Don McLeod

Who is Don McLeod?

Donald Martin "Smokey" McLeod is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played briefly in the National Hockey League and 6 full seasons in the World Hockey Association.

McLeod's NHL career consisted of 18 games played with the Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers over the 1970-71 and 1971-72 seasons.

With the formation of the WHA in 1972, McLeod was signed by the Houston Aeros where he played two seasons. The 1973-74 season was his finest year. He was awarded the Ben Hatskin trophy as the new league's top goalie and was named to the First All-Star team. To top off his best professional season, the Aeros won the WHA playoff championship. McLeod was also chosen to represent Canada in the 1974 Summit Series against the Soviet Union in September 1974. For the 1974-75 season, McLeod signed with the Vancouver Blazers where he appeared in a league record 72 games. McLeod followed the franchise to Calgary and for the next two seasons was the Calgary Cowboys main goalie.