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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.

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Fan Ratings

Fine Details ▪ Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 9:27AM
All-Time NHL Skater Rank: #528. Mike Sillinger… #528. Steve Rucchin… #530. Brent Ashton… #530. DON LEVER… #532. Andre Boudrias… 

NHL Standard

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE ▪ Hide Partial Seasons
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 20 VAN NHL 78 12 26 38 14 -27 49 8 3 1 1 138 8.7
1973-74 21 VAN NHL 78 23 25 48 20 -16 28 18 4 1 1 175 13.1
1974-75 22 VAN NHL 80 38 30 68 29 -13 49 27 11 0 3 214 17.8
1975-76 23 VAN NHL 80 25 40 65 24 -2 93 17 8 0 1 166 15.1
1976-77 24 VAN NHL 80 27 30 57 23 -8 28 18 8 1 2 198 13.6
1977-78 25 VAN NHL 75 17 32 49 18 -29 58 11 6 0 1 168 10.1
1978-79 26 VAN NHL 71 23 21 44 19 -41 17 15 8 0 2 170 13.5
1979-80 27 TOT NHL 79 35 33 68 29 -8 36 28 6 1 1 208 16.8
1979-80 27 VAN NHL 51 21 17 38 16 -13 32 16 5 0 0 134 15.7
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 28 14 16 30 12 5 4 12 1 1 1 74 18.9
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 62 26 31 57 23 21 56 21 4 1 4 157 16.6
1981-82 29 TOT NHL 82 30 39 69 27 -24 26 26 4 0 1 191 15.7
1981-82 29 CGY NHL 23 8 11 19 7 -14 6 7 1 0 0 55 14.5
1981-82 29 CLR NHL 59 22 28 50 20 -10 20 19 3 0 1 136 16.2
1982-83 30 NJD NHL 79 23 30 53 21 -35 68 11 9 3 0 143 16.1
1983-84 31 NJD NHL 70 14 19 33 13 -21 44 11 3 0 2 111 12.6
1984-85 32 NJD NHL 67 10 8 18 8 -29 31 9 0 1 1 83 12.0
1985-86 33 BUF NHL 29 7 1 8 4 -5 6 6 0 1 1 31 22.6
1986-87 34 BUF NHL 10 3 2 5 2 -3 4 0 3 0 1 8 37.5
Career NHL 1020 313 367 680 272 -240 593 226 77 10 22 2161 14.5

NHL Miscellaneous

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1972-73 20 VAN NHL 78 0.15 0.33 0.49 0.18 0.63 1.77 11 24 35 13 62 12 85 8 -27 0.8 0.4 1.2
1973-74 21 VAN NHL 78 0.29 0.32 0.62 0.25 0.36 2.24 22 24 46 19 70 20 96 30 -16 2.8 0.7 3.4
1974-75 22 VAN NHL 80 0.48 0.38 0.85 0.36 0.61 2.68 32 26 58 25 92 34 73 2 -13 5.0 0.7 5.8
1975-76 23 VAN NHL 80 0.31 0.50 0.81 0.31 1.16 2.08 21 35 56 21 89 28 72 9 -2 3.7 0.9 4.6
1976-77 24 VAN NHL 80 0.34 0.38 0.71 0.28 0.35 2.48 24 27 51 20 90 24 95 21 -8 3.5 1.1 4.6
1977-78 25 VAN NHL 75 0.23 0.43 0.65 0.24 0.77 2.24 15 29 44 16 74 21 100 18 -29 2.3 0.4 2.6
1978-79 26 VAN NHL 71 0.32 0.30 0.62 0.26 0.24 2.39 19 18 37 15 64 23 104 22 -41 2.4 0.3 2.6
1979-80 27 TOT NHL 79 0.44 0.42 0.86 0.36 0.46 2.63 29 28 57 23 96 23 97 16 -8 4.9 0.9 5.8
1979-80 27 VAN NHL 51 0.41 0.33 0.75 0.32 0.63 2.63 17 14 31 13 55 17 65 14 -13 2.6 0.4 2.9
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 28 0.50 0.57 1.07 0.44 0.14 2.64 12 14 26 10 41 6 32 2 5 2.3 0.5 2.8
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 62 0.42 0.50 0.92 0.37 0.90 2.53 20 24 44 17 99 24 74 20 21 3.3 1.3 4.7
1981-82 29 TOT NHL 82 0.37 0.48 0.84 0.33 0.32 2.33 22 28 50 20 92 24 113 21 -24 3.4 0.8 4.2
1981-82 29 CGY NHL 23 0.35 0.48 0.83 0.32 0.26 2.39 6 8 14 5 24 8 35 5 -14 0.9 -0.1 0.8
1981-82 29 CLR NHL 59 0.37 0.47 0.85 0.34 0.34 2.31 16 20 36 14 68 16 78 16 -10 2.5 0.9 3.4
1982-83 30 NJD NHL 79 0.29 0.38 0.67 0.26 0.86 1.81 18 24 42 16 80 35 126 46 -35 2.3 0.6 2.8
1983-84 31 NJD NHL 70 0.20 0.27 0.47 0.19 0.63 1.59 11 15 26 10 54 12 82 19 -21 0.6 0.7 1.3
1984-85 32 NJD NHL 67 0.15 0.12 0.27 0.11 0.46 1.24 8 6 14 6 30 5 68 14 -29 -0.6 0.3 -0.3
1985-86 33 BUF NHL 29 0.24 0.03 0.28 0.14 0.21 1.07 5 1 6 3 14 0 30 11 -5 -0.1 0.3 0.2
1986-87 34 BUF NHL 10 0.30 0.20 0.50 0.22 0.40 0.80 3 2 5 2 8 4 8 1 -3 0.2 0.0 0.2
Career NHL 1020 0.31 0.36 0.67 0.27 0.58 2.12 260 311 571 227 1014 289 1223 258 -240 34.4 9.4 43.9

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1974-75 22 VAN NHL 5 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0
1975-76 23 VAN NHL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978-79 26 VAN NHL 3 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 1
1979-80 27 ATF NHL 4 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
1980-81 28 CGY NHL 16 4 7 11 20 4 0 0 0
Career NHL 30 7 10 17 26 5 2 0 1

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1969-70 17 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 2 0 1 1 4
1970-71 18 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 59 35 36 71 112
1971-72 19 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 63 61 65 126 69
1977-78 25 Canada WEC-A 10 4 3 7 4
1985-86 33 Rochester Americans AHL 29 6 11 17 16
1986-87 34 Rochester Americans AHL 57 29 25 54 69
Career 2 Seasons AHL 86 35 36 71 85
Career 3 Seasons OHA-Jr. 124 96 102 198 185
Career 1 Season WEC-A 10 4 3 7 4

Other Playoffs

Glossary ▪ CSV ▪ PRE
Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1971-72 19 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA-Jr. 6 3 1 4 45
1986-87 34 Rochester Americans AHL 18 4 3 7 14
Career 1 Season AHL 18 4 3 7 14
Career 1 Season OHA-Jr. 6 3 1 4 45

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 15 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Don Lever 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Tom Fergus 92.2 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Mario Tremblay 90.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Ryan Walter 89.5 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Phil Watson 89.1 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.4 -0.5
Brian Mullen 88.8 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.1 1.7
Matt Cullen 88.7 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Mike Murphy 88.5 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Kelly Kisio 88.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.7 2.7 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.3
Butch Keeling 88.4 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.5
Peter Zezel 88.2 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Don Lever 5.8 5.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.2 3.4 2.8 2.6 2.6 1.3 1.2 0.2 0.2 -0.3
Tom Fergus 92.2 5.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.6 3.4 2.7 2.5 2.5 0.6 0.4
Mario Tremblay 90.5 5.6 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.7 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 1.1 0.8
Ryan Walter 89.5 6.3 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.2 3.2 3.0 2.5 2.4 1.9 1.8 0.7 0.3 -0.4 -0.6
Phil Watson 89.1 4.4 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 2.1 1.8 0.8 0.4 -0.5
Brian Mullen 88.8 5.6 5.5 4.7 4.7 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.1 1.7
Matt Cullen 88.7 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.6
Mike Murphy 88.5 6.5 5.6 5.3 4.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 2.7 2.1 1.7 0.8 0.6
Kelly Kisio 88.5 5.8 5.7 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.5 3.9 3.7 2.7 2.6 1.5 1.4 0.3
Butch Keeling 88.4 4.5 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.8 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.8 1.5
Peter Zezel 88.2 6.4 5.2 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.7

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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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 On-Ice Against

Career NHL 1223 (94)

Power Play Goals On-Ice Against

1982-83 NHL 46 (5)

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.

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