Ralph MacSweyn • Donald Ralph MacSweyn

Height: 5-11
Weight: 195
Shoot: R
Born: 8 Sep 1942, Hawkesbury ON (d. 1995)

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1972-73	Los Angeles	78	0	23	23	39		6	1	2	3	4
1973-74	Los Angeles	13	0	3	3	6
	Vancouver	56	2	18	20	52
	Totals (2 teams)	69	2	21	23	58
	Totals:	147	2	44	46	97		6	1	2	3	4

Sharks Big at the Wire (excerpt) • by Walt Marlow • The Hockey Spectator • March 30, 1973 To be sure, the statistics offer a strong argument for the defense, and Donald Ralph MacSweyn can take credit for much of the Sharks' success. And he hasn't scored a goal in two winters. He, with Jimmy Niekamp and Jim Watson, represents the hard-rock element of a blueline corps that many nights stops more shots than the goaltender. Where Bart Crashley and Gerry Odrowski, the other two members of the Sharks' defense, excite the patrons with their playmaking and puck handling, the MacSweyn forces bounce bodies. MacSweyn, the only Shark who hasn't scored this season, confesses he'd like to get one — but concedes that his greatest satisfaction is when the goaltender gets a shutout. It bothered MacSweyn that it took George Gardner 47 games to get his first blank job after coming close on at least seven other occasions. "Beating Cleveland 2-0 in a critical game was extremely satisfying," beamed the durable rearguard. It was a trifle satisfying to Gardner, too, who made several spectacular sprawling saves as he outdueled a seemingly always tough Gerry Cheevers.

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