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Don Edwards

Position: G
Catches: Left
Height: 5-9    Weight: 160 lbs.
Born: September 28, 1955 in Hamilton, Ontario

Drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the 5th round (89th overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 8:43AM
All-Time NHL Goalie Rank: #71. Ron Tugnutt… #72. Charlie Hodge… #73. DON EDWARDS… #74. Manny Legace… #75. Jocelyn Thibault… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN GPS G A PTS
1976-77 21 BUF NHL 25 16 7 2 62 2.51 2 2 1480 5.7 0 1 1
1977-78 22 BUF NHL 72 38 16 17 185 2.64 5 12 4209 15.3 0 3 3
1978-79 23 BUF NHL 54 26 18 9 159 3.02 2 8 3160 10.5 0 2 2
1979-80 24 BUF NHL 49 27 9 12 125 2.57 2 8 2920 11.4 0 1 1
1980-81 25 BUF NHL 45 23 10 12 133 2.96 3 0 2700 10.1 0 2 2
1981-82 26 BUF NHL 62 26 23 9 205 3.51 0 2 3500 11.4 0 2 2
1982-83 27 CGY NHL 39 16 15 6 148 4.02 1 0 2209 5.4 0 1 1
1983-84 28 CGY NHL 41 13 19 5 157 1217 1060 .871 4.09 0 2 2303 6.3 0 2 2
1984-85 29 CGY NHL 34 11 15 2 115 858 743 .866 4.08 1 4 1691 4.1 0 0 0
1985-86 30 TOR NHL 38 12 23 0 160 1140 980 .860 4.78 0 4 2009 4.8 0 0 0
Career NHL 459 208 155 74 1449 3215 2783 .866 3.32 16 42 26181 84.9 0 14 14

NHL Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Tm Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1976-77 21 BUF NHL 5 2 3 15 3.00 0 0 300 0 0 0
1977-78 22 BUF NHL 8 3 5 22 2.74 0 7 482 0 0 0
1979-80 24 BUF NHL 6 3 3 17 2.83 1 0 360 0 0 0
1980-81 25 BUF NHL 8 4 4 28 3.34 0 0 503 0 0 0
1981-82 26 BUF NHL 4 1 3 16 4.49 0 0 214 0 0 0
1982-83 27 CGY NHL 5 1 2 22 5.84 0 0 226 0 0 0
1983-84 28 CGY NHL 6 2 1 12 133 121 .910 3.32 0 0 217 0 0 0
Career NHL 42 16 21 132 133 121 .910 3.44 1 7 2302 0 0 0

Other Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Team Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1973-74 18 Kitchener Rangers OHA-Jr. 35 95 2.73 3 2089
1974-75 19 Kitchener Rangers OMJHL 55 258 4.70 1 3294
1975-76 20 Hershey Bears AHL 39 23 12 2 128 3.41 3 2253
1976-77 21 Hershey Bears AHL 47 26 15 6 136 2.92 5 2797
1981-82 26 Canada Can-Cup 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0 60
1986-87 31 Brantford Mott's Clamatos OHA-Sr. 17 14 1 0 52 3.23 0 966
1987-88 32 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 3 18 6.00 0 180
Career 3 Seasons AHL 89 49 27 8 282 3.24 8 5230
Career 1 Season Can-Cup 1 1 0 0 3 3.00 0 60
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 35 95 2.73 3 2089
Career 1 Season OHA-Sr. 17 14 1 0 52 3.23 0 966
Career 1 Season OMJHL 55 258 4.70 1 3294

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Goalie Stats Scoring Stats
Season Age Team Lg GP W L T/O GA SA SV SV% GAA SO PIM MIN G A PTS
1975-76 20 Hershey Bears AHL 5 1 3 0 18 3.69 0 293
Career 1 Season AHL 5 1 3 0 18 3.69 0 293

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 10 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Don Edwards 15.3 11.4 11.4 10.5 10.1 6.3 5.7 5.4 4.8 4.1
Mike Richter 88.4 13.0 11.7 11.6 10.4 9.6 8.1 7.8 6.4 4.9 4.0
Tomas Vokoun 87.2 16.1 15.8 12.5 11.6 10.1 6.4 6.1 5.5 3.8 -0.2
Ed Belfour 87.1 14.0 13.0 12.0 9.3 9.1 7.8 7.2 6.6 6.0 3.2
Ron Hextall 87.1 13.8 11.7 10.6 10.2 8.7 8.4 6.4 5.9 3.6 0.9
Rogie Vachon 86.7 14.0 12.3 11.6 10.3 9.4 9.1 7.1 5.9 4.0 1.6
Nikolai Khabibulin 86.4 14.5 12.5 12.0 11.2 10.4 9.6 8.5 6.2 3.6 0.5
Sean Burke 85.3 12.5 9.9 9.3 9.0 8.2 7.6 6.8 6.5 3.8 1.7
Arturs Irbe 84.6 13.1 12.9 11.8 11.6 6.8 5.9 5.3 3.6 1.4 1.1
Evgeni Nabokov 84.3 15.6 13.3 11.8 11.7 11.2 10.2 9.1 8.6 5.1 1.1
Guy Hebert 84.2 15.6 14.7 12.3 11.7 9.7 8.3 7.4 6.6 3.2 2.8
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Don Edwards 15.3 11.4 11.4 10.5 10.1 6.3 5.7 5.4 4.8 4.1
Martin Biron 86.6 13.4 12.5 11.5 9.2 8.8 6.5 6.3 6.1 3.7 3.0 2.9 0.8 0.0
Jean-Sebastien Giguere 86.6 13.5 12.0 11.7 11.2 10.5 10.4 6.8 6.4 5.7 3.4 2.1 1.3 0.6
Arturs Irbe 85.8 13.1 12.9 11.8 11.6 7.0 6.8 5.9 5.3 3.6 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.1
Evgeni Nabokov 84.3 15.6 13.3 11.8 11.7 11.2 10.2 9.1 8.6 5.1 1.1
Guy Hebert 84.2 15.6 14.7 12.3 11.7 9.7 8.3 7.4 6.6 3.2 2.8
Dwayne Roloson 83.4 13.1 12.8 11.5 10.8 9.6 8.6 8.5 6.3 6.1 4.1 3.6 2.7 1.1
Jose Theodore 83.3 17.4 13.2 10.8 10.4 8.6 8.0 7.9 6.1 5.5 4.6 3.9 2.3 1.0 -0.1
Ron Hextall 82.3 13.8 11.7 10.6 10.2 8.7 8.4 7.0 6.4 6.1 5.9 3.6 1.7 0.9
Tommy Salo 82.3 13.3 11.6 11.5 9.5 8.8 8.5 8.5 5.3 1.1 0.5
Marty Turco 81.5 11.9 10.5 10.4 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.2 5.1 4.5 3.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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All-Star Games

1980 NHL
1982 NHL

Awards

1979-80 NHL Vezina Trophy

Honors

1977-78 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)
1979-80 NHL NHL All-Star Team (2nd)

Games Played

1977-78 NHL 72 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 54 (5)
1981-82 NHL 62 (2)
Career NHL 459 (68)

Wins

1977-78 NHL 38 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 26 (3)
1979-80 NHL 27 (4)
1980-81 NHL 23 (6)
1981-82 NHL 26 (5)
Career NHL 208 (64)

Losses

1981-82 NHL 23 (10)
1983-84 NHL 19 (9)
1985-86 NHL 23 (5)
Career NHL 155 (88)

Ties plus OT/SO Losses

1977-78 NHL 17 (2)
1978-79 NHL 9 (8)
1979-80 NHL 12 (3)
1980-81 NHL 12 (4)
1981-82 NHL 9 (8)
1983-84 NHL 5 (7)
Career NHL 74 (50)

Goals Against

1977-78 NHL 185 (6)
1978-79 NHL 159 (8)
Career NHL 1449 (55)

Goals Against Average

1976-77 NHL 2.51 (5)
1977-78 NHL 2.64 (6)
1978-79 NHL 3.02 (7)
1979-80 NHL 2.57 (3)
1980-81 NHL 2.96 (3)
1981-82 NHL 3.51 (9)

Shutouts

1977-78 NHL 5 (2)
1978-79 NHL 2 (9)
1979-80 NHL 2 (7)
1980-81 NHL 3 (1)
 1982-83 NHL 1 (8)
1984-85 NHL 1 (9)

Minutes

1977-78 NHL 4209 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 3160 (5)
1979-80 NHL 2920 (9)
1980-81 NHL 2700 (9)
1981-82 NHL 3500 (4)
Career NHL 26181 (68)

Adjusted Goals Against Average

1976-77 NHL 2.31 (5)
1977-78 NHL 2.41 (6)
1978-79 NHL 2.62 (7)
1979-80 NHL 2.22 (3)
1980-81 NHL 2.33 (3)
1981-82 NHL 2.66 (9)
Career NHL 2.72 (28)

Goalie Point Shares

1977-78 NHL 15.3 (1)
 1978-79 NHL 10.5 (5)
1979-80 NHL 11.4 (2)
1980-81 NHL 10.1 (4)
1981-82 NHL 11.4 (1)
 Career NHL 84.9 (56)

Point Shares

1977-78 NHL 15.3 (3)
1979-80 NHL 11.4 (7)
1981-82 NHL 11.4 (3)
    

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

June 9, 1982: Traded to Calgary by Buffalo with Richie Dunn, Buffalo's 2nd round choice (Richard Kromm) in 1982 Entry Draft and Buffalo's 1st round choice (Dan Quinn) in 1983 Entry Draft for Calgary's 1st (Paul Cyr) and 2nd (Jens Johansson) round choices in 1982 Entry Draft and Calgary's 1st (Normand Lacombe) and 2nd (John Tucker) round choices in 1983 Entry Draft, June 9, 1982.

May 29, 1985: Traded to Toronto by Calgary for Toronto's 4th round choice (Tim Harris) in 1987 Entry Draft, May 29, 1985.

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