Ron Meighan

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1963)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| career_start = 1981

| career_end = 1984

| draft = 13th overall

| draft_year = 1981

| draft_team = Minnesota North Stars

| played_for = Minnesota North Stars
Pittsburgh Penguins

}}

Ron James Meighan (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Biography

Meighan was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Gloucester, Ontario.{{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|access-date=2019-01-11}} He was awarded the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the most outstanding defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League, during the 1981–82 OHL season.

He was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He played forty-eight games in the National Hockey League: seven with the North Stars in the 1981–82 season and forty-one more with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1982–83 season.

Career statistics

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

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

| Niagara Falls Flyers

| 61

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 20

| 10

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 6

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| Niagara Falls Flyers

| OHL

| 63

| 8

| 27

| 35

| 92

| 12

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 14

| Niagara Falls Flyers

| OHL

| 58

| 27

| 41

| 68

| 85

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 4

| 9

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| Minnesota North Stars

| 7

| 1

| 1

| 2

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| North Bay Centennials

| OHL

| 29

| 19

| 22

| 41

| 30

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 41

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 16

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| Baltimore Skipjacks

| 75

| 4

| 16

| 20

| 36

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

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! colspan="3" | OMJHL/OHL totals

! 211

! 57

! 100

! 157

! 227

! 16

! 0

! 4

! 4

! 23

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 48

! 3

! 7

! 10

! 18

! —

! —

! —

! —

! —

References

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External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}

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{{succession box | before = Brad Palmer | title = Minnesota North Stars first round draft pick | years = 1981 | after = Brian Bellows}}

{{succession box | before = Randy Boyd | title = Winner of the Max Kaminsky Trophy | years = 1981–82 | after = Al MacInnis}}

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Category:1963 births

Category:Living people

Category:Anglophone Quebec people

Category:Baltimore Skipjacks players

Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen

Category:Ice hockey people from Montreal

Category:Minnesota North Stars draft picks

Category:NHL first-round draft picks

Category:Niagara Falls Flyers players

Category:North Bay Centennials players

Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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