Keith Ballard: Career Statistics
Position: Defenseman
Number: #13
Height: 5’-11”
Weight: 208 lbs
DOB: 11/26/82
Hometown: Baudette, Minn.
Previous team: Omaha Lancers
Season totals
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | Pen* | PIM* | PIM/G* | PPG | SHG | GWG | ENG |
| 2001-2002 | Minnesota | 41 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 0.56 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002-2003 | Minnesota | 45 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 0.91 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003-2004 | Minnesota | 37 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 0.97 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Career Totals | 123 | 33 | 67 | 100 | 0.81 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
*Exhibition Games do not count in team stats.
*Penalty statistics are not available prior to the 2007-2008 season.
Game by game
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/10/03 | NC | vs. Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/11/03 | NC | @Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Ballard (Vanek, Briggs) 4:24 (3rd) |
| 10/24/03 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Potulny (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 16:14 (1st) 3: Riddle (Koalska, Ballard) 6x5 4:48 (3rd) |
| 11/21/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Guyer (Ballard) 5x5 17:43 (1st) 4: Riddle (Ballard) 1:35 (3rd) |
| 11/22/03 | WC | Michigan Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Ballard (Hirsch, Harrington) 5x5 2:32 (3rd) |
| 11/28/03 | NC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/29/03 | NC | @Michigan | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Guyer (Riddle, Ballard) 7:45 (1st) |
| 12/05/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Riddle, Vanek) 6x5 8:30 (1st) 2: Riddle (Ballard, Sertich) 6x5 3:08 (2nd) |
| 12/06/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/20/03 | NC | Princeton | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Guyer (Potulny, Ballard) 9:20 (2nd) |
| 12/21/03 | NC | New Hampshire | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Koalska (Harrington, Ballard) 0:51 (2nd) 3: Potulny (Ballard, Koalska) 6x4 5:18 (2nd) |
| 01/02/04 | NC | Boston University | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Waibel (Harrington, Ballard) 1:50 (1st) |
| 01/03/04 | NC | Boston University | 1 | 2 | 3 | Scoring 1: Koalska (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 4:48 (1st) 4: Ballard (Hirsch) 6x4 6:30 (3rd) 5: Riddle (Ballard, Koalska) 6x5 6:48 (3rd) |
| 01/09/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Ballard (Riddle, Sertich) 6x5 4:04 (3rd) |
| 01/10/04 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/16/04 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/17/04 | WC | @Minnesota State | 2 | 1 | 3 | Scoring 1: Ballard (unassisted) 5x6 3:25 (1st) 2: Koalska (Vanek, Ballard) 6x5 10:53 (1st) 4: Ballard (Vanek, Koalska) 5x4 11:28 (2nd) |
| 01/23/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/24/04 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/30/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 2: Riddle (Ballard, Vanek) 6x5 17:29 (1st) 3: Ballard (Sertich, Vanek) 6x5 0:51 (3rd) |
| 01/31/04 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Waibel (Ballard, Briggs) 8:13 (2nd) |
| 02/06/04 | NC | Bemidji State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Ballard (Riddle) 6x5 15:20 (1st) |
| 02/07/04 | NC | Bemidji State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Riddle (Irmen, Ballard) 6x5 7:17 (2nd) 3: Riddle (Ballard, Koalska) 6x4 0:44 (3rd) |
| 02/13/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/14/04 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Reinholz, Riddle) 7:46 (2nd) |
| 02/20/04 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/21/04 | WC | Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Smaagaard (Fleming, Ballard) 6:35 (1st) 4: Guyer (Irmen, Ballard) 14:11 (2nd) |
| 02/27/04 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/28/04 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/05/04 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/06/04 | WC | St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 3: Potulny (Vanek, Ballard) 3:34 (2nd) 4: Ballard (Tallackson, Hirsch) 15:17 (3rd) |
| 03/12/04 | NC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 6: Potulny (Riddle, Ballard) 6x5 15:21 (3rd) |
| 03/13/04 | NC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Potulny (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 19:46 (1st) 3: Riddle (Potulny, Ballard) 6x5 19:14 (2nd) |
| 03/19/04 | NC | vs. Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 3: Irmen (Ballard) 5x6 4:51 (2nd) |
| 03/20/04 | NC | vs. North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/27/04 | NC | vs. Notre Dame | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Vanek (Koalska, Ballard) 11:52 (3rd) |
| 03/28/04 | NC | vs. Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 11 | 25 | 36 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/12/02 | NC | vs. Ohio State | 1 | 3 | 4 | Scoring 3: Welch (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 14:58 (2nd) 5: Ballard (Martin, Koalska) 6x4 7:09 (3rd) 6: Hirsch (Ballard, Harrington) 5x4 8:38 (3rd) 7: Guyer (Martin, Ballard) 6x5 10:20 (3rd) |
| 10/18/02 | NC | @New Hampshire | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Riddle (Guyer, Ballard) 6x5 4:25 (1st) 5: Riddle (Ballard) 17:54 (2nd) |
| 10/19/02 | NC | @New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10/25/02 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 4 | 4 | Scoring 1: Vanek (Hirsch, Ballard) 4:16 (2nd) 2: Koalska (Ballard, Stevens) 6x5 13:52 (2nd) 4: Guyer (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 6:41 (3rd) 5: Vanek (DeMarchi, Ballard) 14:34 (3rd) |
| 10/26/02 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/01/02 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 12: Ballard (Guyer) 19:24 (3rd) |
| 11/02/02 | NC | Alabama Huntsville | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Riddle (Ballard, Martin) 6x5 18:05 (2nd) |
| 11/08/02 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Riddle (Ballard, Martin) 6x5 7:52 (2nd) |
| 11/09/02 | WC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 5: Martin (Riddle, Ballard) 6x4 4:29 (3rd) 6: Vanek (Riddle, Ballard) 6x5 4:45 (3rd) |
| 11/15/02 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/16/02 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/22/02 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/23/02 | WC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/29/02 | NC | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/01/02 | NC | Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Vanek) 3:39 (2nd) |
| 12/06/02 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/07/02 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/27/02 | NC | Yale | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 5: Ballard (Martin) 5x6 8:39 (2nd) |
| 12/28/02 | NC | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/03/03 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/04/03 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 2: Reinholz (Ballard, Harrington) 6x5 10:43 (2nd) 3: Vanek (Ballard, Hirsch) 6x5 18:43 (2nd) |
| 01/10/03 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Harrington (Ballard, Reinholz) 1:20 (2nd) |
| 01/11/03 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Guyer (Ballard, Hirsch) 6x5 13:29 (3rd) |
| 01/24/03 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/25/03 | WC | Minnesota State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Ballard (unassisted) 9:45 (3rd) |
| 01/31/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Smaagaard, Atherton) 12:41 (1st) 2: Riddle (Ballard) 5x6 8:04 (2nd) |
| 02/01/03 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Vanek (Riddle, Ballard) 6x5 4:55 (2nd) 3: Riddle (Vanek, Ballard) 11:00 (3rd) |
| 02/07/03 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Riddle (Martin, Ballard) 6x5 5:43 (2nd) |
| 02/08/03 | WC | @Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/14/03 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/15/03 | WC | Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 3 | Scoring 1: Koalska (Riddle, Ballard) 6x5 3:28 (1st) 2: Ballard (Reinholz) 5:30 (1st) 5: Ballard (Martin) 6x5 12:49 (1st) |
| 02/21/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/22/03 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/28/03 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/01/03 | WC | Denver | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 5: Tallackson (Ballard) 16:22 (2nd) 8: Waibel (Ballard) 16:46 (3rd) |
| 03/07/03 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 1 | 1 | 2 | Scoring 3: Ballard (Martin, Vanek) 6x5 7:37 (2nd) 4: Riddle (Ballard, Koalska) 6x5 13:04 (2nd) |
| 03/08/03 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/14/03 | NC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/15/03 | NC | Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 5: Vanek (Martin, Ballard) 6x5 8:36 (3rd) |
| 03/21/03 | NC | vs. Minnesota State | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 1: Tallackson (Ballard) 4:42 (1st) 2: Potulny (Ballard, Martin) 6x5 1:58 (3rd) |
| 03/22/03 | NC | vs. Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/28/03 | NC | vs. Mercyhurst | 2 | 1 | 3 | Scoring 2: Ballard (Guyer) 4:33 (1st) 5: Vanek (Ballard) 4:10 (2nd) 8: Ballard (Fleming) 13:57 (2nd) |
| 03/29/03 | NC | vs. Ferris State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 2: Ballard (unassisted) 6x5 1:38 (1st) |
| 04/10/03 | NC | vs. Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 04/12/03 | NC | vs. New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 12 | 29 | 41 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | Details |
| 10/05/01 | NC | @North Dakota | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 5: Taffe (Anthony, Ballard) 2:01 (3rd) 6: Waibel (Ballard) 3:25 (3rd) |
| 10/19/01 | NC | Bemidji State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Pohl (Ballard) 6x5 6:45 (2nd) |
| 10/20/01 | NC | Bemidji State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 5: Pohl (Ballard, Taffe) 6x5 2:29 (3rd) |
| 10/26/01 | NC | Colgate | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Angell, Smaagaard) 2:06 (1st) |
| 10/27/01 | NC | Colgate | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 5: Ballard (Koalska) 5x6 10:03 (2nd) |
| 11/02/01 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 5: Anthony (Angell, Ballard) 13:31 (2nd) |
| 11/03/01 | WC | @Michigan Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/09/01 | WC | Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/10/01 | WC | Minnesota State | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 3: Ballard (Potulny, Pohl) 5:46 (3rd) |
| 11/16/01 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/17/01 | WC | Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 2 | 2 | Scoring 4: Koalska (Wendell, Ballard) 6x5 13:38 (2nd) 5: Wendell (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 11:06 (3rd) |
| 11/23/01 | NC | @Michigan | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (unassisted) 2:09 (1st) |
| 11/25/01 | NC | @Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11/30/01 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Tallackson (Ballard, Stevens) 6x5 9:49 (3rd) |
| 12/01/01 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12/07/01 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Wendell (Ballard) 7:11 (2nd) |
| 12/08/01 | WC | @Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/06/02 | WC | North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/11/02 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/12/02 | WC | @Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/18/02 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 1: Tallackson (Fleming, Ballard) 4:32 (1st) |
| 01/19/02 | WC | @Alaska Anchorage | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/25/02 | WC | Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01/26/02 | WC | Denver | 2 | 0 | 2 | Scoring 3: Ballard (Tallackson) 19:03 (2nd) 4: Ballard (Koalska, Riddle) 6x5 1:37 (3rd) |
| 02/01/02 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/02/02 | WC | @Minnesota Duluth | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/08/02 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/09/02 | WC | @North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/15/02 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/16/02 | WC | Colorado College | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 02/22/02 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 4: Welch (Taffe, Ballard) 12:12 (2nd) |
| 02/23/02 | WC | Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/01/02 | WC | @St. Cloud State | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 5: Angell (Ballard, Koalska) 6x5 1:51 (2nd) |
| 03/02/02 | WC | St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/08/02 | NC | North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 6: Ballard (Welch, Taffe) 6:08 (2nd) |
| 03/09/02 | NC | North Dakota | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 4: Ballard (Tallackson) 18:36(ot) |
| 03/15/02 | NC | vs. St. Cloud State | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 03/16/02 | NC | vs. Denver | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Tallackson, Koalska) 2:29 (2nd) |
| 03/23/02 | NC | vs. Colorado College | 0 | 1 | 1 | Scoring 2: Angell (Ballard, Riddle) 6x5 8:26 (2nd) |
| 04/04/02 | NC | vs. Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 04/06/02 | NC | vs. Maine | 1 | 0 | 1 | Scoring 1: Ballard (Riddle, Angell) 6x5 7:18 (1st) |
| Totals | 10 | 13 | 23 |
