Don Edwards (ice hockey)
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Edwards in 1977
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| Born |
September 28, 1955 Hamilton, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Buffalo Sabres Calgary Flames Toronto Maple Leafs |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 89th overall, 1975 Buffalo Sabres |
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| WHA Draft | 135th overall, 1975 San Diego Mariners |
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| Playing career | 1975–1988 | ||
Donald Laurie "Dart" Edwards (born September 28, 1955 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, and Toronto Maple Leafs.
Growing up, Edwards' favourite team was the Maple Leafs, the very same club he would close out his NHL career with.
Edwards started his hockey career in the juniors with the Kitchener Rangers in the OHA-Jr.. He was very successful, playing in 90 games over 2 seasons, but was not considered a high draft pick, because of his small size. Despite that, he was still picked 89th overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
In his first NHL season, Edwards played in 25 games after spending last season in the AHL with the Hershey Bears. He finished the season with 16 wins, 7 losses and a 2.51 GAA. On February 13, 1977, Edwards played a role in perhaps the most unusual event in Sabres history. A day after Edwards reported to Buffalo from Hershey, Sabres general manager Punch Imlach ordered coach Floyd Smith to have Edwards replace expected starting goaltender Al Smith:
"I got to the locker room at about 5 p.m. for the game. We all went out on the ice and Al Smith took all of the warm-ups. Then I was sitting next to him in the locker room right before game time and said 'Good luck tonight.' He looked at me and said 'You don't know you're playing?'"
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