Don Spring
| Don Spring | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
June 15, 1959 Maracaibo, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Winnipeg Jets EHC Essen-West | ||
| National team |
 Canada | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1979–1985 | ||
Donald Neil Spring (born June 15, 1959 in Maracaibo, Venezuela and raised in Edson, Alberta) is a Venezuelan-born Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.
Spring was a 2 time national champion with the University of Alberta Golden Bears hockey team. Spring represented Canada at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, where he scored one assist in six games.[1]
Spring started his National Hockey League career with the Winnipeg Jets in 1980. He would play his entire career with the Jets. He would leave the NHL after the 1984 season. Spring still holds the record for the most career games in the NHL (259) by a player with only one career goal.[2]
He finished his hockey career with one season with EHC Essen-West in West Germany. Presently he is president of Spring Fuel Distributors Inc. in Kelowna, B.C.
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 34 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 30 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | University of Alberta | CIAU | 42 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Canadian National Team | Intl | 51 | 1 | 23 | 24 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 78 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1983–84 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 21 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Sherbrooke Jets | AHL | 50 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | EHC Essen-West | GER | 36 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 12 | ||
| NHL totals | 259 | 1 | 54 | 55 | 80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
International[]
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Canada | OLY | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
References[]
- ^ IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
- ^ Macleod, Robert. "Meet the NHL's one-goal wonders". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1959 births
- Living people
- Alberta Golden Bears ice hockey players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Essen Mosquitoes players
- Ice hockey people from Alberta
- Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- People from Edson, Alberta
- Sportspeople from Maracaibo
- Sherbrooke Jets players
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s births stubs