Donald MacLean (ice hockey player)

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Donald MacLean
Date of birth January 14, 1977
place of birth Sydney , Nova Scotia , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 97 kg
position striker
number # 15
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 2nd round, 33rd position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1994-1996 Beauport Harfangs
1996 Laval titanium
1996-1997 Hull Olympiques
1997-1998 Fredericton Canadiens
Los Angeles Kings
1998-1999 Springfield Falcons
Grand Rapids Griffins
1999-2000 Lowell Lock Monsters
2000-2002 St. John's Maple Leafs
2002-2004 Syracuse crunch
2004-2005 Espoo Blues
2005-2006 Grand Rapids Griffins
2006-2007 San Antonio Rampage
2007-2008 ZSC Lions
EC Salzburg
2008-2009 Rødovre Mighty Bulls
2009-2010 Malmo Redhawks
2010-2011 KHL Medveščak Zagreb

Donald MacLean (born January 14, 1977 in Sydney , Nova Scotia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who has worked for the Los Angeles Kings , Toronto Maple Leafs , Columbus Blue Jackets , Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix during his playing career Coyotes was active in the National Hockey League . Since 2014 he has been the head coach of the Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák .

Career

Donald MacLean began his career as a hockey player in 1994 with the Beauport Harfangs from the LHJMQ . After a season there and a regular game in the following championship, the Canadian moved to league rivals Laval Titan before signing a contract with the Hull Olympiques from the LHJMQ that same season . In the 1995 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the second round at position 33 by the Los Angeles Kings . In the 1995/96 season he also played for the Hull Olympiques, before he made the jump to the American Hockey League in the summer of 1996 , where he received a contract with the Fredericton Canadiens . In the same season MacLean came to 22 missions with their partner team from the National Hockey League , the Los Angeles Kings.

In the 1998/99 season he played for both the Springfield Falcons from the AHL (41 missions), and for the Grand Rapids Griffins from the International Hockey League (28 missions). In the summer of 1999 he moved to the Lowell Lock Monsters , again from the AHL. Towards the middle of the 1999/2000 season he was given to the St. John's Maple Leafs , where he began the following season. In the 2000/01 season, the striker came to three appearances in the NHL, this time with the Toronto Maple Leafs . Before the 2001/02 season, the center extended his contract with the St. John's Maple Leafs for another year.

From 2002 to 2004, the 191 cm tall professional ice hockey player played at the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL. In the 2003/04 season he completed some assignments in the NHL with the Columbus Blue Jackets . In the summer of 2004 he decided to play in Europe due to the lockout . MacLean signed a contract with the Espoo Blues from the Finnish SM-liiga . For the 2005/06 season he returned to America and stormed for the Grand Rapids Griffins . He was also able to prove his skills in three NHL games at the Detroit Red Wings . In the following season he went for the San Antonio Rampage from the AHL on the ice and again took part in some games in the NHL.

Before the 2007/08 season the Canadians returned to Europe: He signed a contract with the ZSC Lions of the National League A . After eleven games in Switzerland, he moved to EC Red Bull Salzburg in the EBEL , with which he won the championship in 2008. The 2008/09 season began the striker with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls from the AL-Bank Ligaen . Towards the end of the 2008/09 season he signed a contract with the Malmö Redhawks from the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan , which was extended the following summer for another season. In the spring of 2010, he made it to the Elitserien with the Redhawks , but received no contract for the following season.

In August 2010 Donald MacLean moved to KHL Medveščak Zagreb from the EBEL , where he initially received a trial contract. After the 2010/11 season, the striker declared his playing career over and was continued in July 2011 in the position of assistant coach at KHL Medveščak Zagreb.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1994-95 Beauport Harfangs LHJMQ 64 15th 27 42 37 17th 4th 4th 8th 6th
1995-96 Beauport Harfangs LHJMQ 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1995-96 Laval Titan Collège Français LHJMQ 21st 17th 11 28 29 - - - - -
1995-96 Hull Olympiques LHJMQ 39 26th 34 60 44 17th 6th 7th 13 14th
1996-97 Hull Olympiques LHJMQ 69 34 47 81 67 14th 11 10 21st 29
1997-98 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 39 9 5 14th 32 4th 1 3 4th 2
1997-98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22nd 5 2 7th 4th - - - - -
1998-99 Springfield Falcons AHL 41 5 14th 19th 31 - - - - -
1998-99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 28 6th 13 19th 8th - - - - -
1999-00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 40 11 17th 28 18th - - - - -
1999-00 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 21st 14th 12 26th 8th - - - - -
2000-01 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 61 26th 34 60 48 4th 2 1 3 2
2000-01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2001-02 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 75 33 54 87 49 9 5 5 10 6th
2001-02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL - - - - - 3 0 0 0 0
2002-03 Syracuse crunch AHL 17th 9 9 18th 6th - - - - -
2003-04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 4th 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2003-04 Syracuse crunch AHL 77 27 41 68 45 7th 0 3 3 4th
2004-05 Espoo Blues SM-liiga 51 22nd 21st 43 46 - - - - -
2005-06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 76 56 32 88 63 14th 6th 2 8th 8th
2005-06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2006-07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 66 33 28 61 51 - - - - -
2006-07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 9 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2007-08 ZSC Lions NLA 11 4th 1 5 16 - - - - -
2007-08 EC Red Bull Salzburg EBEL 13 13 7th 20th 8th 14th 8th 5 13 30th
2008-09 Rødovre Mighty Bulls AL-Bank Ligaen 7th 0 3 3 0 - - - - -
2008-09 Malmo Redhawks HockeyAllsvenskan 38 15th 15th 30th 18th - - - - -
2009-10 Malmo Redhawks HockeyAllsvenskan 42 16 13 29 4th 5 1 1 2 0
2010-11 KHL Medveščak Zagreb EBEL 43 8th 14th 22nd 24 5 1 1 2 8th
2010-11 KHL Medveščak Zagreb II CRO - - - - - 3 6th 2 8th 0
NHL overall 41 8th 5 13 6th 3 0 0 0 0

( 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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