Bruce MacGregor

Bruce MacGregor
Date of birth	April 26, 1941
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
Nickname	The Redheaded Rocket
size	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1958-1960	Edmonton Oil Kings
1960-1961	Edmonton Flyers
1961-1971	Detroit Red Wings
1971-1974	New York Rangers
1974-1976	Edmonton Oilers

Bruce Cameron MacGregor (* 26. April 1941 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and -funktionär, who during his playing career from 1958 to 1976, among other 1139 games for the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League as well as the Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association on the position of the center . MacGregor celebrated his greatest sporting success with participation in the Summit Series 1974 as a player and later as assistant general manager of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL, with whom he won the Stanley Cup five times .

Career

MacGregor in the New York Rangers jersey

MacGregor spent his junior years between 1958 and 1960 with the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Central Alberta Hockey League . In addition, he took part with the team twice in the Memorial Cup before he moved to the professional field within his native Edmonton to the Edmonton Flyers from the Western Hockey League . There he was loaned by the Detroit Red Wings from the National Hockey League after they had signed him as a free agent in the summer of 1960 .

The Canadian made his debut for the Red Wings during the 1960/61 season , where he developed into a reliable constant among attacking players in the following years. Overall, MacGregor spent ten game years in the service of Detroit and formed the team's second line of attack with Norm Ullman and Paul Henderson in the later years . In February 1971, the Red Wings transferred their long-time player along with Larry Brown to the New York Rangers , while these gave Arnie Brown , Mike Robitaille and Tom Miller to Motor City . In New York, MacGregor ended the 1970/71 season and stayed with the team for another three years.

For the 1974/75 season , the striker returned to the NHL after a total of 1,000 missions in a total of 14 seasons and moved to the World Hockey Association . There he ran from then on for the Edmonton Oilers from his native city, who had already secured the rights to his person in the WHA General Player Draft in February 1972. With the Oilers he ended his active career in the summer of 1976 at the age of 35.

After the end of his career, MacGregor moved into the management of the Oilers and worked in the 1980s under General Manager Glen Sather as his assistant. Together they built one of the most successful teams in NHL history with players like Wayne Gretzky , Mark Messier , Jari Kurri , Glenn Anderson and Paul Coffey , which won the Stanley Cup five times between 1984 and 1990 . In 2015, he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame for his services to ice hockey in his home province of Alberta .

International

MacGregor was part of the 25-strong Canadian squad at the prestigious 1974 Summit Series against the USSR national team . The striker was used in five of the eight games and was able to prepare a goal. The Canadians won only one of the eight games and lost four.

Achievements and Awards

1984 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers (as Assistant General Manager) 1985 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers (as Assistant General Manager) 1987 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers (as Assistant General Manager)

1988 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers (as Assistant General Manager) 1990 Stanley Cup win with the Edmonton Oilers (as Assistant General Manager) 2015 Induction into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1958/59	Edmonton Oil Kings	CAHL		37	33	39	72	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
1959	Edmonton Oil Kings	Memorial Cup								4th	1	4th	5	6th
1959/60	Edmonton Oil Kings	CAHL		24	24	18th	42	15th		-	-	-	-	-
1960	Edmonton Oil Kings	Memorial Cup								22nd	22nd	17th	39	33
1960/61	Edmonton Flyers	WHL		54	20th	26th	46	33		-	-	-	-	-
1960/61	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		12	0	1	1	0		8th	1	2	3	6th
1961/62	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		65	6th	12	18th	16		-	-	-	-	-
1962/63	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		67	11	11	22nd	12		10	1	4th	5	10
1963/64	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		63	11	21st	32	15th		14th	5	2	7th	12
1964/65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		66	21st	20th	41	19th		7th	0	2	2	2
1965/66	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	20th	14th	34	28		12	1	4th	5	2
1966/67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	28	19th	47	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1967/68	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		71	15th	24	39	13		-	-	-	-	-
1968/69	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	18th	23	41	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1969/70	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		73	15th	23	38	24		4th	1	0	1	2
1970/71	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		47	6th	16	22nd	18th		-	-	-	-	-
1970/71	New York Rangers	NHL		27	12	13	25th	4th		13	0	4th	4th	2
1971/72	New York Rangers	NHL		75	19th	21st	40	22nd		16	2	6th	8th	4th
1972/73	New York Rangers	NHL		52	14th	12	26th	12		10	2	2	4th	2
1973/74	New York Rangers	NHL		66	17th	27	44	6th		13	6th	2	8th	2
1974/75	Edmonton Oilers	WHA		72	24	28	52	10		-	-	-	-	-
1975/76	Edmonton Oilers	WHA		63	13	10	23	13		4th	0	1	1	0
CAHL / Memorial Cup overall				61	57	57	114	37		26th	23	21st	44	39
NHL overall				893	213	257	470	217		107	19th	28	47	44
WHA total				135	37	38	75	23		4th	0	1	1	0

International

Represented Canada to:

• Summit Series 1974

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1974	Canada	Summit Series	2nd place		5	0	1	1	5
Men overall					5	0	1	1	5

( 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 )

Web links

Commons : Bruce MacGregor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bruce MacGregor at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Bruce MacGregor at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 1998, p. 1249, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9