31 65 0 0.39
1967-68 MNS 74 15 32 47 -10 84 152 0 0.64
1968-69 NYR 76 10 21 31 4 57 134 0 0.41
1969-70 NYR 76 33 37 70 40 100 202 0 0.92
1970-71 NYR 78 36 24 60 14 34 176 0 0.77
1971-72 NYR 17 4 5 9 5 2 30 0 0.53
1971-72 VAN 59 19 19 38 -14 21 103 0 0.64
1972-73 VAN 69 3 2 5 -17 22 23 0 0.07
14 seasons Career 798 192 222 414 45 607 1464 0 0.52

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1961-62 NYR 6 2 3 5 0 2 11 0 0.83
1963-64 MTL 7 1 1 2 2 25 18 0 0.29
1964-65 MTL 13 0 0 0 -1 10 8 0 0.00
1965-66 MTL 10 2 3 5 3 16 12 0 0.50
1966-67 MTL 9 0 2 2 3 6 7 0 0.22
1967-68 MNS 14 4 9 13 4 14 27 0 0.93
1968-69 NYR 4 1 0 1 -2 0 5 0 0.25
1969-70 NYR 6 1 1 2 -1 32 15 0 0.33
1970-71 NYR 13 3 2 5 -1 4 26 0 0.38
9 seasons Playoffs 82 14 21 35 7 109 129 0 0.43

1972-73 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
69 3 2 5 -17 22 23 0 0.07 13.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 31, 1973 @ LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1973 vs MNS T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1973 @ MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1973 vs TOR W 7-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1973 @ PHI L 0-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1973 @ MTL L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1973 vs PIT W 6-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1973 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1973 @ CGS W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1973 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1973 vs BUF W 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1973 @ NYR W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1973 @ NYI L 3-9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1973 @ TOR L 2-7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1973 @ MTL L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1973 @ BUF L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1973 vs BOS L 6-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1973 vs DET T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1973 vs AFM W 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1973 @ PIT L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1973 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1973 @ MNS L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1973 vs PHI L 5-10 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1973 @ STL L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1973 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1973 @ TOR W 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1973 @ PHI L 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1973 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1973 vs NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1973 @ CHI T 3-3 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1973 vs NYR L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1973 vs LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1973 vs TOR W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1973 vs MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1973 vs DET L 1-7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1973 vs STL W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1973 @ AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 5 0 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1973 @ PIT L 2-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1973 @ CGS L 3-11 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1973 vs BOS L 2-8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1972 vs NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1972 vs PHI T 4-4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1972 vs CGS W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1972 @ DET L 1-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1972 @ NYI T 4-4 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1972 @ BUF L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1972 vs CGS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1972 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 12, 1972 vs CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1972 @ DET T 3-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1972 @ TOR T 5-5 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1972 @ AFM L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 7 0 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1972 vs TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1972 vs STL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 28, 1972 vs NYR W 2-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1972 vs MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1972 vs MTL L 1-9 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1972 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1972 @ STL L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1972 vs BUF W 9-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1972 vs LAK W 8-4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1972 vs DET T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1972 @ AFM L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1972 @ PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1972 @ NYR L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1972 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1972 vs NYI W 7-2 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1972 @ LAK L 1-4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 00:00
Oct 7, 1972 vs CGS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00