DON LEVER

'Donald Richard "Cleaver" Lever' (born November 14, 1952 in South Porcupine, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional ice hockey left winger who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1972-73 until 1986-87.

Contents

Career

Accomplishments and awards

References

Career

Lever was drafted 3rd overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. The forward reached the 20-goal mark six times in Vancouver and played for Canada at the 1978 World Championships. Lever was traded to the Atlanta Flames alongside Brad Smith in exchange for Ivan Boldirev and Darcy Rota on February 8, 1980. He was recognized for both his penalty killing and powerplay abilities. Lever played 1020 career NHL games, scoring 313 goals and 367 assists for 680 points.^[1]

Accomplishments and awards

★ OMJHL First All-Star Team (1972)

★ OMJHL MVP (1972)

★ Played in NHL All-Star Game (1982)

★ Head-Coached the Hamilton Bulldogs to their first franchise Calder Cup, AHL championship (2007)

References

1. http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13385 Legends of Hockey/HHOF. Retrieved January 4, 2007.