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Neal Broten

#7 · Centre · Dallas Stars

Born Nov 29, 1959 in Roseau, Minnesota, USA · 5'10", 175 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 42nd overall in 1979 by MNS (round 3)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1994-95
Lester Patrick Trophy Outstanding Service to Hockey in the United States 1997-98

Compare with a similar player

The forwards closest to him in points in 1986-87. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Brian Bellows MNS · 53 P in 65 GP Claude Lemieux MTL · 53 P in 76 GP Petr Klima DET · 53 P in 77 GP Doug Sulliman NJD · 53 P in 78 GP Randy Cunneyworth PIT · 53 P in 79 GP

Career

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

0501001980-81: 2 points280-811981-82: 98 points981982-83: 77 points7782-831983-84: 89 points891984-85: 56 points5684-851985-86: 105 points1051986-87: 53 points5386-871987-88: 39 points391988-89: 56 points5688-891989-90: 85 points851990-91: 69 points6990-911991-92: 34 points341992-93: 33 points3392-931993-94: 52 points521994-95: 32 points3294-951995-96: 23 points231996-97: 20 points2096-97

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1980-81 MNS 3 2 0 2 1 12 6 0 0.67
1981-82 MNS 73 38 60 98 14 42 188 0 1.34
1982-83 MNS 79 32 45 77 25 43 163 0 0.97
1983-84 MNS 76 28 61 89 15 43 185 0 1.17
1984-85 MNS 80 19 37 56 -17 39 187 0 0.70
1985-86 MNS 80 29 76 105 14 47 193 0 1.31
1986-87 MNS 46 18 35 53 12 33 112 0 1.15
1987-88 MNS 54 9 30 39 -23 32 121 0 0.72
1988-89 MNS 68 18 38 56 1 57 160 0 0.82
1989-90 MNS 80 23 62 85 -16 45 212 0 1.06
1990-91 MNS 79 13 56 69 -3 26 191 0 0.87
1991-92 MNS 76 8 26 34 -15 16 119 0 0.45
1992-93 MNS 82 12 21 33 7 22 123 0 0.40
1993-94 DAL 79 17 35 52 10 62 153 0 0.66
1994-95 DAL 17 0 4 4 -8 4 29 0 0.24
1994-95 NJD 30 8 20 28 9 20 43 0 0.93
1995-96 NJD 55 7 16 23 -3 14 73 0 0.42
1996-97 NJD 3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0.33
1996-97 LAK 19 0 4 4 -9 0 17 0 0.21
1996-97 DAL 20 8 7 15 6 12 35 0 0.75
17 seasons Career 1099 289 634 923 19 569 2313 0 0.84

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1980-81 MNS 19 1 7 8 -4 9 25 0 0.42
1981-82 MNS 4 0 2 2 -1 0 11 0 0.50
1982-83 MNS 9 1 6 7 -4 10 17 0 0.78
1983-84 MNS 16 5 5 10 -4 4 40 0 0.63
1984-85 MNS 9 2 5 7 -7 10 25 0 0.78
1985-86 MNS 5 3 2 5 -5 2 16 0 1.00
1988-89 MNS 5 2 2 4 -3 4 14 0 0.80
1989-90 MNS 7 2 2 4 2 18 13 0 0.57
1990-91 MNS 23 9 13 22 2 6 55 0 0.96
1991-92 MNS 7 1 5 6 3 2 12 0 0.86
1993-94 DAL 9 2 1 3 1 6 23 0 0.33
1994-95 NJD 20 7 12 19 13 6 47 0 0.95
1996-97 DAL 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0.50
13 seasons Playoffs 135 35 63 98 -7 77 301 0 0.73

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
46 18 35 53 12 33 112 0 1.15 16.1 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Mar 7, 1987 vs PIT L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1987 @ DET L 3-9 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1987 @ LAK T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1987 vs PHI W 5-4 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 vs LAK W 6-3 1 1 2 0 0 7 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ QUE L 4-5 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 23, 1987 @ MTL W 4-3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1987 vs BOS L 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1987 @ STL L 2-6 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 vs VAN W 7-3 0 2 2 1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1987 vs STL W 3-2 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 vs CGY L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1987 vs DET L 3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1987 @ DET L 4-6 0 0 0 1 12 3 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 vs EDM L 5-6 (OT) 0 2 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1987 @ VAN W 4-3 2 1 3 3 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1987 @ EDM T 2-2 (OT) 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1987 @ CGY T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1987 @ LAK W 6-3 2 0 2 2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1987 vs BUF W 5-0 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1987 @ WIN L 3-5 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 vs CHI W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1987 @ TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1987 vs STL T 4-4 (OT) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 vs HFD W 4-3 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1987 vs BUF W 5-4 (OT) 0 3 3 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 @ NYI L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1987 @ NYR T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1987 vs DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1987 @ DET L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1986 vs HFD W 5-2 1 1 2 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1986 @ WIN L 4-5 3 0 3 2 0 5 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1986 vs WIN W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1986 vs TOR L 3-4 (OT) 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 vs QUE L 1-4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1986 @ TOR W 6-5 (OT) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1986 vs DET L 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1986 vs CGY W 7-4 1 1 2 4 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1986 @ PHI L 1-4 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1986 @ WSH L 2-8 0 0 0 -3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 @ STL W 8-3 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1986 @ CHI W 8-5 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 vs VAN W 4-1 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 vs BOS L 3-5 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1986 @ MTL L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 11, 1986 @ QUE T 4-4 (OT) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00