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3763 - Moutiers-les-Mauxfaits, Vendée, France

Don Lever's 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee
Hockey Card, #53
The sender sent me a printed copy of this old Don Lever hockey card. Lever played for my favourite team, Vancouver Canucks. 

Don Lever was drafted third overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1972 National Hockey League Amateur Draft. He played parts of eight seasons with the Canucks. He was traded to the Atlanta Flames iin the 1979-80 season, with the Canucks picking up Ivan Boldirev and Darcy Rota. Atlanta moved to Calgary the following year. After 23 games with the Flames in the 1981-82 season, Lever was traded to the Colorado Rockies. It was the Rockies last year in Denver as they were moved to New Jersey the following year. He became the first captain of the New Jersey Devils. His rights were then traded to the Buffalo Sabres, where he split his time with the Sabres, and their American Hockey League affiliate, Rochester Americans. 

Lever played 1020 National Hockey League games, scoring 313 times, and assisting 367 times. In his 15 seasons, he only played in the playoffs six seasons (30 games, 7 goals, 10 assists). 

After retiring as a player, he when on to coach as an assistant coach for the Buffalo Sabres for 12 seasons, the St. Louis Blues for two seasons, and the Montreal Canadiens for one season. He was the head coach of the Buffalo Sabres' American Hockey League Affiliate for two seasons, and the Montreal Canadiens affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs for four seasons, where he won the Calder Cup as the American Hockey League champions in 2006-2007. 

One of his daughters, Caitlin Lever, went on to play softball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In her senior year she set team records for hits and on-base percentage. Although born in New Jersey when her father played for the Devils, she has American and Canadian citizenship. She played softball for the Canadian softball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lever also played professional fastpitch for the Chicago Bandits of National Pro Fastpitch.

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