Al MacInnis

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2007
Al MacInnis
Date of birth July 11, 1963
place of birth Inverness , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1981 , 1st lap, 15th position
Calgary Flames
Career stations
1979-1980 Regina Blues
1980-1983 Kitchener Rangers
1983-1994 Calgary Flames
1994-2004 St. Louis Blues

Allan "Al" MacInnis (born July 11, 1963 in Inverness , Nova Scotia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1593 games for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues in National Hockey in the course of his active career between 1980 and 2004 League on the position of defender . MacInnis, who was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Calgary Flames by winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 as well as winning the Olympic Games with the Canadian national team at the 2002 Winter Olympics . He also gained a greater degree of popularity due to his hard slap shot .

Career

Al MacInnis began his professional youth career in the 1979/80 season when he left his home for Saskatchewan to play for the Regina Pat Blues in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The following year he moved to the OHL , one of the three renowned youth leagues in North America , to the Kitchener Rangers .

He was drawn by the Calgary Flames in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1981 (as the 15th pick overall), but only used sporadically, which is why he continued to play for the Kitchener Rangers. With them he should also win the Memorial Cup in 1982 and be elected to the Memorial Cup First All-Star Team. In 1982 and 1983 he was also nominated for the OHL First All-Star Team and in 1983, at the end of his junior career, he received the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the best defender of the OHL .

In 1983/84 he made his breakthrough at the Calgary Flames, not least because of his hard slap shot. This became the dreaded element of MacInnis' style of play when he pulled out of the middle third in a game against the St. Louis Blues on January 17, 1984 , the puck smashed the mask of the opposing goalkeeper Mike Liut and then rolled into the goal. Since then, MacInnis has been associated with the toughest slap shot in the league.

This enabled him to finally break away from the Flames ' farm team , the Colorado Flames , for which he started the 1983/84 season. In this (his official rookie season), MacInnis scored 45 points in just 51 games, which is relatively good for a defender. In 1986 he reached the Stanley Cup final for the first time with the Calgary Flames , which, however , went to the Montréal Canadiens with 1: 4 wins . In 1988 and 1989 respectively , MacInnis won the Presidents' Trophy with the Calgary Flames .

In 1989 it worked for the Flames and Al MacInnis with the Stanley Cup (again against the Canadiens). He himself had contributed the most to the victory and received the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs . That Stanley Cup win would be the only one in MacInnis' career.

In 1991 he scored 28 goals and 75 assists and exceeded the 100 point mark. He is (along with Brian Leetch , Bobby Orr and Paul Coffey ) one of the only four NHL defenders who have managed this feat so far, but lost the race for the James Norris Memorial Trophy that season against Ray Bourque . In the same year he won the Canada Cup with Team Canada .

After 13 years with the Flames Al MacInnis was during the Rookie Draft 1994 with Calgary draft pick no. 4 in exchange for Phil Housley and each a second-round draft pick in '96 and '97 draft to the St. Louis Blues transferred. He still holds first place in the games (803) and assists (609) categories and second place in the points category (822) in the eternal ranking of the Flames .

In his first season in St. Louis , MacInnis played in a row with superstar Wayne Gretzky and his former Calgary teammate Brett Hull . Wayne Gretzky left the team the following year. In the 1998/99 season Al MacInnis was rewarded for his efforts and he was finally awarded the James Norris Memorial Trophy (after the unsuccessful NHL 1990/91 attempt ) . The following season was an excellent one for the St. Louis Blues, and MacInnis won the third Presidents' Trophy of his career with them. In the 2001/02 season MacInnis took over the captain's armband for the injured Chris Pronger . With Team Canada MacInnis won the 2002 gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . He also took first place in the defenders scoring for the entire NHL that year . In October 2003, the talented defender sustained an eye injury. It should be his last game in the National Hockey League , because in autumn 2005 Macinnis announced his resignation after the NHL lockout 2004/05 . This puts him in first place among defenders in all categories in the eternal ranking of the St. Louis Blues.

Overall, MacInnis scored 340 goals and 934 assists in 1,416 games of his career; 1,274 points in total. In the eternal rankings of the NHL, he is 3rd among the defenders in the categories goals, assists and points. He also demonstrated a strong stamina, because only four players completed more games in the NHL than Al MacInnis in their career.

The St. Louis Blues locked his shirt number 2 on April 6, 2006 as the fifth in the club's history. He stays with the blues as Vice President of Hockey Operations. On November 12, 2007, Al MacInnis was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1979/80 Regina Pat Blues SJHL 59 20th 28 48 110 - - - - -
1979/80 Regina Pats WHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1980/81 Kitchener Rangers OHL 47 11 28 39 59 18th 4th 12 16 20th
1981/82 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1981/82 Kitchener Rangers OHL 59 25th 50 75 145 15th 5 10 15th 44
1982/83 Kitchener Rangers OHL 51 38 46 84 67 8th 3 8th 11 9
1982/83 Calgary Flames NHL 14th 1 3 4th 9 - - - - -
1983/84 Colorado Flames CHL 19th 5 14th 19th 22nd - - - - -
1983/84 Calgary Flames NHL 51 11 34 45 42 11 2 12 14th 13
1984/85 Calgary Flames NHL 67 14th 52 66 75 4th 1 2 3 8th
1985/86 Calgary Flames NHL 77 11 57 68 76 21st 4th 15th 19th 30th
1986/87 Calgary Flames NHL 79 20th 56 76 97 4th 1 0 1 0
1987/88 Calgary Flames NHL 80 25th 58 83 114 7th 3 6th 9 18th
1988/89 Calgary Flames NHL 79 16 58 74 126 22nd 7th 24 31 46
1989/90 Calgary Flames NHL 79 28 62 90 82 6th 2 3 5 8th
1990/91 Calgary Flames NHL 78 28 75 103 90 7th 2 3 5 8th
1991/92 Calgary Flames NHL 72 20th 57 77 83 - - - - -
1992/93 Calgary Flames NHL 50 11 43 54 61 6th 1 6th 7th 10
1993/94 Calgary Flames NHL 75 28 54 82 95 7th 2 6th 8th 12
1994/95 St. Louis Blues NHL 32 8th 20th 28 43 7th 1 5 6th 10
1995/96 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 17th 44 61 88 13 3 4th 7th 20th
1996/97 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 13 30th 43 65 6th 1 2 3 4th
1997/98 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 19th 30th 49 80 8th 2 6th 8th 12
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 20th 42 62 70 13 4th 8th 12 20th
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 61 11 28 39 34 7th 1 3 4th 14th
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 12 42 54 52 15th 2 8th 10 18th
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 71 11 35 46 52 10 0 7th 7th 4th
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 80 16 52 68 61 3 0 1 1 0
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 2 2 6th - - - - -
SJHL overall 59 20th 28 48 110 - - - - -
WHL overall 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
OHL total 157 74 124 198 271 41 12 30th 42 73
CHL total 19th 5 14th 19th 22nd - - - - -
NHL overall 1416 340 934 1274 1501 177 39 121 160 255

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1990 Canada WM 4th Place 9 1 3 4th 10
1991 Canada Canada Cup 1st place, gold 8th 2 4th 6th 23
1998 Canada Olympia 4th Place 6th 2 0 2 2
2002 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 0 0 8th
Men overall 29 5 7th 12 43

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME MacInnis, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacInnis, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Inverness , Nova Scotia