Background
Lefley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lefley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens sixth overall in the 1970 National Hockey League Amateur Draft, Lefley started his National Hockey League career with Montreal in 1971. He was traded on November 28, 1974 to the Saint Louis Blues for Don Awrey.
In 1975-1976 he set a Blues franchise record by scoring 43 goals, a record later broken by Wayne Babych.
Lefley, whose older brother Bryan Lefley spent five seasons in the National Hockey League, left the Blues in 1977-1978, joining Jokerit Helsinki for one season scoring 12 goals and 11 assists in 24 games. He returned to the Blues in 1979-1980, playing parts of two seasons before retiring after the 1981 season.