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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 1980-81. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Ron Greschner NYR · 68 P in 74 GP Paul Reinhart CGY · 67 P in 74 GP Ian Turnbull TOR · 66 P in 80 GP Brad Park BOS · 66 P in 78 GP Borje Salming TOR · 66 P in 73 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

1980-81 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 18 51 69 -2 69 258 0 0.86 7.0 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 5, 1981 vs NYI L 3-7 1 2 3 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Apr 4, 1981 @ DET W 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 2, 1981 @ PHI T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 30, 1981 vs BOS T 2-2 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 28, 1981 @ STL L 4-7 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 00:00
Mar 27, 1981 @ CLR W 5-3 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1981 vs NYR W 4-2 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1981 vs STL L 5-6 0 2 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 21, 1981 @ TOR W 6-2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1981 vs TOR W 14-4 1 3 4 3 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 17, 1981 @ LAK W 3-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 14, 1981 @ VAN L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1981 @ WIN W 5-2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 11, 1981 @ MNS L 1-3 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 8, 1981 vs PHI W 8-4 0 2 2 -2 2 1 0 00:00
Mar 6, 1981 vs HFD L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Mar 4, 1981 vs CGY W 4-0 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 1, 1981 @ BOS L 4-6 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1981 vs CHI W 6-1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 25, 1981 @ NYR L 3-6 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 22, 1981 vs MTL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1981 @ PIT W 6-1 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1981 @ MTL L 2-5 0 0 0 -2 2 3 0 00:00
Feb 15, 1981 @ EDM T 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1981 @ CGY T 4-4 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 12, 1981 vs WSH W 6-3 0 2 2 -1 2 4 0 00:00
Feb 8, 1981 vs STL T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1981 vs DET W 7-3 0 0 0 1 2 5 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1981 @ PHI W 4-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 1, 1981 vs WIN W 4-0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 31, 1981 @ HFD W 5-3 0 2 2 2 2 8 0 00:00
Jan 28, 1981 vs PHI T 4-4 1 1 2 1 2 6 0 00:00
Jan 26, 1981 @ NYI W 5-3 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 00:00
Jan 24, 1981 @ WSH W 7-4 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1981 @ QUE W 6-5 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1981 @ BOS L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 18, 1981 vs NYR W 4-0 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Jan 16, 1981 vs EDM T 5-5 0 3 3 0 2 7 0 00:00
Jan 14, 1981 vs MNS T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 11, 1981 vs LAK T 4-4 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 9, 1981 @ NYR T 3-3 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1981 vs QUE W 5-1 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1981 vs MNS T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 00:00
Jan 3, 1981 @ QUE T 3-3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 31, 1980 vs LAK L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Dec 28, 1980 vs BOS W 5-2 0 1 1 3 0 4 0 00:00
Dec 26, 1980 vs CHI W 3-2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 21, 1980 @ VAN T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1980 @ LAK W 7-4 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1980 vs VAN T 2-2 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 00:00
Dec 13, 1980 @ TOR W 5-4 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1980 @ CGY L 4-8 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 9, 1980 @ CLR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1980 vs PIT W 10-1 0 2 2 3 20 4 0 00:00
Dec 6, 1980 @ MNS T 3-3 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1980 vs MTL L 5-6 1 1 2 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Nov 30, 1980 vs CLR W 4-1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 29, 1980 @ HFD W 5-2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1980 vs CGY W 6-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1980 @ STL L 3-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Nov 23, 1980 @ EDM L 3-6 0 1 1 -2 2 2 0 00:00
Nov 21, 1980 @ WIN W 4-2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1980 @ CHI L 2-5 0 1 1 -2 0 9 0 00:00
Nov 16, 1980 vs QUE W 8-1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 15, 1980 @ NYI L 1-4 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 12, 1980 vs DET T 4-4 2 0 2 -1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1980 vs WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 8, 1980 @ WSH T 3-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1980 vs CLR W 5-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 00:00
Nov 2, 1980 vs VAN W 4-3 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1980 @ DET W 4-2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 29, 1980 vs PIT T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1980 vs NYI W 5-2 2 0 2 3 0 6 0 00:00
Oct 25, 1980 @ MTL W 5-2 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1980 vs WIN W 7-4 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1980 vs TOR L 2-4 0 0 0 -3 0 4 0 00:00
Oct 18, 1980 @ PIT W 4-2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 15, 1980 vs EDM W 2-0 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 12, 1980 vs HFD T 3-3 0 0 0 -2 2 5 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1980 @ CHI L 3-4 0 2 2 0 4 4 0 00:00