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Don MacIver

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Don MacIver
Born (1955-05-03) May 3, 1955 (age 69)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Winnipeg Jets
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1979–1983

Donald Neil MacIver (born May 3, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 6 games in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets during the 1979–80 season.

Playing career

MacIver signed a professional contract with the Jets for three years (1979–1983), after graduation from Saint Mary's University. After three years in the Jets organization, he signed a one-year contract with the New York Rangers, and spent the remainder of his professional career with the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League. He started his collegiate hockey career with the Saint Mary's Huskies university team where he spent four years, two of those as co-captain. His last season, he was an AUAA all-star, and collegiate Most Valuable Player his senior year. He began his junior hockey in St. Lambert, Quebec, with the Junior "B", St. Lambert Lions and played Junior "A" with Les Rebelles de Longeueil. He is the eldest of six children. After hanging up the skates professionally, he attended the University of Tulsa and then attended Oklahoma State University College of Health Sciences, and currently is an anesthesiologist in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He was raised in the Montreal suburb of Saint-Lambert, Quebec.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Saint Mary's University CIAU 7 0 3 3 6
1977–78 Saint Mary's University CIAU 16 1 9 10 19
1978–79 Saint Mary's University CIAU 20 3 11 14 43
1979–80 Winnipeg Jets NHL 36 15 17 32 60 9 1 4 5 4
1979–80 Tulsa Oilers CHL 56 3 12 15 98 3 0 0 0 6
1980–81 Tulsa Oilers CHL 72 3 9 12 155 8 0 1 1 16
1981–82 Tulsa Oilers CHL 66 2 22 24 166 2 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Tulsa Oilers CHL 77 3 9 12 113
CHL totals 271 11 52 63 532 13 0 1 1 22
NHL totals 6 0 0 0 2