Bill McDougall

William Henry McDougall (born August 10, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is best known for his record-setting scoring performance during the 1992–1993 AHL playoffs, in which he set the AHL records for goals, assists, and points in a single playoff season.

Bill McDougall
Born (1966-08-10) August 10, 1966
New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Edmonton Oilers
Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19902008

Career

Amateur

As a youth, McDougall played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]

McDougall signed with the Erie Panthers following a successful season of senior hockey with the senior Port-aux-Basque Mariners. After scoring 80 goals and 148 points in just 57 games, he was signed by the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and finished the end of the 1989–90 season with their farm club, the Adirondack Red Wings. McDougall was named to the ECHL All-Star First Team in 1990.[2] He appeared in 2 games for the parent club the following season after posting a 99-point season with the Adirondack Red Wings.

Prior to his season of senior hockey, McDougall spent one season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. McDougall had one of the best seasons ever in the 1986-87 season with the Humboldt Broncos, leading the league with 83 goals, 104 assists, and 187 points in only 61 games. He also led the league with 27 power play goals and 9 short handed goals. After a season of Junior "B" hockey in which he scored 45 goals and 132 points in 42 games for the Streetsville Derbys, the 20-year-old decided to continue his hockey career out west with the Broncos.

The Broncos hosted the Centennial Cup that year and thanks to McDougall they got to the finals before being beaten by the Richmond Sockeyes of the BCJHL. He showed everyone at that tournament though that his regular season performance was no fluke as he had 11 points in four games and was named the tournament's all-star center.

Professional

Undrafted, MacDougall signed his first professional contract as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings organization in 1989. While playing for the Adirondack Red Wings early in the 1991-92 season, MacDougall was attacked in the dressing room by head coach Barry Melrose after the coach became incensed over the player's refusal to listen to him. Melrose had to be pulled off MacDougall by several other players, and MacDougall's days in the Red Wings organization soon came to an end.[3] The following season, Melrose coached Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings to the Stanley Cup Finals.

McDougall was traded from Detroit to the Edmonton Oilers for Max Middendorf in February 1992, and ultimately made his mark on the hockey world with their AHL farm team, his hometown Cape Breton Oilers. The Cape Breton Oilers' 1992–1993 playoff run was one of the most dominant in AHL history, with McDougall emerging as the team's offensive star, scoring 52 points (26 goals and 26 assists) in 16 games en route to the Calder Cup championship. McDougall was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. To this day, his AHL records for goals, assists, and points in a single playoff season still stand.

Hoping to recreate his AHL success in the NHL, McDougall signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization prior to the 1993-94 season, but he only managed 3 goals and 3 assists in 22 games with the parent club in Tampa. This was ultimately MacDougall's last chance at an NHL career, and he moved to Europe to resume playing professional hockey. He spent the next 8 seasons playing with various pro teams in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany.

McDougall returned to Canada in 2002 and spend six seasons with the Dundas Real McCoys of the MLH in Ontario. McDougall retired from hockey following the 2007-08 MLH season.

Retirement

Since his retirement and a 2010 divorce, McDougall has returned to Cape Breton and operates a hockey camp (Advance Hockey Development) in Toronto to help kids with off-ice training. [4]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1984–85Streetsville DerbysCJHL9471132
1984–85Dixie BeehivesOJHL27163248104
1985–86Streetsville DerbysCJHL424587132262116182470
1986–87Humboldt BroncosSJHL6183104187300
1986–87Humboldt BroncosCC44376
1987–88St. John's CapitalsNFLD-Sr.42667113747
1988–89Port-aux-Basques MarinersNFLD-Sr.26204161129
1989–90Erie PanthersECHL5780681482267551020
1989–90Adirondack Red WingsAHL1110717421122
1990–91Adirondack Red WingsAHL7147529919221232
1990–91Detroit Red WingsNHL2011010000
1991–92Adirondack Red WingsAHL45282452112
1991–92Cape Breton OilersAHL22818263640118
1992–93Cape Breton OilersAHL714246881611626265230
1992–93Edmonton OilersNHL42134
1993–94Atlanta KnightsIHL48173047141141271930
1993–94Tampa Bay LightningNHL223368
1994–95Courmaosta HCITA30303464107
1995–96HK Olimpija LjubljanaSVN15141327
1995–96EV ZugNDA15151429698741135
1996–97EV ZugNDA4541307111061236
1997–98EV ZugNDA40252550501916112751
1998–99Kloten FlyersNDA22131023101
1998–99HC LuganoNDA1062810605510
1999–2000München BaronsDEL3916223864
2000–01EHC ChurCHE.2186121828
2001–02ERC IngolstadtDEU.215471153
2002–03Dundas Real McCoysMLH568144
2003–04Dundas Real McCoysMLH133584
2004–05Dundas Real McCoysMLH63144
2005–06Dundas Real McCoysMLH84154922424
2007–08Dundas Real McCoysMLH30006
AHL totals 220 135 147 282 505 24 28 30 58 42
NHL totals 28 5 5 10 12 1 0 0 0 0
NDA totals 150 106 93 199 368 47 28 26 54 110

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
  2. "ADMIRALS' GOALIE NAMED TO ECHL ALL-STAR TEAM". Daily Press. 1990-03-16. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
  3. "The Wally & Methot Show". youtube.com. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. T.J. Colello (September 29, 2010). "Billy's back!". CapeBretonPost.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
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