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Don McLeod • Donald Martin McLeod "Smokey"

Height: 5-11
Weight: 180
Catch: L
Born: 24 Aug 1946, Trail BC (d. 2015)

 

Regular Season Goaltending Record (key)

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l-t
gaa
a
pim
1972-73 Houston
41
2410
145
1
19-20-1
3.61
0
0
1973-74 Houston
49
2971
127
3
33-13-3
2.56
3
6
1974-75 Vancouver
72
4184
233
1
33-35-2
3.34
8
14
1975-76 Calgary
63
3534
206
1
30-27-3
3.50
13
4
1976-77 Calgary
67
3701
210
3
25-34-5
3.40
9
2
1977-78 Quebec
7
403
28
0
2-4-0
4.17
3
0
Edmonton
33
1723
102
2
15-10-1
3.55
7
2
Totals (2 teams)
40
2126
130
2
17-14-1
3.67
10
2
Totals:
332
18926
1051
11
157-143-15
3.33
43
28

Playoff Goaltending Record

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l
gaa
a
pim
1973 Houston
3
178
8
0
0-3
2.70
0
0
1974 Houston
14
842
35
0
12-2
2.49
0
0
1976 Calgary
10
579
37
0
5-5
3.83
1
4
1978 Edmonton
4
207
16
1
1-3
4.64
0
0
Totals:
31
1806
96
1
18-13
3.19
1
4

Shutouts

Date Opponent Home/Away Score Saves
Jan 11, 1973ChicagoAway5-024
Dec 19, 1973WinnipegHome10-019
Feb 5, 1974JerseyHome4-025
Mar 14, 1974Los AngelesAway6-026
Mar 5, 1975EdmontonHome6-026
Mar 11, 1976EdmontonHome2-016
Oct 24, 1976San DiegoHome6-023
Dec 5, 1976PhoenixHome6-028
Dec 11, 1976EdmontonHome3-019
Jan 11, 1978CincinnatiAway2-028
Mar 24, 1978IndianapolisHome4-021
Apr 19, 1978New EnglandHome2-019

• Winner, Ben Hatskin Trophy (Best Goaltender), 1973-74.

 

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot)

The tip-off about Don McLeod is his goaltender's stick. He has the blade bent into a wicked curve, making it all the better to shoot with. Here's a guy who obviously wanted to be a goal-scorer, but got stuck in the nets. And he's an excellent goaltender, always mentioned as a strength of the Calgary team and once the best in the league, with Houston in 1973-74. Still, the most amazing statistic concerning McLeod is that he got 13 assists in 1975-76 regular season play and added another in the playoffs. Some defensemen don't get 14 points in a year but McLeod, thinking offensively, is always ready to snap a pass forward. One of these years, he may even get a goal.

 

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1976-77 (by Reyn Davis)

One of a kind ... Broke all scoring records for goaltenders by earning 13 assists last season ... Barely missed scoring the first goal by a Major League goaltender in January when his rink-length shot almost caught Edmonton rookie Frank Turnbull out of his net ... Nickname is "Smokey" because of an ever-present cigarette off the ice ... A WHA original ... Uses a curved stick for shooting purposes ... He is fed passes by his teammates who head down the ice to take his return passes ... Named WHA's top goaltender in 1974 as a Houston Aero.

 

 

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