Height: 5-11
Weight: 175
Shoot: L
Born: 20 May 1945, North Battleford SK
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1975-76 | Denver-Ottawa | |||||||||||
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) Fired seven game-winning goals for Phoenix in 1974-75 ... Tended to be hot and cold, never warm and cool ... When he was hot, he would be snapping off shots with great accuracy and success ... Doesn't particularly care for the rough stuff ... Fired hat tricks in late December and January at the expense of Quebec Nordiques and then Chicago Cougars ... Good skater ... Played senior hockey early in his career at Nelson, British Columbia ... A southpaw shooter on right wing ... Played with Providence in Rangers' organization in 1973-74. |
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When Confusion Cleared Borgeson Joined Spurs • by Fred Pietila • The Rocky Mountain News • October 30, 1975
Three months ago Don Borgeson really didn't have the foggiest idea where he'd be playing hockey this season. It could have been in Phoenix, it might have been in Denver and then again it looked like it was going to be in Houston. But, Borgeson has wound up with the World Hockey Association Denver Spurs after a strange turn of events. Borgeson scored 29 goals with the Phoenix Roadrunners last season. This summer, he was traded from Phoenix to Denver. Then, it was announced that the Houston Aeros had acquired Borgeson from Phoenix. Confusion reigned. "We just let it ride," Borgeson recalled Wednesday as he looked ahead to the Spurs' Thursday night game against the Roadrunners at McNichols Sports Arena. "We lived up in Winter Park," the hardworking 30-year-old right winger continued. "I really didn't know what was going on." There had been a front-office mixup in Phoenix and Borgeson became official property of the Avco Cup champion Houston Aeros. Later on, he and Jim Sherrit were acquired by the Spurs for Jan Popeil. Borgeson is one happy hockey player at this time. "I'm tickled that I'm with them," Borgeson beamed. "We (he and Sherrit) can help them a lot." Borgeson has scored five goals — three against Phoenix and two against Winnipeg — in his five games as a Spur and he's confident that better times are ahead for the team. "We started to play together better as a team on the road," he said of Denver's four-game swing which produced the club's three victories. But, going back to the off-season dealings and misdealings involving the Roadrunners, Borgeson related "I told Bill MacFarland (Phoenix president) that I'll be happy in Phoenix, but I'll be happier in Denver. They offered me a contract with a minor league clause in it. They had signed some young guys and the Finns (Pekka Rautakallio and Lauri Mononen). They really didn't have any plans for me." He was traded to Houston, which needed a right winger to replace Gordie Howe, who had announced his retirement. Howe later decided to play another season, so that left Borgeson without a position. "There were two unhappy players in Houston," Borgeson said of himself and Sherrit. "We talked to Bill Dineen (Aero coach and general manager) and he's really good that way." Dineen and Spur coach and general manager Jean Guy Talbot then negotiated the Borgeson and Sherrit for Popiel trade and all involved are apparently happy. Borgeson and Talbot were both cheerful Wednesday after the Spurs' acquisition of veteran defenseman John Arbour from the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Arbour was the seventh highest-scoring defenseman in the WHA last season. The Spurs gave up one of their two first-round draft choices next season. The Spurs earlier dealt right winger Rosaire Paiement to New England for the Whalers' first-round draft choice. Talbot confirmed Wednesday that the first-round pick involved in the Arbour trade was the one secured from the Whalers. Arbour, like Borgeson and several other current Spurs, played on Talbot's 1971-72 Western Hockey League club. "He keeps the boys' heads up," Borgeson said of Arbour's hitting, which has been virtually absent from the Spurs' defensive corps thus far. |
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