Don Ashby

Don Ashby
Born	(1955-03-08)March 8, 1955 Kamloops, BC, CAN
Died	May 30, 1981(1981-05-30) (aged 26) Kelowna, BC, CAN
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 – May 30, 1981) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1975–76 until 1980–81.

Ashby was born in Kamloops, British Columbia, and played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Edmonton Oilers in his NHL career.

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.

A few days after finishing the 1980–81 season which he played with the CHL Wichita Wind, Ashby 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 pick up truck and Ashby died a few hours later from massive internal injuries, in the hospital in Kelowna, British Columbia.

See also

• List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career

External links

• Don Ashby biography at Legends of Hockey (archived)
• Don Ashby career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database