Jim McGeough

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{blp no footnotes|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Center

| played_for = Washington Capitals
Pittsburgh Penguins
Bracknell Bees
Klagenfurter AC

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 181

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1963|4|13}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| draft = 110th overall

| draft_year = 1981

| draft_team = Washington Capitals

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 2004

}}

James McGeough (born April 13, 1963) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played 57 games in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1981 and 1987. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1981 to 2004, was spent in various minor leagues. McGeough was selected by the Capitals in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. His brother, Mick McGeough, was a referee in the NHL.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1979–80

| Regina Pats

| WHL

| 10

1452

| 5

2020
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| 1980–81

| Regina Pats

| WHL

| 4

1232

| —

1980–81

| Billings Bighorns

| WHL

| 67

494291139

| 5

25715
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| 1981–82

| Washington Capitals

| NHL

| 4

0000

| —

1981–82

| Billings Bighorns

| WHL

| 71

9366159142

| 5

2134
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| 1982–83

| Nanaimo Islanders

| WHL

| 72

7656132126

| —

1982–83

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 5

11210

| 5

02225
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 79

403676108

| —

1984–85

| Washington Capitals

| NHL

| 11

30312

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1984–85

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 14

0444

| —

1984–85

| Binghamton Whalers

| AHL

| 57

32215326

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 17

3258

| —

1985–86

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| AHL

| 38

14132720

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 11

1458

| —

1986–87

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| AHL

| 45

18193737

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1986–87

| Muskegon Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 18

1315286

| 15

1482210
1987–88

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 30

11132428

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| Klagenfurt AC

| AUT

| 34

34185252

| —

1988–89

| Klagenfurt AC

| AUT

| 44

2824520

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| IHL

| 77

35468190

| —

1990–91

| Kalamazoo Wings

| IHL

| 7

0002

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| San Diego Gulls

| IHL

| 10

2464

| —

1990–91

| Albany Choppers

| IHL

| 12

93124

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Nashville Knights

| ECHL

| 4

2130

| —

1991–92

| Richmond Renegades

| ECHL

| 24

16122834

| 7

0228
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Bracknell Bees

| BHL

| 12

1592420

| —

1992–93

| Richmond Renegades

| ECHL

| 39

14274166

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| St. Petersburg Renegades

| SuHL

| 19

17143136

| —

1993–94

| Richmond Renegades

| ECHL

| 26

1081810

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Dallas Freeze

| CHL

| 28

21163724

| 7

3588
1994–95

| Dallas Freeze

| CHL

| 66

505010038

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 31

11203116

| —

1995–96

| Reno Renegades

| WCHL

| 15

410144

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 21

620264

| 9

92118
1997–98

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 68

38397778

| 15

1091910
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 27

18224024

| 4

1346
1999–00

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 37

12132530

| 5

1124
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Lubbock Cotton Kings

| WPHL

| 59

14304446

| 12

0112
2003–04

| Trois-Rivières Viking

| QSMHL

| 4

0002

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL Totals

! 57 !! 7 !! 10 !! 17 !! 32

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —