Don Blackburn Whalers Career Highlights
Whalers cards
| DATE |
HIGHLIGHT |
|---|
| 10/7/1973 | Don Blackburn plays his 1st Whalers game vs Quebec. |
| 10/13/1973 | Don Blackburn scores his 1st Whalers goal vs Chicago. |
| 11/7/1973 | Don Blackburn sets the Whalers (WHA) record for points in a game with 5 (2g, 3a) vs Winnipeg. |
| 12/24/1973 | Don Blackburn scores at 8:11 of overtime for the game winner vs Vancouver. |
| 3/20/1974 | Don Blackburn scores his career high 20th goal of the season vs Edmonton. |
| 4/6/1974 | Don Blackburn scores his 1st Whalers playoff goal vs Chicago. |
| 12/14/1974 | Terry Caffery and Don Blackburn each record a hat trick (the first time two Whalers record hat tricks in the same game) vs Quebec. |
| 1/4/1975 | Don Blackburn scores the winner at 1:25 of overtime in the final game at the Easter States Exhibition Center vs Vancouver. |
| 1/11/1975 | Whalers play 1st game at Hartford Civic Center, a 4-3 overtime win vs San Diego. Don Blackburn scores the Whalers 1st goal, Garry Swain scores the game winning goal in overtime shorthanded, and goalie Al Smith records the win. |
| 12/22/1975 | Don Blackburn plays his 146th and last Whalers game vs Cleveland. He would be named head coach 4 days later. |
| 12/26/1975 | Don Blackburn coaches his first Whalers game (his 1st win) vs Cincinnati. |
| 12/26/1975 | Jack Kelley resigns as head coach and GM. Don Blackburn retires and replaces him as head coach. Ron Ryan is named GM. |
| 3/11/1976 | Harry Neale is named head coach replacing Don Blackburn who remains with the club as assistant to the GM. |
| 4/1/1979 | Bill Dineen is releived of his coaching duties and Don Blackburn is named interim head coach. |
| 5/8/1979 | Don Blackburn is named head coach after acting as interim coach when Bill Dineen was releived of his coaching position. |
