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Don Lever

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11    Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: November 14, 1952 in South Porcupine, Ontario

Drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
10
Vancouver Canucks
1973		 9
Vancouver Canucks
1974-1978		 9
Vancouver Canucks
1979-1980		 12
Atlanta Flames
1980		 12
Calgary Flames
1981-1982		 9
Colorado Rockies
1982		 9
New Jersey Devils
1983-1985		 20
Buffalo Sabres
1986-1987		 8
Buffalo Sabres
1987

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1972-73 20 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 12 26 38 0.49 14 0.18 62 12 85 8 -27 49 8 3 1 1 138 1.77 8.7
1973-74 21 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 23 25 48 0.62 19 0.25 70 20 96 30 -16 28 18 4 1 1 175 2.24 13.1
1974-75 22 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 38 30 68 0.85 28 0.35 92 34 73 2 -13 49 27 11 0 3 214 2.68 17.8
1975-76 23 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 25 40 65 0.81 24 0.30 89 28 72 9 -2 93 17 8 0 1 166 2.08 15.1
1976-77 24 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 27 30 57 0.71 22 0.28 90 24 95 21 -8 28 18 8 1 2 198 2.48 13.6
1977-78 25 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 17 32 49 0.65 18 0.24 74 21 100 18 -29 58 11 6 0 1 168 2.24 10.1
1978-79 26 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 23 21 44 0.62 18 0.25 64 23 104 22 -41 17 15 8 0 2 170 2.39 13.5
1979-80 27 2 Teams NHL 79 35 33 68 0.86 28 0.35 96 23 97 16 -8 36 28 6 1 1 208 2.63 16.8
1979-80 27 Vancouver Canucks NHL 51 21 17 38 0.75 16 0.31 55 17 65 14 -13 32 16 5 0 0 134 2.63 15.7
1979-80 27 Atlanta Flames NHL 28 14 16 30 1.07 12 0.43 41 6 32 2 5 4 12 1 1 1 74 2.64 18.9
1980-81 28 Calgary Flames NHL 62 26 31 57 0.92 22 0.36 99 24 74 20 21 56 21 4 1 4 157 2.53 16.6
1981-82 29 2 Teams NHL 82 30 39 69 0.84 27 0.33 92 24 113 21 -24 26 26 4 0 1 191 2.33 15.7
1981-82 29 Calgary Flames NHL 23 8 11 19 0.83 7 0.31 24 8 35 5 -14 6 7 1 0 0 55 2.39 14.5
1981-82 29 Colorado Rockies NHL 59 22 28 50 0.85 20 0.33 68 16 78 16 -10 20 19 3 0 1 136 2.31 16.2
1982-83 30 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 23 30 53 0.67 20 0.26 80 35 126 46 -35 68 11 9 3 0 143 1.81 16.1
1983-84 31 New Jersey Devils NHL 70 14 19 33 0.47 13 0.19 54 12 82 19 -21 44 11 3 0 2 111 1.59 12.6
1984-85 32 New Jersey Devils NHL 67 10 8 18 0.27 7 0.11 30 5 68 14 -29 31 9 0 1 1 83 1.24 12.0
1985-86 33 Buffalo Sabres NHL 29 7 1 8 0.28 4 0.13 14 0 30 11 -5 6 6 0 1 1 31 1.07 22.6
1986-87 34 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 3 2 5 0.50 2 0.21 8 4 8 1 -3 4 0 3 0 1 8 0.80 37.5
Career NHL 1020 313 367 680 0.67 268 0.26 1014 289 1223 258 -240 593 226 77 10 22 2161 2.12 14.5

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 22 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 0 1 1 0.20 4 0 0 0 0
1975-76 23 Vancouver Canucks NHL 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0
1978-79 26 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 2 1 3 1.00 2 1 1 0 1
1979-80 27 Atlanta Flames NHL 4 1 1 2 0.50 0 0 1 0 0
1980-81 28 Calgary Flames NHL 16 4 7 11 0.69 20 4 0 0 0
Career NHL 30 7 10 17 0.57 26 5 2 0 1

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1969-70 17 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 2 0 1 1 0.50 4
1970-71 18 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 59 35 36 71 1.20 112
1971-72 19 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 63 61 65 126 2.00 69
1977-78 25 Canada WEC-A 10 4 3 7 0.70 4
1985-86 33 Rochester Americans AHL 29 6 11 17 0.59 16
1986-87 34 Rochester Americans AHL 57 29 25 54 0.95 69
Career AHL 86 35 36 71 0.83 85
Career OHA-Jr. 124 96 102 198 1.60 185
Career WEC-A 10 4 3 7 0.70 4

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1971-72 19 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 6 3 1 4 0.67 45
1986-87 34 Rochester Americans AHL 18 4 3 7 0.39 14
Career AHL 18 4 3 7 0.39 14
Career OHA-Jr. 6 3 1 4 0.67 45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

All-Star Games

1982 NHL

Games Played

1972-73 NHL 78 (3)
1973-74 NHL 78 (1)
 1974-75 NHL 80 (1)
 1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1976-77 NHL 80 (1)
 1981-82 NHL 82 (2)

Total Goals Against

Career NHL 1223 (87)

Power Play Goals Against

1982-83 NHL 46 (4)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 8, 1980: Traded to Atlanta by Vancouver with Brad Smith for Ivan Boldirev and Darcy Rota, February 8, 1980.

June 24, 1980: Transferred to Calgary after Colorado franchise relocated, June 24, 1980.

November 25, 1981: Traded to Colorado by Calgary with Bob MacMillan for Lanny McDonald and Colorado's 4th round choice (later traded to NY Islanders - NY Islanders selected Mikko Makela) in 1983 Entry Draft, November 25, 1981.

June 30, 1982: Transferred to New Jersey after Colorado franchise relocated, June 30, 1982.

September 9, 1985: Rights traded to Buffalo by New Jersey for cash, September 9, 1985.

June 25, 2002: Named Assistant Coach by St. Louis, June 25, 2002.