Brian Lavender

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 180

| played_for = St. Louis Blues
New York Islanders
Detroit Red Wings
California Golden Seals
Denver Spurs
Ottawa Civics

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|4|20|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| career_start = 1967

| career_end = 1976

}}

Brian James Lavender (born April 20, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Career

Lavender was a forward who played 184 games in the National Hockey League for the California Golden Seals, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues, and New York Islanders between 1971 and 1974. He also played 37 games in the World Hockey Association for the Denver Spurs and Ottawa Civics during the 1975–76 season.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1965–66

| Regina Pats

| SJHL

| 60

32356790

| 5

1232
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| 1966–67

| Regina Pats

| CMJHL

| 56

3971110100

| 16

6142028
1967–68

| Houston Apollos

| CHL

| 49

7111805

| —

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| 1968–69

| Houston Apollos

| CHL

| 71

142943113

| 3

0006
1969–70

| Cleveland Barons

| AHL

| 67

8132189

| —

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| 1970–71

| Montreal Voyageurs

| AHL

| 59

791638

| 3

0000
1971–72

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 46

5111654

| 3

0002
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| 1971–72

| Denver Spurs

| WHL

| 27

14163073

| —

1972–73

| New York Islanders

| NHL

| 43

661247

| —

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| 1972–73

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 26

22414

| —

1973–74

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 4

00011

| —

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| 1973–74

| Virginia Wings

| AHL

| 53

11193072

| —

1973–74

| Providence Reds

| AHL

| 10

1672

| 14

61724
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| 1974–75

| California Golden Seals

| NHL

| 65

371048

| —

1975–76

| Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics

| WHA

| 37

561135

| —

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! colspan="3" | WHA totals

! 37 !! 5 !! 6 !! 11 !! 35

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 184 !! 16 !! 26 !! 42 !! 174

! 3 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2