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1298:Result
1171:1984–85
1128:1983–84
1083:1982–83
1040:1981–82
997:1981–82
954:1980–81
907:1979–80
864:1979–80
821:1978–79
778:1977–78
731:1976–77
684:1976–77
641:1975–76
596:1974–75
551:1974–75
504:1973–74
415:League
257:of the
241:of the
184:of the
176:former
96:Defence
69:Ontario
1445:Awards
1295:Finish
648:OMJHL
467:OPJAHL
408:Season
84:Weight
76:Height
1410:Total
604:M-Cup
559:OMJHL
412:Team
346:Blues
1560:2017
1537:2013
1461:2015
1459:and
1457:2013
1399:(81)
1328:(91)
1262:Year
1259:Team
1230:370
1180:AHL
1135:NHL
1092:NHL
1047:NHL
1004:CHL
976:100
961:NHL
871:NHL
828:NHL
785:NHL
663:148
575:136
530:145
483:138
453:PIM
150:1976
133:1976
107:Left
103:Shot
49:Born
1425:19
1413:131
1376:STL
1342:STL
1304:STL
1292:Pts
1289:OTL
1218:474
1195:10
1150:24
1107:52
1062:60
1019:16
948:16
933:22
917:CHL
886:25
843:28
800:45
757:36
741:NHL
710:14
694:AHL
678:26
590:35
514:OHA
450:Pts
437:PIM
432:Pts
259:AHL
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1527:.
1463:–
1419:70
1416:38
1390:17
1384:28
1365:57
1362:15
1356:46
1353:21
1350:82
1316:10
1313:21
1245:2
1227:74
1224:62
1221:12
1210:—
1183:12
1165:—
1138:43
1122:—
1104:12
1095:77
1077:—
1050:63
1034:—
1007:13
991:—
964:75
936:15
921:30
901:—
874:42
858:—
831:53
815:2
797:19
794:17
788:61
772:—
745:60
725:—
707:10
704:10
698:14
666:10
660:24
657:18
651:65
635:8
620:—
587:10
578:21
572:35
569:30
563:68
545:—
527:20
524:17
518:69
498:—
480:19
477:14
471:44
441:GP
418:GP
215:.
67:,
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1562:.
1539:.
1422:4
1396:4
1393:–
1387:7
1359:–
1325:0
1322:4
1319:7
1286:T
1283:L
1280:W
1277:G
1242:0
1239:0
1236:0
1233:2
1207:—
1204:—
1201:—
1198:—
1192:1
1189:1
1186:0
1162:—
1159:—
1156:—
1153:—
1147:5
1144:4
1141:1
1119:—
1116:—
1113:—
1110:—
1101:8
1098:4
1074:—
1071:—
1068:—
1065:—
1059:9
1056:8
1053:1
1031:—
1028:—
1025:—
1022:—
1016:6
1013:5
1010:1
988:—
985:—
982:—
979:—
973:8
970:7
967:1
945:1
942:1
939:0
930:9
927:9
924:0
898:—
895:—
892:—
889:—
883:7
880:6
877:1
855:—
852:—
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846:—
840:5
837:4
834:1
812:0
809:0
806:0
803:2
791:2
769:—
766:—
763:—
760:—
754:9
751:8
748:1
722:—
719:—
716:—
713:—
701:0
675:2
672:2
669:0
654:6
632:4
629:4
626:0
623:4
617:—
614:—
611:—
608:—
584:9
581:1
566:5
542:—
539:—
536:—
533:—
521:3
495:—
492:—
489:—
486:—
474:5
447:A
444:G
427:A
422:G
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