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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

Trophy case

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

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1968-69. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Perry OAK · 31 P in 70 GP Wayne Cashman BOS · 31 P in 52 GP Howie Hughes LAK · 30 P in 73 GP Eric Nesterenko CHI · 32 P in 72 GP Bill McCreary STL · 30 P in 71 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

1968-69 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 10 21 31 4 57 134 0 0.41 7.5 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 30, 1969 vs TOR W 4-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1969 @ TOR W 4-2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1969 @ BOS T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1969 @ CHI L 4-6 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1969 vs BOS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1969 @ MTL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1969 @ MNS W 4-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1969 vs DET W 6-4 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1969 vs PIT W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1969 vs MTL T 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1969 @ PIT W 5-3 1 2 3 3 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1969 @ DET W 4-1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1969 @ CHI T 4-4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1969 vs STL W 2-1 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1969 @ BOS L 5-8 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1969 vs CHI W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1969 vs BOS W 9-0 0 3 3 3 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1969 vs DET T 1-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1969 vs TOR W 4-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1969 @ TOR L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1969 @ LAK L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1969 @ OAK L 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1969 vs PHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1969 vs STL W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1969 @ PIT L 2-3 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1969 vs PIT W 7-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1969 @ MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1969 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1969 vs DET W 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1969 vs MTL W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1969 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1969 vs LAK W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1969 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1969 @ OAK W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1969 @ LAK L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1969 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1969 @ PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1969 vs MNS W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1969 @ TOR L 3-5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1969 vs BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1968 vs MTL W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1968 @ MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1968 vs OAK W 3-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 25, 1968 @ PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1968 vs MNS W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1968 @ STL T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1968 vs CHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 15, 1968 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1968 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1968 vs BOS T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1968 vs DET L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1968 @ TOR L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1968 @ DET L 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1968 @ MTL W 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1968 vs TOR W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1968 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1968 vs CHI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1968 vs OAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1968 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 4 0 0 00:00
Nov 20, 1968 vs LAK W 4-2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1968 vs MTL W 3-2 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1968 @ PIT W 2-1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1968 vs STL L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1968 @ CHI W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1968 @ OAK W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1968 @ LAK L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1968 vs MNS W 2-1 1 0 1 0 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1968 @ PHI W 2-1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1968 vs PIT W 7-3 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1968 vs TOR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1968 @ MNS W 3-0 1 0 1 2 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1968 vs OAK W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1968 vs LAK W 7-0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1968 @ DET L 2-7 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1968 vs PHI W 3-1 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1968 @ CHI L 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00