John Blue

BORN: Huntington Beach, California, United States, February 19, 1966.
HEIGHT: 5'10"
WEIGHT: 185. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.
COLLEGE: University of Minnesota

STYLE: Hybrid style; relies on reflexes, may appear to ``flop'' excessively, frequently leaves crease to play the puck.
STRENGTHS: Work ethic.
WEAKNESSES: Concentration can be broken by taunting or roughing, may mis-play puck.

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TRANSACTIONS:

ACCOLADES:

NHL PENALTY SHOTS:

DATE	SHOOTER	GOAL?	NOTES
01/25/1993	Denis Savard	N

REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1983-84	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL	17	15	753						63	5.02
1984-85	University of Minnesota	WCHA	18	34	1964	23	10	0		0.697	111	3.39			2	0	1	7
1985-86	University of Minnesota	WCHA	19	29	1588	20	6	0		0.769	80	3.02			2	0	1	4
1986-87	University of Minnesota	WCHA	20	33	1889	21	9	1		0.694	99	3.14			3	0	6	6
1987-88	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	21	15	847	3	8	4	0	0.333	65	4.60			0	0	0	4
1987-88	United States	NATIONAL TEAM	21	13	588	3	4	1	0	0.438	33	3.37			0
1987-88	United States	OLYMPICS	21	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0	0	0	0
1988-89	Virginia Lancers	ECHL	22	10	570						38	4.00	365	0.896	0	0	2	9	38.4	30		0.83	1.6	10.1	15.5	0.615
1988-89	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	22	17	970	8	6	0	0	0.571	69	4.27	570	0.879	0	0	1	4	35.3
1989-90	Knoxville Cherokees	ECHL	23	19	1000	6	10		1	0.382	85	5.10	691	0.877		0	0	0	41.5			-0.38	-1.1	-8.7	1.7	0.446	8	9
1989-90	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	23	4	232	2	1	1	0	0.625	18	4.66			0	0	1	0
1989-90	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL	23	19	986	5	10	3	0	0.361	93	5.66			0	0	1	10
1989-90	United States	WORLD	23	5	204	2	2	0	0	0.500	17	4.99			0
1990-91	Knoxville Cherokees	ECHL	24	3	149	1	1		0	0.500	13	5.23	86	0.849	0	0	0	2	34.6			-1.04	-1.0	-3.0	-1.7	0.373	1	1
1990-91	Maine Mariners	AHL	24	10	545	3	4	2		0.444	22	2.42	301	0.927	0	0	0	4	33.1			1.40	2.5	14.1	18.6	0.729	7	2
1990-91	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	24	1	64	1	0	0	0	1.000	2	1.88			0	0	0	0
1990-91	Albany Choppers	IHL	24	19	1077	11	6	0	0	0.647	71	3.96			0	0	0	0
1990-91	Peoria Rivermen	IHL	24	4	240	4	0	0	0	1.000	12	3.00			0	0	0	0
1991-92	Maine Mariners	AHL	25	43	2168	11	23	6		0.350	165	4.57	1192	0.862	1	0	4	14	33.0	39		-0.73	-2.6	-28.9	-11.0	0.405	16	24
1991-92	United States	WORLD	25	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0	0	0	0
1992-93	Providence Bruins	AHL	26	19	1159	14	4	1		0.763	67	3.47	655	0.898	0	0	0	18	33.9			0.50	1.3	11.0	20.8	0.575	11	8
1992-93	Boston Bruins	NHL	26	23	1322	9	8	4		0.524	64	2.90	597	0.893	1	0	2	6	27.1	39	3.45	0.24	0.6	4.8	13.7	0.536	11	10	0.97	21%	40%	39%	0.19	1.5%
1993-94	Boston Bruins	NHL	27	18	944	5	8	3		0.406	47	2.99	407	0.885	0	0	0	7	25.9	39	2.60	-0.32	-0.7	-4.3	1.8	0.452	7	9	1.12	32%	38%	30%	-0.02	1.5%
1993-94	Providence Bruins	AHL	27	24	1298	7	11	4		0.409	76	3.51	636	0.881	1	0	1	41	29.4			-0.01	0.0	-0.1	9.4	0.499	11	11
1994-95	Providence Bruins	AHL	28	10	578	6	3	0		0.667	30	3.11	268	0.888	0	0	0	0	27.8			-0.11	-0.2	-1.0	3.1	0.484	4	5
1995-96	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL	29	8	309	1	5	0	0	0.167	21	4.07	157	0.866	0	0	0	8	30.5			-0.75	-1.0	-3.9	-1.5	0.399	2	4
1995-96	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL	29	5	249	1	2	2	0	0.400	19	4.58	122	0.844	0	0	0	4	29.4			-1.41	-1.7	-5.7	-3.9	0.328	2	3
1995-96	Rochester Americans	AHL	29	14	672	4	6	1		0.409	41	3.67	336	0.878	0	0	1	4	30.0			-0.42	-0.8	-4.7	0.4	0.440	5	6
1995-96	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	29	5	255	2	2	0		0.500	15	3.53	137	0.891	0	0	0	0	32.2	1	3.17	-0.24	-0.3	-1.1	1.0	0.463	2	2	0.85	35%	28%	36%	-0.13	3.6%
1996-97	Austin Ice Bats	WPHL	30	33	1955	17	11	5	0	0.591	113	3.47	1208	0.906	1	0	3	46	37.1
1996-97	United States	WORLD	30	1	60	1	0	0	0	1.000	1	1.00			0
		NHL TOTALS		46	2521	16	18	7		0.476	126	3.00	1141	0.890	1	0	2	13	27.2					-0.7	16.5	0.496	20	21

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1987-88	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL	21	1	40	0	1	0.000	6	9.00
1990-91	Maine Mariners	AHL	24	1	40	0	1	0.000	7	10.50
1992-93	Boston Bruins	NHL	26	2	96	0	1	0.000	5	3.13	49	0.898	0	0	0	30.6	39	1.87	0.07	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.511	1	0	0.33	0%	69%	31%	0.48	17.9%
1994-95	Providence Bruins	AHL	28	4	220	1	3	0.250	19	5.18		0.854
1995-96	Rochester Americans	AHL	29	1	27	0	1	0.000	1	2.24
1996-97	Austin Ice Bats	WPHL	30	2	97	0	2	0.000	11	6.82
		NHL TOTALS		2	96	0	1	0.000	5	3.13	49	0.898	0	0	0	30.6					0.1	0.8	0.511	1	0

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Signed as free agent by Boston Bruins, August 1, 1991.
01/04/1992						4-2		/	Buffalo	Home	Malarchuk
01/07/1993	L	61	35	21	24	2-3	OT	/	Quebec	Home	Hextall
01/09/1993	L	33	19	16	20	2-6		/	New Jersey	Home	Terreri	Replaced by Bales
01/12/1993	W	60		25	27	5-2		/	Buffalo	Home	Puppa
01/14/1993	W	60		21	21	7-0		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Wregget
01/16/1993						4-5		/	Philadelphia	Home	Soderstrom
01/18/1993						4-3		/	San Jose	Home	Hackett
01/19/1993	T	65		32	34	2-2	OT	/	NY Islanders	Road	Fitzpatrick
01/21/1993						5-4		/	Philadelphia	Road	Soderstrom
01/23/1993						7-5		/	New Jersey	Home	Terreri
01/25/1993	L	60	14	26	29	2-3	OT	/	Montreal	Road	Roy
01/26/1993						4-4	OT	/	Quebec	Road	Hextall
01/28/1993	W	60		16	18	6-2		/	Winnipeg	Home	Essensa, O'Neill
01/30/1993	W	60		21	26	6-5		/	NY Islanders	Road	Healy
02/02/1993	-	40		15	15	3-4		/	Edmonton	Home	Tugnutt	Replaced Moog
02/03/1993	W	60		20	21	4-1		/	Quebec	Road	Hextall
02/08/1993	L	60		23	27	0-4		/	Pittsburgh	Atlanta	Wregget, Barrasso
02/09/1993	W	60		16	17	6-1		/	St. Louis	Road	Hebert
02/11/1993	L	60		21	27	3-6		/	Chicago	Road	Belfour
02/14/1993	T	65		28	31	3-3	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Road	Young
02/17/1993	W	60		29	31	5-2		/	Montreal	Road	Roy
02/20/1993	T	65		35	39	4-4	OT	/	Toronto	Road	Potvin
02/25/1993	T	65		25	28	3-3	OT	/	Minnesota	Home	Casey
02/27/1993						5-4	OT	/	Washington	Home	Hrivnak
03/01/1993	L	59		12	16	2-5		/	Montreal	Home	Roy
03/04/1993						4-3		/	Vancouver	Home	Whitmore
03/06/1993						4-3	OT	/	St. Louis	Home	Joseph
03/09/1993	L	60		27	30	2-3		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Barrasso
03/11/1993						5-2		/	Montreal	Home	Racicot, Chabot
03/13/1993						6-3		/	Ottawa	Home	Sidorkiewicz
03/15/1993						3-1		/	NY Rangers	Road	Vanbiesbrouck
03/16/1993	W	60		33	34	3-1		/	New Jersey	Providence	Terreri
03/18/1993						4-1		/	Ottawa	Road	Sidorkiewicz
03/20/1993	L	60		30	37	4-7		/	Detroit	Home	Cheveldae
03/22/1993						5-4		/	Hartford	Home	Gosselin
03/24/1993						2-0		/	Buffalo	Road	Fuhr
03/25/1993						2-0		/	Montreal	Home	Roy
03/27/1993						3-5		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Barrasso
03/30/1993						3-1		/	Hartford	Road	Gosselin
04/03/1993						3-2		/	Buffalo	Home	Fuhr
04/04/1993						3-0		/	Buffalo	Road	Fuhr
04/06/1993						7-1		/	Quebec	Road	Hextall, Fiset
04/08/1993						6-2		/	Quebec	Home	Hextall, Fiset, Hextall
04/10/1993						5-1		/	Montreal	Road	Roy
04/11/1993	W	60		24	26	4-2		/	Ottawa	Home	Sidorkiewicz
04/14/1993	-	30	22	16	18	4-2		/	Ottawa	Road	Sidorkiewicz, Berthiaume	Replaced Moog
04/18/1993						4-5	OT	/	Buffalo	Home	Fuhr
04/20/1993	-	34	57	14	15	0-4		/	Buffalo	Home	Fuhr	Replaced Moog
04/22/1993	L	61	5	30	34	3-4	OT	/	Buffalo	Road	Fuhr
04/24/1993						5-6	OT	/	Buffalo	Road	Fuhr, Hasek
10/05/1993						4-3		/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter
10/07/1993						3-5		/	Buffalo	Home	Fuhr
10/09/1993	W	60		28	31	7-3		/	Quebec	Home	Fiset, Thibault
10/11/1993						1-1	OT	/	Montreal	Home	Roy
10/15/1993	T	65		17	18	1-1	OT	/	Anaheim	Road	Tugnutt
10/16/1993						1-1	OT	/	San Jose	Road	Irbe
10/19/1993	L	27	3	11	12	4-5		/	Vancouver	Road	Whitmore	Replaced Casey
10/22/1993						3-1		/	Edmonton	Road	Ranford
10/23/1993						3-3	OT	/	Calgary	Road	Kidd
10/28/1993						6-2		/	Ottawa	Home	Madeley
10/30/1993						1-2		/	St. Louis	Home	Hrivnak
11/02/1993	L	60		17	23	1-6		/	Detroit	Road	Osgood
11/04/1993						6-3		/	Calgary	Home	Kidd
11/06/1993						1-1	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Home	Puppa
11/07/1993						4-3		/	Buffalo	Road	Fuhr
11/11/1993						5-1		/	Edmonton	Home	Ranford
11/13/1993						5-2		/	NY Islanders	Road	Draper, Hextall
11/17/1993						4-2		/	Hartford	Road	Pietrangelo, Gosselin
11/18/1993	W	60		27	28	3-1		/	San Jose	Home	Irbe
11/20/1993						5-5	OT	/	Philadelphia	Home	Soderstrom
11/24/1993						3-7		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Wregget
11/26/1993	W	60		40	42	3-2		/	Florida	Home	Fitzpatrick
11/27/1993	L	60		19	23	2-4		/	Toronto	Road	Potvin
11/30/1993						5-2		/	Quebec	Road	Thibault, Cloutier
12/02/1993						7-3		/	NY Islanders	Home	Hextall, Draper
12/04/1993	-	38	17	11	16	1-8		/	Montreal	Home	Roy	Replaced Casey
12/05/1993						1-3		/	Buffalo	Road	Hasek
12/09/1993						2-3	OT	/	Vancouver	Home	McLean
12/11/1993	L	20		4	5	4-5		/	Chicago	Home	Belfour	Replaced Casey
12/12/1993	T	65		25	27	2-2	OT	/	Hartford	Home	Burke
12/15/1993						5-4		/	New Jersey	Road	Brodeur, Sidorkiewicz
12/18/1993						5-3		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Puppa
12/19/1993	W	61	55	28	29	2-1	OT	/	Florida	Road	Vanbiesbrouck
12/23/1993	L	60		27	31	3-4		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Wregget
12/27/1993						5-3		/	Ottawa	Road	Billington
12/31/1993						3-4		/	Philadelphia	Minneapolis	Roussel
01/02/1994						8-2		/	Washington	Home	Beaupre, Tabaracci
01/06/1994						5-4		/	Winnipeg	Home	O'Neill
01/08/1994	T	65		21	23	2-2	OT	/	Florida	Home	Fitzpatrick
01/10/1994	-	27	7	7	7	0-3		/	Toronto	Home	Potvin	Replaced Casey
01/11/1994	L	64	9	19	24	4-5	OT	/	Pittsburgh	Road	Wregget
01/13/1994	L	29	14	14	18	2-6		/	Philadelphia	Road	Roussel	Replaced by Casey
01/15/1994	L	60		27	30	2-3		/	Detroit	Home	Cheveldae
01/17/1994	W	60		19	22	5-3		/	Hartford	Home	Burke
01/19/1994						3-3	OT	/	Montreal	Road	Roy
02/12/1995						2-1		/	Buffalo	Road	Hasek
02/14/1995						3-5		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Wregget
02/17/1995						5-4		/	Florida	Road	Vanbiesbrouck, Fitzpatrick
02/18/1995						1-3		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Puppa
03/28/1995						5-1		/	Philadelphia	Home	Roussel
03/30/1995						3-2		/	NY Islanders	Road	Soderstrom, McLennan
04/01/1995						2-3		/	NY Rangers	Home	Healy
04/02/1995						1-2		/	Washington	Road	Carey
04/06/1995						1-1	OT	/	Buffalo	Home	Hasek
04/19/1995						4-1		/	Buffalo	Home	Hasek
04/20/1995						6-5		/	Ottawa	Road	Madeley
	Signed as free agent by Buffalo Sabres, December 28, 1995.
12/29/1995	L	60		34	39	2-5		/	Chicago	Home	Belfour
12/31/1995	L	59		23	27	2-5		/	NY Islanders	Home	Soderstrom
01/05/1996	W	60		26	27	3-1		/	Toronto	Home	Potvin
01/06/1996	W	40	34	17	21	7-6		/	Montreal	Road	Thibault	Replaced by Biron, replaced Biron
01/10/1996						1-4		/	Winnipeg	Road	Cheveldae
01/12/1996						1-3		/	Calgary	Road	Tabaracci
01/13/1996						4-5	OT	/	Edmonton	Road	Joseph
01/17/1996						0-1		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Barrasso
01/24/1996						4-2		/	Hartford	Home	Burke
01/26/1996						0-1		/	Washington	Road	Carey
01/27/1996	-	35	36	22	23	3-6		/	Florida	Road	Fitzpatrick	Replaced Hasek
01/30/1996						4-5	OT	/	NY Islanders	Road	Fichaud
01/31/1996						6-1		/	Florida	Home	Fitzpatrick
02/03/1996						2-4		/	Boston	Road	Ranford
02/04/1996						2-5		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Puppa
04/10/1996						5-2		/	Ottawa	Home	Rhodes
04/13/1996						3-2		/	Washington	Road	Carey
04/14/1996						4-1		/	Hartford	Home	Muzzatti, Burke

Game logs have been compiled using the best information that I can find; for a detailed list of known concerns, please click here. I am always looking for assistance in making these more accurate, and welcome your help. For the 1983-84 season and prior, one of my key sources was the Hockey Summary Project, a tremendous resource and one of the best data collections on the Internet. In return, I have attempted to make these data better where possible.

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