Peter McNab

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United StatesUnited States  Peter McNab Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 8, 1952
place of birth Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
number #8th
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1972 , 6th round, 85th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1971-1973 University of Denver
1973-1976 Buffalo Sabers
1976-1984 Boston Bruins
1984-1985 Vancouver Canucks
1985-1987 New Jersey Devils

Peter Maxwell McNab (born May 8, 1952 in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada ) is a former American ice hockey player and current sports commentator. In his athletic career, he played for the Buffalo Sabers , Boston Bruins , Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League . After finishing his career, he commented on the games of the Devils and since 1995 he has commented and analyzed the games of the Colorado Avalanche .

Career

In his youth, McNab played for the University of Denver . In the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft , he was selected by the Buffalo Sabers in the sixth round in a total of 85th position. He played one more year for Denver and was named to the WCHA All-Star Team in 1973 . The following year he made his professional debut for the Cincinnati Swords , the Sabers farm team , in the American Hockey League . In the same season he also celebrated his NHL debut for Buffalo.

After three seasons in Buffalo, the striker was transferred to Massachusetts to the Boston Bruins . He had his most successful phase in Boston, scoring at least 35 goals and 75 points in six consecutive seasons and was elected to the NHL All-Star Game in 1979. On December 23, 1979 there was a scandal in Madison Square Garden during the game against the New York Rangers , when McNab and other Bruins players climbed into the spectator stands and attacked the fans, some of whom were fleeing. Peter McNab got into a scuffle with a fan. His teammate Mike Milbury came to his aid, took off a shoe and beat him with his shoe. McNab and Milbury were banned from the NHL for six games each and fined $ 500 each.

During the 1983/84 season he was sent by the Bruins to his home with the Vancouver Canucks , where he stayed for barely a season and a half and at the beginning of the 1985/86 season signed a contract with the New Jersey Devils , where his father Max McNab at the time the general manager was. In 1986 he made his international debut at the World Cup in Moscow . The US national team reached sixth place in this tournament. After spending another year in New Jersey, Peter McNab ended his career.

Sports commentator

After his active career, McNab began his career as a commentator at the beginning of the 1987/88 season . After eight years as the so-called color commentator for the New Jersey Devils, he went to Denver in 1995 to comment on the games in the new Colorado Avalanche franchise . Besides, he also commented on TNT the Hockey Games of 1998 Winter Olympics and for NBC , the Games of 2006 . He also held during the Games in Salt Lake City for TSN own TV show.

On June 8, 2009, McNab extended his contract with Altitude , the owner of the broadcast rights for the games of the Colorado Avalanche.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1970/71 University of Denver WCHA 29 19th 14th 33 6th
1971/72 University of Denver WCHA 38 27 38 65 16
1972/73 University of Denver WCHA 38 32 40 72 18th
1973/74 Cincinnati Swords AHL 49 34 39 73 16 5 2 6th 8th 0
1973/74 Buffalo Sabers NHL 22nd 3 6th 9 2 - - - - -
1974/75 Buffalo Sabers NHL 53 22nd 21st 43 8th 17th 2 6th 8th 4th
1975/76 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 24 32 56 16 8th 0 0 0 0
1976/77 Boston Bruins NHL 80 38 48 86 11 14th 5 3 8th 2
1977/78 Boston Bruins NHL 79 41 39 80 4th 15th 8th 11 19th 2
1978/79 Boston Bruins NHL 76 35 45 80 10 11 5 3 8th 0
1979/80 Boston Bruins NHL 74 40 38 78 10 10 8th 6th 14th 2
1980/81 Boston Bruins NHL 80 37 46 83 24 3 3 0 3 0
1981/82 Boston Bruins NHL 80 36 40 76 19th 11 6th 8th 14th 6th
1982/83 Boston Bruins NHL 74 22nd 52 74 23 15th 3 5 8th 4th
1983/84 Boston Bruins NHL 52 14th 16 30th 10 - - - - -
1983/84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 13 1 6th 7th 10 3 0 0 0 0
1984/85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 75 23 25th 48 10 - - - - -
1985/86 New Jersey Devils NHL 71 19th 24 43 14th - - - - -
1986/87 New Jersey Devils NHL 46 8th 12 20th 8th - - - - -
NCAA overall 105 78 92 170 40
NHL overall 954 363 450 813 179 107 40 42 82 20th

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1986 United States WM 6th place 10 0 1 1 4th
Men overall 10 0 1 1 4th

( 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 McNab, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McNab, Peter Maxwell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia