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John Van Boxmeer

#4 · Defence · Quebec Nordiques

Born Nov 20, 1952 in Petrolia, Ontario, CAN · 6'0", 189 lb · Shoots right · Drafted 14th overall in 1972 by MTL (round 1)

Trophy case

Stanley Cup NHL Champion 1975-76

Compare with a similar player

The defencemen closest to him in points in 1977-78. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Tom Edur PIT · 55 P in 78 GP Stefan Persson NYI · 56 P in 66 GP Bob Dailey PHI · 57 P in 76 GP Barry Beck CLR · 60 P in 75 GP Reed Larson DET · 60 P in 75 GP

Career

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

02040601973-74: 5 points573-741974-75: 2 points274-751975-76: 17 points1775-761976-77: 14 points1476-771977-78: 54 points5477-781978-79: 43 points4378-791979-80: 51 points5179-801980-81: 69 points6980-811981-82: 68 points6881-821982-83: 27 points2782-831983-84: 8 points883-84

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 28 1 4 5 -3 18 12 0 0.18
1974-75 MTL 13 0 2 2 -1 0 10 0 0.15
1975-76 MTL 48 6 11 17 17 31 88 0 0.35
1976-77 MTL 4 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 0.25
1976-77 CLR 41 2 11 13 -19 32 89 0 0.32
1977-78 CLR 80 12 42 54 -11 87 260 0 0.68
1978-79 CLR 76 9 34 43 -26 46 189 0 0.57
1979-80 BUF 80 11 40 51 40 55 198 0 0.64
1980-81 BUF 80 18 51 69 -2 69 258 0 0.86
1981-82 BUF 69 14 54 68 23 62 196 0 0.99
1982-83 BUF 65 6 21 27 9 53 144 0 0.42
1983-84 QUE 18 5 3 8 -1 12 33 0 0.44
11 seasons Career 602 84 274 358 27 465 1483 0 0.59

Playoffs

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

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1973-74 MTL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
1977-78 CLR 2 0 1 1 -3 2 5 0 0.50
1979-80 BUF 14 3 5 8 -2 12 39 0 0.57
1980-81 BUF 8 1 8 9 1 7 39 0 1.13
1981-82 BUF 4 0 1 1 -3 6 10 0 0.25
1982-83 BUF 9 1 0 1 -7 10 18 0 0.11
6 seasons Playoffs 38 5 15 20 -14 37 111 0 0.53

1977-78 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 12 42 54 -11 87 260 0 0.68 4.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 8, 1978 vs STL W 5-2 0 1 1 2 0 8 0 00:00
Apr 5, 1978 @ CHI T 4-4 0 1 1 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1978 @ MNS L 3-5 1 1 2 0 2 6 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1978 vs MNS W 4-2 0 1 1 3 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1978 vs WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1978 vs PHI W 4-3 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1978 vs BUF L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 23, 1978 @ MTL L 3-5 0 1 1 1 6 4 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1978 @ PIT W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1978 vs DET W 6-4 1 1 2 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1978 vs VAN W 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1978 @ CLE T 2-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1978 vs AFM T 4-4 0 1 1 1 4 8 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1978 @ PHI L 2-6 1 0 1 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1978 @ DET L 4-5 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1978 @ PIT L 3-5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1978 vs CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1978 vs CLE T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1978 @ LAK L 2-5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 00:00
Feb 28, 1978 @ WSH L 4-7 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1978 @ STL T 5-5 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1978 vs MNS W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1978 vs BOS L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1978 @ NYR T 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 18, 1978 @ MTL L 4-9 0 2 2 0 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1978 vs NYI L 4-5 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1978 @ CHI T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1978 @ MNS T 3-3 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 10, 1978 vs AFM W 3-2 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 7, 1978 vs PIT L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1978 @ NYR L 3-6 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 00:00
Feb 4, 1978 @ AFM T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Feb 2, 1978 @ PHI L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1978 vs MTL L 3-5 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1978 vs PHI W 6-4 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1978 @ BOS L 3-4 0 1 1 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 25, 1978 @ WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1978 @ CLE L 4-9 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 20, 1978 vs LAK W 5-2 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1978 vs DET T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1978 @ VAN T 3-3 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 13, 1978 vs STL L 1-2 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1978 @ AFM L 2-4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 10, 1978 @ NYI L 4-7 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1978 vs NYR W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1978 @ BUF L 3-5 0 3 3 1 4 5 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1978 @ TOR L 0-5 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1978 @ LAK L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 30, 1977 @ VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1977 vs LAK T 2-2 0 1 1 2 2 5 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1977 @ DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 2 6 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1977 vs AFM L 2-6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1977 @ BOS L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1977 @ NYI L 1-9 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 17, 1977 vs MNS W 5-1 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1977 vs BUF W 4-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 10, 1977 @ STL L 4-6 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1977 vs TOR L 2-3 0 0 0 -3 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1977 vs PIT T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1977 vs PHI L 3-6 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1977 vs NYI T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 26, 1977 @ MNS T 4-4 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1977 vs CHI L 1-5 0 1 1 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1977 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 4 2 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1977 @ NYI L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1977 vs CLE W 7-2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1977 vs MTL L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 7 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1977 @ STL L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1977 vs STL L 1-2 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1977 vs VAN W 6-2 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1977 vs TOR L 2-5 0 1 1 -3 0 9 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1977 vs NYR W 6-2 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1977 @ VAN W 6-2 0 3 3 0 4 1 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1977 vs WSH W 8-1 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1977 vs BOS T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1977 vs CHI W 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1977 @ BUF L 5-7 0 0 0 -3 6 3 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1977 @ TOR L 4-5 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1977 @ CHI T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 14, 1977 vs VAN T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00