Al MacNeil
 Al MacNeil 
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| Date of birth | September 27, 1935 |
| place of birth | Sydney , Nova Scotia , Canada |
| size | 178 cm |
| Weight | 82 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| 1953-1956 | Toronto Marlboros |
| 1956-1960 |
Toronto Maple Leafs Rochester Americans |
| 1960-1961 | Hull-Ottawa Canadiens |
| 1961–1962 | Canadiens de Montréal |
| 1962-1966 | Chicago Black Hawks |
| 1966-1967 | New York Rangers |
| 1967-1968 | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| 1968-1969 | Houston Apollos |
| 1969-1970 | Voyageurs de Montréal |
Allister Wences "Al" MacNeil (born September 27, 1935 in Sydney , Nova Scotia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and functionary who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Canadiens de Montréal from 1953 to 1970 , Chicago Black Hawks , New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League . For his services in the American Hockey League , the Canadian was honored with the induction into the AHL Hall of Fame in 2014.
Career
Al MacNeil began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto Marlboros , for which he was active from 1953 to 1956 in the junior league of the Ontario Hockey Association . He then received a professional contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League towards the end of the 1955/56 season . From 1956 to 1960 he ran regularly for the Maple Leafs in the NHL and their new farm team Rochester Americans from the American Hockey League . The 1960/61 season he spent with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League . With his team he immediately won the EPHL championship title. He himself was named to the league's First All-Star Team and voted the season's best defender. Due to his convincing performance, he was appointed to the 1961/62 season in the squad of the Canadiens de Montréal from the NHL, whose farm team was Hull-Ottawa.
From 1962 to 1966 MacNeil played for the NHL team Chicago Black Hawks . In the 1966/67 season he was on the ice for the New York Rangers . He was then selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft when the number of participants in the NHL was doubled from six to twelve, by the new league Pittsburgh Penguins . For the Penguins he scored two goals and ten templates in 74 games in the 1967/68 season . In the 1968/69 season he was player-coach with the Houston Apollos from the Central Hockey League and in the 1969/70 season in the same function with the Voyageurs de Montréal from the American Hockey League. He then ended his active career.
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| Coaching stations | |
| 1968-1969 |
Houston Apollos (player-manager) |
| 1969-1970 |
Voyageurs de Montréal (player-coach) |
| 1970-1971 | Canadiens de Montréal |
| 1971-1977 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs |
| 1979-1980 | Atlanta Flames |
| 1980-1982 | Calgary Flames |
| 2002 | Calgary Flames |
In the 1970/71 season he was first assistant, then head coach at his ex-club Canadiens de Montréal, which he led to win the prestigious Stanley Cup . Due to a lack of knowledge of French and problems with the players, he was released from his duties despite the success and transferred to the Canadiens' new farm team, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs from the AHL. In the six years that MacNeil was the head coach of the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, he won the Calder Cup three times (1972, 1976 and 1977) as well as the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award for best coach in 1972 and 1977 AHL. From 1977 to 1979 he was Director of Player Personell for the Canadiens de Montréal and in this role he won the Stanley Cup twice with his team. For the 1979/80 season he received the opportunity to return to the NHL as head coach from the Atlanta Flames . After relocating the franchise , he also worked for the successor team Calgary Flames for two years . Between 1988 and 2006 the Canadian worked as assistant to the general manager for the Calgary Flames and in 1989 won the Stanley Cup with the team. In the 2002/03 season he was also an interim coach in eleven games for the Flames' NHL team behind the gang.
Achievements and Awards
As a player
- 1961 EPHL champion with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
- 1961 Best Defender of the EPHL
- 1961 EPHL First All-Star Team
As a trainer
- 1971 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal
- 1972 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs
- 1972 Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
- 1976 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs
- 1977 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs
- 1977 Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award
- 2014 induction into the AHL Hall of Fame
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 11 | 524 | 17th | 75 | 92 | 617 |
| Playoffs | 6th | 37 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 67 |
Web links
- Al MacNeil at hockeydb.com (English)
- Al MacNeil at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Al MacNeil at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Head coach: Bernie Geoffrion (1972–1975) | Fred Creighton (1975-1979) | Al MacNeil (1979-1980)
General Manager: Cliff Fletcher (1972–1980)
Head coach: Al MacNeil (1980–1982) | Bob Johnson (1982-1987) | Terry Crisp (1987-1990) | Doug Risebrough (1990-1992) | Guy Charron (1992) | Dave King (1992-1995) | Pierre Pagé (1995-1997) | Brian Sutter (1997-2000) | Don Hay (2000-2001) | Greg Gilbert (2001-2002) | Al MacNeil (2002) | Darryl Sutter (2002-2006) | Jim Playfair (2006-2007) | Mike Keenan (2007-2009) | Brent Sutter (2009-2012) | Bob Hartley (2012-2016) | Glen Gulutzan (2016-2018) | Bill Peters (2018–2019) | Geoff Ward (since 2019)
General Manager: Cliff Fletcher (1980–1991) | Doug Risebrough (1991-1996) | Al Coates (1996-2000) | Craig Button (2000-2003) | Darryl Sutter (2003-2010) | Jay Feaster (2010-2013) | Brian Burke (2013) | Brad Treliving (since 2014)
Head coach: Jack Laviolette (1909–1910) | Adolphe Lecours (1910-1911) | Napoléon Dorval (1911-1913) | Jimmy Gardner (1913-1915) | Newsy Lalonde (1915-1922) | Léo Dandurand (1922–1926) | Cecil Hart (1926-1932) | Newsy Lalonde (1932-1934) | Léo Dandurand (1934–1935) | Sylvio Mantha (1935-1936) | Cecil Hart (1936–1939) | Jules Dugal (1939) | Babe Siebert (1939–1940) | Pit Lépine (1939-1940) | Dick Irvin (1940–1955) | Toe Blake (1955-1968) | Claude Ruel (1968-1970) | Al MacNeil (1970-1971) | Scotty Bowman (1971-1979) | Bernie Geoffrion (1979) | Claude Ruel (1979-1981) | Bob Berry (1981-1984) | Jacques Lemaire (1984–1985) | Jean Perron (1985–1988) | Pat Burns (1988-1992) | Jacques Demers (1992-1995) | Jacques Laperrière (1995) | Mario Tremblay (1995–1997) | Alain Vigneault (1997-2000) | Michel Therrien (2000-2003) | Claude Julien (2003-2006) | Bob Gainey (2006) | Guy Carbonneau (2006-2009) | Bob Gainey (2009) | Jacques Martin (2009-2011) | Randy Cunneyworth (2011-2012) | Michel Therrien (2012–2017) | Claude Julien (since 2017)
General Manager: Jack Laviolette & Joseph Cattarinich (1909–1910) | George Kennedy (1910-1921) | Léo Dandurand (1921–1935) | Ernest Savard (1935-1936) | Cecil Hart (1936–1939) | Jules Dugal (1939-1940) | Tommy Gorman (1940-1946) | Frank J. Selke (1946–1964) | Sam Pollock (1964–1978) | Irving Grundman (1978-1983) | Serge Savard (1983-1995) | Réjean Houle (1995-2000) | André Savard (2000-2003) | Bob Gainey (2003-2010) | Pierre Gauthier (2010–2012) | Marc Bergevin (since 2012)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | MacNeil, Al |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | MacNeil, Allister Wences |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Nova Scotia , Canada |