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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 1971-72. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Wayne Maki VAN · 47 P in 77 GP Ron Ellis TOR · 47 P in 78 GP Dean Prentice MNS · 47 P in 71 GP Chico Maki CHI · 47 P in 62 GP Gerry Meehan BUF · 46 P in 77 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

1971-72 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
76 23 24 47 -9 23 133 0 0.62 17.3 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 2, 1972 vs MNS W 4-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 31, 1972 vs LAK T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1972 @ LAK L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1972 @ STL L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1972 @ PHI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 24, 1972 vs TOR W 5-3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1972 vs DET L 5-7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1972 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1972 @ BUF W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 16, 1972 @ MNS L 2-6 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1972 vs PIT L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1972 vs BUF W 3-2 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1972 vs PHI L 5-6 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1972 @ NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1972 @ MTL L 0-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1972 @ BOS L 3-7 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 29, 1972 @ DET L 2-8 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1972 @ CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1972 @ TOR L 1-7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1972 @ DET L 0-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1972 vs BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1972 @ LAK L 3-5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1972 vs STL W 5-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1972 vs NYR L 1-5 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 13, 1972 @ PIT L 4-6 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1972 @ STL L 4-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1972 @ BOS L 1-9 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1972 vs PHI L 1-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1972 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1972 vs CHI L 2-6 1 1 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1972 @ CGS W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1972 vs CGS L 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1972 vs TOR W 5-2 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1972 @ CHI L 0-4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Jan 22, 1972 vs NYR W 5-2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1972 @ BUF L 0-1 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1972 @ PIT W 6-1 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1972 vs CGS W 4-3 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1972 @ CGS L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1972 vs MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1972 @ MNS W 5-1 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1972 @ MTL L 4-6 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1972 vs LAK L 3-6 0 0 0 -1 5 3 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1971 @ LAK L 1-3 0 1 1 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1971 vs CGS W 6-2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1971 @ DET L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1971 @ BUF L 1-5 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1971 vs MTL L 2-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1971 vs DET L 3-4 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1971 vs BOS L 2-6 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1971 vs STL W 2-1 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1971 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 4, 1971 @ MTL L 0-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1971 vs CHI W 4-2 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1971 vs BUF W 5-2 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1971 vs MNS L 1-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1971 vs DET T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1971 @ BOS L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1971 @ CHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1971 vs VAN W 6-1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1971 vs BUF W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 10, 1971 vs LAK W 7-1 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 6, 1971 @ VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1971 @ CGS W 8-1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1971 @ LAK W 7-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 31, 1971 vs TOR T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1971 @ PIT T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 27, 1971 vs DET W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1971 vs PIT T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 23, 1971 @ STL W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1971 vs CHI W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 17, 1971 vs MTL W 8-4 1 1 2 3 2 4 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1971 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1971 vs BOS L 1-6 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1971 @ BOS W 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1971 @ MTL T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 00:00