Mark McNeill

Mark McNeill
Date of birth	February 22, 1993
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2011 , 1st round, 18th position Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
2008-2013	Prince Albert Raiders
2012-2017	Rockford IceHogs
2017-2018	Texas Stars
2018	Milwaukee Admirals
2018-2019	Providence Bruins
since 2019	EHC Linz

Mark McNeill (born February 22, 1993 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with EHC Linz in the Erste Bank Ice Hockey League since July 2019 and plays for the center . He is the son of former ice hockey player Bernie McNeill .

Career

McNeill was in 2008 at the Bantam Draft of the Western Hockey League in fifth place of the Prince Albert Raiders selected, having previously for 13 years at the South Side Athletic Club was active. Since then, the center played with the Raiders in the Western Hockey League. In the 2010/11 season he reached the play-offs there and was the second best scorer of his team with 81 points.

In the 2011 NHL Entry Draft , McNeill was selected in 18th place by the Chicago Blackhawks and signed an entry-level contract there the following year . Initially, however, he stayed in Prince Albert and was named team captain there in his final 2012/13 season . He finished the season ahead of rookie Leon Draisaitl at the top of the team's internal scorer rating.

After several short assignments in the two pre-seasons, McNeill then moved permanently to the Rockford IceHogs , the Blackhawks' farm team, in the American Hockey League . In January 2016 he made his NHL debut for the Blackhawks, although it remained for the time being with this one use. After the former first round election was subsequently used exclusively in the AHL, it was given to the Dallas Stars in February 2017 together with a conditional four-round vote in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft . In return, the Swedish defender Johnny Oduya returned to Chicago.

After a year of organizing the Stars, he was transferred to the Nashville Predators in February 2018 in exchange for Andrew O'Brien . There he ended the season, but did not get a continuing contract, so he moved to the Boston Bruins as a free agent in July 2018 .

In the summer of 2019, McNeill decided to move to Europe and joined the EHC Linz .

International

In 2010, McNeill took part in the World U-17 Hockey Challenge . At the U18 Junior World Championship in 2011 , he was fourth-best scorer in the Canadian selection with six points.

Achievements and Awards

• 2011 Participation in the CHL Top Prospects Game
• 2015 participation in the AHL All-Star Classic

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
2008/09	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		68	9	15th	24	27		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		70	32	49	81	53		6th	2	3	5	2
2011/12	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		69	31	40	71	48		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		7th	0	0	0	12		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Prince Albert Raiders	WHL		65	25th	42	67	43		4th	1	3	4th	4th
2012/13	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		5	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		76	18th	19th	37	46		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		63	23	21st	44	23		8th	2	2	4th	2
2015/16	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		64	25th	23	48	33		3	1	1	2	0
2015/16	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		58	6th	22nd	28	23		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Texas Stars	AHL		21st	3	8th	11	6th		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	Dallas Stars	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Texas Stars	AHL		18th	5	1	6th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Milwaukee Admirals	AHL		31	9	10	19th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Providence Bruins	AHL		56	8th	17th	25th	35		1	0	0	0	0
WHL overall				276	97	146	243	171		10	3	6th	9	6th
AHL total				399	97	121	218	218		12	3	3	6th	2
NHL overall				2	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented Canada to:

• World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2010
• U18 Junior World Championship 2011
• U20 Junior World Championship 2013

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	A.	Pt	SM
2010	Canada Pacific	U17-WHC	5th place		5	1	2	3	4th
2011	Canada	U18 World Cup	4th Place		7th	0	6th	6th	2
2013	Canada	U20 World Cup	4th Place		6th	0	0	0	2
Juniors overall					18th	1	8th	9	8th

( 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

• Mark McNeill in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Mark McNeill at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ nhl.com: Draft Prospect Card - 2011