Don Spring

Donald Neil Spring (born June 15, 1959 in Maracaibo, Venezuela and raised in Edson, Alberta) is a former ice hockey defenceman.

Don Spring
Born (1959-06-15) 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 Team Canada
Winnipeg Jets (NHL)
EHC Essen-West
National team  Canada
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1979–1985

Spring was a 2 time national champion with the University of Alberta Golden Bears hockey team. Dupuis 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.

References
  1. IIHF (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Moydart Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.
  2. Macleod, Robert. "Meet the NHL's one-goal wonders". www.theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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