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Don Lever

#8 · Centre · Buffalo Sabres

Born Nov 14, 1952 in South Porcupine, Ontario, CAN · 5'10", 185 lb · Shoots left · Drafted 3rd overall in 1972 by VAN (round 1)

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The forwards closest to him in points in 1976-77. Pick one to see the two side by side, or choose someone else.

Garry Unger STL · 57 P in 80 GP Glen Sharpley MNS · 57 P in 80 GP Rick Kehoe PIT · 57 P in 80 GP Mel Bridgman PHI · 57 P in 70 GP Bob MacMillan STL · 58 P in 80 GP

Career

Regular season games only. Pick a season to see its game log below.

02040601972-73: 38 points3872-731973-74: 47 points471974-75: 68 points6874-751975-76: 65 points651976-77: 57 points5776-771977-78: 49 points491978-79: 44 points4478-791979-80: 68 points681980-81: 57 points5780-811981-82: 69 points691982-83: 53 points5382-831983-84: 33 points331984-85: 18 points1884-851985-86: 8 points81986-87: 5 points586-87

Points by season. The darker bar is the season shown below.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1972-73 VAN 78 12 26 38 -27 49 138 0 0.49
1973-74 VAN 77 23 24 47 -14 28 169 0 0.61
1974-75 VAN 80 38 30 68 -13 49 213 0 0.85
1975-76 VAN 80 25 40 65 -3 93 166 0 0.81
1976-77 VAN 80 27 30 57 -8 28 198 0 0.71
1977-78 VAN 75 17 32 49 -29 58 168 0 0.65
1978-79 VAN 71 23 21 44 -43 17 170 0 0.62
1979-80 VAN 51 21 17 38 -13 32 134 0 0.75
1979-80 AFM 28 14 16 30 5 4 74 0 1.07
1980-81 CGY 62 26 31 57 20 56 157 0 0.92
1981-82 CGY 23 8 11 19 -14 6 55 0 0.83
1981-82 CLR 59 22 28 50 -10 20 136 0 0.85
1982-83 NJD 79 23 30 53 -36 68 140 0 0.67
1983-84 NJD 70 14 19 33 -23 44 109 0 0.47
1984-85 NJD 67 10 8 18 -30 31 83 0 0.27
1985-86 BUF 29 7 1 8 -5 6 31 0 0.28
1986-87 BUF 10 3 2 5 -3 4 8 0 0.50
15 seasons Career 1019 313 366 679 -246 593 2149 0 0.67

Playoffs

Playoff games only. Pick a season to see that year's bracket.

Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP
1974-75 VAN 5 0 1 1 -6 4 14 0 0.20
1975-76 VAN 2 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 0.00
1978-79 VAN 3 2 1 3 -1 2 8 0 1.00
1979-80 AFM 4 1 1 2 -5 0 3 0 0.50
1980-81 CGY 16 4 7 11 1 20 51 0 0.69
5 seasons Playoffs 30 7 10 17 -15 26 80 0 0.57

1976-77 season totals

GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits P/GP Shooting % Avg TOI
80 27 30 57 -8 28 198 0 0.71 13.6 0:00

Game log

Date Opponent Result G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI
Apr 3, 1977 vs MNS W 6-3 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 00:00
Apr 1, 1977 vs CLR L 3-6 1 1 2 0 7 3 0 00:00
Mar 29, 1977 vs LAK T 3-3 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 26, 1977 @ PHI L 3-9 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 25, 1977 @ CLE T 4-4 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Mar 22, 1977 vs PHI T 4-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 20, 1977 @ CLR W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 00:00
Mar 19, 1977 @ STL T 4-4 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 15, 1977 vs DET W 7-1 1 3 4 4 0 2 0 00:00
Mar 13, 1977 @ CLR W 6-2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Mar 12, 1977 vs CLR T 2-2 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 00:00
Mar 10, 1977 vs CHI W 5-0 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 00:00
Mar 9, 1977 vs WSH W 5-2 1 1 2 0 0 5 0 00:00
Mar 5, 1977 @ TOR T 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 3, 1977 @ PHI L 2-5 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Mar 2, 1977 @ AFM W 2-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 27, 1977 @ CHI W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 26, 1977 @ MNS L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 24, 1977 @ LAK T 2-2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Feb 21, 1977 vs STL L 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 19, 1977 vs AFM W 5-1 1 1 2 2 0 6 0 00:00
Feb 16, 1977 vs BOS L 3-7 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Feb 14, 1977 vs NYI L 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 11, 1977 vs PIT W 3-2 1 1 2 3 0 2 0 00:00
Feb 9, 1977 @ MTL L 0-6 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Feb 6, 1977 @ DET L 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 00:00
Feb 5, 1977 @ MNS T 5-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Feb 3, 1977 vs MTL L 4-6 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 29, 1977 vs MNS W 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 27, 1977 vs CHI T 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 23, 1977 vs NYR W 6-2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 21, 1977 vs TOR L 1-3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Jan 19, 1977 vs PIT L 0-3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 15, 1977 vs CLE L 2-4 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 00:00
Jan 12, 1977 vs MNS W 5-3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 00:00
Jan 8, 1977 @ STL W 5-2 2 1 3 2 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 7, 1977 @ CLE L 4-8 0 0 0 -3 2 2 0 00:00
Jan 5, 1977 @ AFM L 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 00:00
Jan 4, 1977 @ PIT T 2-2 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 00:00
Jan 2, 1977 @ NYR L 3-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Jan 1, 1977 @ NYI W 5-1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Dec 29, 1976 vs BOS L 1-8 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 27, 1976 vs PHI L 1-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 23, 1976 vs STL L 2-4 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 22, 1976 @ LAK W 3-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 20, 1976 vs MTL L 4-5 0 2 2 -1 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 18, 1976 @ MNS W 3-1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 16, 1976 @ DET L 3-7 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 00:00
Dec 14, 1976 vs BUF L 3-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 00:00
Dec 11, 1976 vs CLR T 4-4 1 0 1 0 0 10 0 00:00
Dec 8, 1976 @ TOR W 4-3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 00:00
Dec 7, 1976 @ WSH L 3-4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 5, 1976 @ CHI W 4-2 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 00:00
Dec 3, 1976 @ CLR L 2-3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 00:00
Dec 1, 1976 vs DET L 2-5 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 00:00
Nov 27, 1976 vs CHI W 4-3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 25, 1976 @ BOS L 2-4 1 0 1 -2 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 24, 1976 @ BUF T 4-4 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 22, 1976 vs NYR L 2-3 1 0 1 0 5 2 0 00:00
Nov 19, 1976 vs NYI L 4-6 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 00:00
Nov 17, 1976 vs BUF L 2-3 1 0 1 -2 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 13, 1976 vs TOR L 0-3 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 11, 1976 @ PHI L 4-6 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 9, 1976 @ WSH L 2-4 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 00:00
Nov 7, 1976 @ BOS L 1-3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 5, 1976 vs LAK W 4-1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 00:00
Nov 3, 1976 vs NYR L 1-6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 00:00
Nov 1, 1976 vs NYI L 2-3 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 30, 1976 vs AFM T 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00:00
Oct 28, 1976 vs CLE W 3-1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 00:00
Oct 26, 1976 @ STL L 2-5 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 00:00
Oct 24, 1976 @ NYR W 5-4 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 22, 1976 @ AFM W 5-3 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 20, 1976 @ BUF L 0-4 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 00:00
Oct 19, 1976 @ NYI L 1-6 0 0 0 -4 0 3 0 00:00
Oct 16, 1976 vs STL L 3-6 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 13, 1976 vs WSH W 4-1 1 0 1 0 2 6 0 00:00
Oct 10, 1976 @ CHI L 1-5 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 00:00
Oct 9, 1976 @ MTL L 0-3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 00:00
Oct 6, 1976 @ PIT L 5-9 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 00:00