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Mike McNeill (ice hockey)

{{short description|American ice hockey player}}

{{For|the American football player|Mike McNeill (American football)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|7|22|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Winona, Minnesota, U.S.

| played_for = Chicago Blackhawks
Quebec Nordiques
Revier Löwen Oberhausen

| ntl_team = United States

| draft = 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft

| draft_team = St. Louis Blues

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2000

}}

Michael McNeill (born July 22, 1966) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played 63 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Blackhawks and Quebec Nordiques between 1990 and 1992. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1988 to 2000, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Internationally McNeill played for the American national team at the 1991 World Championships.

Biography

McNeil was born in Winona, Minnesota and raised in South Bend, Indiana.

McNeil played football, hockey and baseball in high school from 1980-84 before joining the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for four years.{{cite news |last1=Fineran |first1=John |title=McNeill's work, talent recognized with honor |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/sports/mcneill-s-work-talent-recognized-with-honor/article_3056d5ac-61b4-5c4d-b344-19fac62fb374.html |accessdate=January 7, 2019 |publisher=South Bend Tribune |date=March 5, 2018}} While playing for Notre Dame, he served as team captain.{{cite news |last1=Cassily |first1=Kyle |title=ARCHIVE Hockey: Notre Dame hockey has come a long way in 40 years |url=https://ndsmcobserver.com/2008/04/hockey-notre-dame-hockey-has-come-a-long-way-in-40-years/ |accessdate=January 8, 2019 |publisher=NDSMCObserver |date=April 9, 2008}}

In 2000, McNeill suffered a career-ending eye injury while playing for the Revier Löwen Oberhausen in Germany.

In 2008, McNeill served as a volunteer assistant coach for the University of Notre Dame.{{cite web |title=Hockey runs in the McNeill family |url=https://today.nd.edu/news/hockey-runs-in-the-mcneill-family/ |website=today.nd.edu |accessdate=January 8, 2019 |date=September 28, 2012}} Since 2011, McNeill has served as the programming and instruction program manager for the Notre Dame's Compton Family Ice Arena.

Personal life

McNeill's father Tim worked as an assistant coach for Notre Dame's hockey program. He grew up playing in the local IYHL (Irish Youth Hockey League), and he played at the local high school St. Joe, playing football, baseball, and of course hockey. He now coaches the Irish Rovers 14u AA team.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

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

! 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

1983–84

| St. Joseph Academy

| HS-NJ

| —

————

| —

————
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| 1984–85

| University of Notre Dame

| NCAA

| 28

16264212

| —

————
1985–86

| University of Notre Dame

| NCAA

| 34

18294732

| —

————
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| 1986–87

| University of Notre Dame

| NCAA

| 30

21163724

| —

————
1987–88

| University of Notre Dame

| NCAA

| 32

28447212

| —

————
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| 1988–89

| Moncton Hawks

| AHL

| 1

0000

| —

————
1988–89

| Fort Wayne Komets

| IHL

| 75

27356212

| 11

1562
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1989–90

| Indianapolis Ice

| IHL

| 74

17244110

| 14

641021
1990–91

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 23

2246

| —

————
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| 1990–91

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 14

2574

| —

————
1990–91

| Indianapolis Ice

| IHL

| 33

1692519

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Quebec Nordiques

| NHL

| 26

1458

| —

————
1991–92

| Halifax Citadels

| AHL

| 30

1081820

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 75

17173434

| 6

2020
1993–94

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 78

21254640

| 4

0116
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 80

23153830

| 15

22414
1995–96

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 64

891732

| 5

2022
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| 1996–97

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 74

18264424

| 3

0110
1997–98

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 81

10182858

| 10

21312
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Revier Löwen Oberhausen

| DEL

| 47

8162410

| —

————
1999–00

| Revier Löwen Oberhausen

| DEL

| 22

1786

| —

————
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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! 634 !! 157 !! 178 !! 335 !! 259

! 68 !! 15 !! 14 !! 29 !! 57

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 63 !! 5 !! 11 !! 16 !! 18

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

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

1991

| United States

| WC

| 10

1014
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals

! 10 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 4

References

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External links

  • {{Ice hockey stats}}

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Category:1966 births

Category:Living people

Category:American men's ice hockey left wingers

Category:Chicago Blackhawks players

Category:Halifax Citadels players

Category:Ice hockey players from Indiana

Category:Ice hockey players from Minnesota

Category:Moncton Hawks players

Category:NHL supplemental draft picks

Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players

Category:People from Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Category:People from Winona, Minnesota

Category:Revier Löwen players

Category:Quebec Nordiques players

Category:Sportspeople from South Bend, Indiana

Category:St. Louis Blues draft picks

Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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