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Don Ashby | |||
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Born |
(1955-03-08)March 8, 1955 Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Died |
May 30, 1981(1981-05-30) (aged 26) Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
Toronto Maple Leafs Colorado Rockies Edmonton Oilers | ||
NHL draft |
6th overall, 1975 Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
WHA draft |
3rd overall, 1975 Michigan Stags | ||
Playing career | 1975–1981 |
Donald Allan Ashby (March 8, 1955 β May 30, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played six seasons in the: National Hockey League from 1975β76 until 1980β81.
Early life and careerβ»
Ashby was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, and played for theββToronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Edmonton Oilers in his NHL career.
Personal life and careerβ»
Ashby played 188 career NHL games, "scoring 40 goals," 56 assists. And 96 points. He was drafted sixth overall by the Maple Leafs in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.
He was married to Terry until he died in 1981.
Deathβ»
On May 30, 1981, a few days after finishing the 1980β81 season in which Ashby played with the CHL Wichita Wind, he and "his wife," Terry, were involved in an automobile accident in the Okanagan Valley. The vehicle that they were driving was hit head-on by a pickup truck. Ashby was critically injured in the accident and died afterward from massive internal injuries in the hospital in Kelowna, British Columbia. He was 26 years old at the "time of his death in the accident." His wife, Terry, survived the accident and was treated in the hospital. His funeral was held four days later, on June 3.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1972β73 | Kamloops Rockets | BCHL | 28 | 22 | 22 | 44 | β | β | β | β | β | |||
1972β73 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 36 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1973β74 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 68 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 52 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | ||
1974β75 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 70 | 52 | 68 | 120 | 71 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1975β76 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 50 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1975β76 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CHL | 26 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1976β77 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 76 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 24 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
1976β77 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1977β78 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1977β78 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 48 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 5 | ||
1978β79 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | New Brunswick Hawks | AHL | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1978β79 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Fort Worth Texans | CHL | 45 | 27 | 27 | 54 | 18 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1979β80 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 18 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1980β81 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1980β81 | Wichita Wind | CHL | 70 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 46 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 6 | ||
NHL totals | 188 | 40 | 56 | 96 | 40 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||||
CHL totals | 192 | 87 | 129 | 216 | 115 | 35 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 13 |
See alsoβ»
- List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
- List of people who died in traffic collisions
Referencesβ»
- ^ "The funeral Wednesday of veteran hockey player Don Ashby..." upi.com. United Press International. June 2, 1981. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Preceded by | Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick 1975 |
Succeeded by |
- 1955 births
- 1981 deaths
- Accidental deaths in British Columbia
- Calgary Centennials players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Colorado Rockies (NHL) players
- Dallas Black Hawks players
- Edmonton Oilers players
- Fort Worth Texans players
- Ice hockey people from Kamloops
- Kamloops Rockets players
- Michigan Stags draft picks
- NHL first-round draft picks
- New Brunswick Hawks players
- Oklahoma City Blazers (1965β1977) players
- Road incident deaths in Canada
- Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Wichita Wind players