Cail MacLean

Cail MacLean (born September 30, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and is an assistant coach for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League.

Cail MacLean
MacLean in 2010
Born (1976-09-30) September 30, 1976
Middleton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 197 lb (89 kg; 14 st 1 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Trenton Titans
Cleveland Lumberjacks
Cincinnati Mighty Ducks
Indianapolis Ice
Michigan K-Wings
Lowell Lock Monsters
Philadelphia Phantoms
Grand Rapids Griffins
Providence Bruins
Hartford Wolf Pack
Hershey Bears
Bridgeport Sound Tigers
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1997–2008

Playing career

MacLean was born in Middleton, Nova Scotia. He played his junior career with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). After being skipped over in the NHL Entry Draft, MacLean signed his first professional contract with the ECHL's Jacksonville Lizard Kings in 1997. He played two partial seasons with Jacksonville while also playing games in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the International Hockey League (IHL).

After signing with the Trenton Titans in 1999, MacLean spent most of the remainder of his career with the ECHL, seeing two full seasons of AHL action with the Hershey Bears (2002–03) and the Bridgeport Sound Tigers (2003–04). He served as the Titans' team captain and led them to the 2001 Kelly Cup finals, where they lost to the South Carolina Stingrays 4 games to 1.[1]

He signed with the Reading Royals in 2004, and spent one season on the team. In 2005 he signed with the South Carolina Stingrays and was named team captain a year later.[2] MacLean spent the remainder of his professional career with the Stingrays, leading them to the 2007–08 American Conference finals where they were bested by the Cincinnati Cyclones 4 games to 1.

Coaching career

South Carolina Stingrays

In 2008, MacLean announced his retirement from professional hockey and was named the assistant coach of the Stingrays soon after.[3] He helped lead the Stingrays to the Kelly Cup championship in 2009.

After head coach Jared Bednar stepped down in 2009, MacLean was named the head coach of the team.[4] He spent two seasons (2009–10 and 2010–11) with the Stingrays as head coach before accepting an assistant coaching position with the AHL's Abbotsford Heat in July 2011. MacLean led the Stingrays to two Kelly Cup playoff appearances and a 78-48-18 record during his tenure as head coach.[1] While with the Stingrays, MacLean was selected as the American Conference coach for the 2010 ECHL All-Star Game and was recognized as the runner-up for the ECHL's 2009–10 John Brophy Award.[5][6]

Abbotsford Heat

MacLean replaced Troy Ward as Abbotsford's assistant coach when Ward was named the Heat's head coach in June 2011.[7] MacLean previously played for Ward when Ward was the head coach for the ECHL's Trenton Titans.[1]

Adirondack Thunder

In 2015, he returned to the Calgary Flames' organization and was named head coach of the Adirondack Thunder of the ECHL. In 2017, the Flames ended their affiliation with the Thunder and MacLean moved up to an assistant coach position with the Flames' AHL affiliate, the Stockton Heat.[8]

Stockton Heat

After serving one season as an assistant in Stockton, the Heat's head coach Ryan Huska moved up to the Flames as an assistant in 2018. MacLean was then promoted to the head coaching position for the 2018–19 AHL season.[9] In 2021, the Calgary Flames promoted MacLean to assistant coach with the Flames after serving as the Heat's head coach for three seasons and a 72–65–16 record.[10]

Awards

Coaching

Career statistics
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 53 7 7 14 15 1 0 0 0 0
1994–95 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 65 11 17 28 17 6 0 0 0 0
1995–96 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 66 15 37 52 53 6 2 2 4 2
1996–97 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 60 34 42 76 47 5 1 1 2 2
1997–98 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 5 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1997–98 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 7 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
1998–99 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 40 29 28 57 14 — — — — —
1998–99 Indianapolis Ice IHL 35 13 7 20 20 7 2 2 4 0
1999–00 Trenton Titans ECHL 50 34 25 59 24 14 10 5 15 6
1999–00 Michigan K-Wings IHL 14 0 3 3 6 — — — — —
1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 5 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1999–00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Trenton Titans ECHL 49 28 17 45 26 19 13 4 17 10
2000–01 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 16 2 0 2 0 — — — — —
2000–01 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 9 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2001–02 Providence Bruins AHL 9 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Trenton Titans ECHL 41 17 17 34 18 — — — — —
2001–02 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Hershey Bears AHL 21 4 6 10 4 6 0 0 0 0
2002–03 Hershey Bears AHL 74 16 13 29 14 5 0 0 0 0
2003–04 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 61 6 10 16 16 7 1 0 1 0
2004–05 Reading Royals ECHL 59 23 19 42 42 8 2 1 3 2
2004–05 Hershey Bears AHL 14 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
2005–06 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 46 17 16 33 42 6 2 2 4 4
2006–07 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 60 25 33 58 58 — — — — —
2007–08 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 63 21 25 46 30 20 2 9 11 14
AHL totals 207 27 33 60 46 18 1 0 1 0

References
  1. Miller, Andrew (2011-07-21). "Stingrays head coach taking job with Abbotsford Heat". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  2. Miller, Andrew (2006-07-27). "Maclean new Rays captain" Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. Miller, Andrew (2007-04-27). "Rays choose Bednar" Archived 2012-07-01 at archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  4. Miller, Andrew (2009-07-02). "Reins change hands" Archived 2012-07-01 at archive.today. Post and Courier. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  5. Press release (2010-01-03). "All-Star coaches announced" Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine. ECHL. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  6. Press release (2010-04-06). Idaho's Laxdal receives John Brophy Award Archived March 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. ECHL. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  7. Tucker, Cam (2011-06-30). "Updated: Troy Ward named Abbotsford Heat head coach". Abbotsford Times. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  8. "Stockton announces Cail MacLean will be assistant coach". The Post-Star. August 3, 2017.
  9. "Heat Announce Cail MacLean as New Head Coach". OurSportsCentral.com. 4 June 2018.
  10. "Flames, Heat Announce Staff Changes". OurSports Central. 10 June 2021.
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