Blair MacKasey

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|12|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1975

| career_end = 1978

| draft = 55th overall

| draft_year = 1975

| draft_team = Washington Capitals

| wha_draft = 47th overall

| wha_draft_year = 1975

| wha_draft_team = Indianapolis Racers

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs

}}

Blair David MacKasey (born December 13, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played one game in the National Hockey League, with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1976–77 season, on October 5, 1976 against the Colorado Rockies. He was drafted in the fourth round, 55th overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft. He was also drafted by the Indianapolis Racers (fourth round, 47th overall) of the World Hockey Association in the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. MacKasey was born in Hamilton, Ontario.

Playing career

As a youth, he played in the 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun, Quebec.{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |url-status=dead}}

MacKasey played one game in the National Hockey League, with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1976–77 season. He also played minor-league baseball for two seasons in the Montreal Expos organization.[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1975/75055.html 1975 NHL Entry Draft - Blair Mackasey]

Post-playing career

After his playing career ended, MacKasey was head scout for the Phoenix Coyotes from 1996, and then head scout for Hockey Canada from June 2002 until July 2005, when he became Director of Player Personnel. From January 2006 to 2013 MacKasey held the position of Director of Professional Scouting for the Minnesota Wild, and then served as their Director of Player Personal from 2013 to 2018.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1970–71 \| Montreal Junior Canadiens \| OHA \| 57	1	5	6	38 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1971–72 \| Montreal Junior Canadiens \| OHA \| 59	2	25	27	85 \| —	—	—	—	—
1972–73 \| Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge \| QMJHL \| 52	1	23	24	108 \| 4	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1973–74 \| Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge \| QMJHL \| 60	13	41	54	70 \| 9	1	4	5	12
1974–75 \| Montreal Bleu Blanc Rouge \| QMJHL \| 62	12	40	52	100 \| 9	2	8	10	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1975–76 \| Richmond Robins \| AHL \| 9	1	0	1	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1975–76 \| Dayton Gems \| IHL \| 50	6	21	27	69 \| 12	1	2	3	9
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1976–77 \| Toronto Maple Leafs \| NHL \| 1	0	0	0	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1976–77 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 24	1	11	12	51 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1977–78 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 54	1	8	9	58 \| 11	0	0	0	8
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| CHL totals ! 78 !! 2 !! 19 !! 21 !! 109 ! 11 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 8
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —