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Garth Butcher

#2 · Defence · Toronto Maple Leafs

Born Jan 8, 1963 in Regina, Saskatchewan, CAN · 6'0", 205 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 10th overall in 1981 by VAN (round 1)

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

Dean Kennedy LAK · 20 P in 66 GP Paul Boutilier MNS · 20 P in 62 GP Borje Salming TOR · 20 P in 56 GP Uli Hiemer NJD · 20 P in 40 GP Michael Thelven BOS · 20 P in 34 GP

Career

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

051015201981-82: 0 points081-821982-83: 14 points1482-831983-84: 2 points283-841984-85: 12 points1284-851985-86: 11 points1185-861986-87: 20 points2086-871987-88: 23 points2387-881988-89: 20 points2088-891989-90: 20 points2089-901990-91: 22 points2290-911991-92: 20 points2091-921992-93: 15 points1592-931993-94: 19 points1993-941994-95: 8 points894-95

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 VAN 5 0 0 0 5 9 7 0 0.00
1982-83 VAN 57 1 13 14 -6 104 60 0 0.25
1983-84 VAN 28 2 0 2 -12 34 33 0 0.07
1984-85 VAN 75 3 9 12 -31 152 59 0 0.16
1985-86 VAN 71 4 7 11 -26 188 57 0 0.15
1986-87 VAN 70 5 15 20 -10 207 97 0 0.29
1987-88 VAN 80 6 17 23 -14 285 77 0 0.29
1988-89 VAN 78 0 20 20 4 227 101 0 0.26
1989-90 VAN 80 6 14 20 -10 205 87 0 0.25
1990-91 VAN 69 6 12 18 -18 257 70 0 0.26
1990-91 STL 13 0 4 4 4 32 5 0 0.31
1991-92 STL 68 5 15 20 5 189 50 0 0.29
1992-93 STL 84 5 10 15 0 211 83 0 0.18
1993-94 STL 43 1 6 7 -6 76 37 0 0.16
1993-94 QUE 34 3 9 12 -1 67 29 0 0.35
1994-95 TOR 45 1 7 8 -5 59 24 0 0.18
14 seasons Career 900 48 158 206 -121 2302 876 0 0.23

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1981-82 VAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1982-83 VAN 3 1 0 1 4 2 6 0 0.33
1985-86 VAN 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
1988-89 VAN 7 1 1 2 0 22 9 0 0.29
1990-91 STL 13 2 1 3 -1 54 21 0 0.23
1991-92 STL 5 1 2 3 3 16 4 0 0.60
1992-93 STL 11 1 1 2 6 20 8 0 0.18
1994-95 TOR 7 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 0.00
8 seasons Playoffs 50 6 5 11 13 122 54 0 0.22

1986-87 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
70 5 15 20 -10 207 97 0 0.29 5.2 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1987 vs LAK W 5-2 0 1 1 2 7 2 0 00:00
Apr 3, 1987 vs WIN W 6-4 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1987 @ LAK W 8-3 0 1 1 1 12 2 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1987 @ HFD L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1987 @ BOS L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1987 @ NYI W 5-2 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1987 @ WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 8 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1987 vs WIN W 6-5 (OT) 0 2 2 2 7 0 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1987 vs QUE W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1987 vs BUF W 6-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1987 vs DET W 7-4 0 0 0 2 9 1 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1987 @ LAK L 2-5 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1987 vs MTL W 4-1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1987 vs EDM L 5-8 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1987 @ BUF W 4-2 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1987 @ TOR L 6-8 0 0 0 -4 12 2 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1987 @ DET L 4-5 1 0 1 0 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1987 @ CGY L 0-2 0 0 0 0 10 2 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1987 vs TOR W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 20, 1987 vs WSH L 3-6 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1987 @ MNS L 3-7 0 0 0 -1 6 1 0 00:00
Feb 17, 1987 @ STL W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1987 @ PIT T 3-3 (OT) 0 1 1 -1 14 2 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1987 vs CGY L 2-3 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1987 vs STL T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1987 vs NYI W 4-1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1987 @ CGY W 4-2 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1987 vs MNS L 3-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 30, 1987 vs NJD L 3-4 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1987 @ EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1987 vs EDM T 4-4 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1987 vs PIT L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1987 vs NYR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1987 @ WIN L 4-5 1 0 1 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 17, 1987 @ CGY W 4-3 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1987 vs CGY W 9-5 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1987 @ LAK L 0-4 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1987 @ NYR L 3-8 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1987 @ NJD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1987 @ MTL W 3-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 6, 1987 @ QUE L 2-3 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1987 @ WIN L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1987 vs LAK T 3-3 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1986 vs EDM L 3-7 0 0 0 0 22 2 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1986 vs PHI W 4-2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1986 vs LAK W 6-4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1986 vs CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 00:00
Dec 19, 1986 @ EDM L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1986 vs DET L 4-5 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1986 @ CHI W 7-3 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1986 @ HFD T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1986 @ BOS L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1986 @ PHI L 3-6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1986 @ WIN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1986 @ LAK W 5-3 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1986 vs LAK W 11-5 0 2 2 2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1986 @ EDM L 2-5 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1986 vs NYR L 5-8 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 18, 1986 vs CGY W 5-0 0 1 1 1 7 0 0 00:00
Nov 14, 1986 vs WIN L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1986 vs HFD L 3-4 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1986 @ CGY L 3-5 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1986 @ TOR W 5-3 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1986 @ BUF W 7-6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1986 @ WSH L 2-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 4, 1986 @ PIT T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1986 vs CHI T 2-2 (OT) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1986 vs BOS W 5-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1986 @ MNS L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1986 @ PHI L 2-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00