What is Don Edwards (ice hockey)?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image= Don Edwards 1977.JPG | image_size= 230px | played_for = [[Buffalo Sabres]]<br>[[Calgary Flames]]<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]] | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 8 | weight_lb = 165 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|28}} | birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | draft = 135th overall | draft_year = 1975 | draft_team = [[Buffalo Sabres]] | career_start = 1976 | career_end = 1988 | ntl_team = CAN }} '''Donald Laurie Edwards''' (born September 28, 1955 in [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada),<ref name=CHATLAS>{{cite book|title=The Canadian Hockey Atlas|url=https://archive.org/details/canadianhockeyat0000cole|first=Stephen|last=Cole|publisher=Doubleday Canada|year=2006|isbn=978-0-385-66093-8}}</ref> known as '''Don Edwards''', is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] retired professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who played ten seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[Calgary Flames]], and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. He won the [[Vezina Trophy]] along with [[Bob Sauvé|Bob Sauve]] in [[1979-80 NHL season|1980]]. He played in the 1980 and 1982 [[National Hockey League All-Star Games|All-Star Games]] and backed up [[Mike Liut]] in the [[1981 Canada Cup]]. On February 24, 1982, Edwards was a part of history as he gave up [[Wayne Gretzky]]'s 77th goal of the [[1981-82 NHL season]] in a game vs. the [[Edmonton Oilers]] at [[Buffalo Memorial Auditorium]]. Gretzky broke [[Phil Esposito]]'s former single season record of 76 goals and finished the year with 92, which still stands as an NHL record. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == *{{legendsofhockey|18501}} {{multistub|sports-bio|Canada}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Don}} [[Category:1955 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Buffalo Sabres players]] [[Category:Calgary Flames players]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders]] [[Category:Hershey Bears players]] [[Category:Ic