[1] Callander was the second-round pick (35th overall) of the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1976 NHL Entry Draft after a 105-point season for the Regina Pats of the WHL.
Callander would play only 16 more games for a deep Flyers team before being dealt to the Vancouver Canucks midway through the 1978–79 season, in a trade which involved Callander and defenseman Kevin McCarthy going to Vancouver, with Dennis Ververgaert going the other way.
[2] He finished the year with 4 goals and 5 points in 32 games between Philadelphia and Vancouver, all career highs.
He would remain with the Canuck organization until 1982, but spent almost all of this time with the Dallas Black Hawks, Vancouver's Central Hockey League affiliate, seeing only 4 more games of NHL action in the 1979–80 season.
In his career, Callander played 39 NHL games, recording 6 goals and 8 points along with 7 penalty minutes.