Bill McDougall

William Henry McDougall (born August 10, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is best known for his record setting scoring performance during the 1992–1993 AHL playoffs.

Bill McDougall
Born	August 10, 1966 New Waterford, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Detroit Red Wings Edmonton Oilers Tampa Bay Lightning
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1990–2008

Career

As a youth, McDougall played in the 1979 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]

McDougall signed with the Erie Panthers following a successful season of senior hockey with the senior Port-aux-Basque Mariners. After scoring 80 goals and 148 points in just 57 games, he was signed by the NHL's Detroit Red Wings and finished the end of the 1989–90 season with their farm club, the Adirondack Red Wings. McDougall was named to the ECHL All-Star First Team in 1990.[2] He appeared in 2 games for the parent club the following season after posting a 99-point season with the Adirondack Red Wings.

Prior to his season of senior hockey, McDougall spent one season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. McDougall had one of the best seasons ever in the 1986-87 season with the Humboldt Broncos, leading the league with 83 goals, 104 assists, and 187 points in only 61 games. He also led the league with 27 power play goals and 9 short handed goals. After a season of Junior "B" hockey in which he scored 45 goals and 132 points in 42 games for the Streetsville Derbys, the 20-year-old decided to continue his hockey career out west with the Broncos.

The Broncos hosted the Centennial Cup that year and thanks to McDougall they got to the finals before being beaten by the Richmond Sockeyes of the BCJHL. He showed everyone at that tournament though that his regular season performance was no fluke as he had 11 points in four games and was named the tournament's all-star center.

McDougall was traded to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for Max Middendorf in February 1992, and ultimately made his hockey mark with their farm team, the AHL Cape Breton Oilers. The Cape Breton Oilers' 1992–1993 playoff run was one of the most dominant in AHL history, and McDougall emerged as the team's star, scoring 52 points (26 goals and 26 assists) in 16 games en route to a Calder Cup championship for Cape Breton. McDougall was awarded with the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy for Most Valuable Player during the AHL playoffs. To this day, his AHL records for goals, assists, and points in a single playoff season still stand, and his total of 3.25 points per game, is more than was ever matched in the NHL. Wayne Gretzky holds the NHL record with 47 points in a single playoff season.

McDougall spent the following season in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization, appearing in 22 games with the parent club while scoring 3 goals and 3 assists. He then spent the next 8 seasons playing with various pro teams in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany. McDougall would return to his native Canada in 2002, and spent six seasons with the Dundas Real McCoys of the MLH in Ontario. McDougall retired after the 2007-08 MLH season.

Retirement

Since his retirement and a 2010 divorce, McDougall has returned to Cape Breton and operates a hockey camp (Advance Hockey Development) in Toronto to help kids with off-ice training. [3]

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1984–85	Streetsville Derbys	CJHL		9	4	7	11	32		—	—	—	—	—
1984–85	Dixie Beehives	OJHL		27	16	32	48	104		—	—	—	—	—
1985–86	Streetsville Derbys	CJHL		42	45	87	132	262		11	6	18	24	70
1986–87	Humboldt Broncos	SJHL		61	83	104	187	300		—	—	—	—	—
1986–87	Humboldt Broncos	CC		—	—	—	—	—		4	4	3	7	6
1987–88	St. John's Capitals	NFLD-Sr.		42	66	71	137	47		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	Port-Aux-Basque Mariners	NFLD-Sr.		26	20	41	61	129		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Erie Panthers	ECHL		57	80	68	148	226		7	5	5	10	20
1989–90	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		11	10	7	17	4		2	1	1	2	2
1990–91	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		71	47	52	99	192		2	1	2	3	2
1990–91	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
1991–92	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		45	28	24	52	112		—	—	—	—	—
1991–92	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		22	8	18	26	36		4	0	1	1	8
1992–93	Cape Breton Oilers	AHL		71	42	46	88	161		16	26	26	52	30
1992–93	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		4	2	1	3	4		—	—	—	—	—
1993–94	Atlanta Knights	IHL		48	17	30	47	141		14	12	7	19	30
1993–94	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		22	3	3	6	8		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Courmaosta HC	ITA		30	30	34	64	107		—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	HK Olimpija Ljubljana	SVN		15	14	13	27			—	—	—	—	—
1995–96	EV Zug	NDA		15	15	14	29	69		8	7	4	11	35
1996–97	EV Zug	NDA		45	41	30	71	110		6	1	2	3	6
1997–98	EV Zug	NDA		40	25	25	50	50		19	16	11	27	51
1998–99	Kloten Flyers	NDA		22	13	10	23	101		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	HC Lugano	NDA		10	6	2	8	10		6	0	5	5	10
1999–2000	München Barons	DEL		39	16	22	38	64		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	EHC Chur	CHE.2		18	6	12	18	28		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	ERC Ingolstadt	DEU.2		15	4	7	11	53		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Dundas Real McCoys	MLH		5	6	8	14	4		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Dundas Real McCoys	MLH		13	3	5	8	4		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Dundas Real McCoys	MLH		6	3	1	4	4		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Dundas Real McCoys	MLH		8	4	1	5	4		9	2	2	4	24
2007–08	Dundas Real McCoys	MLH		3	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
AHL totals				220	135	147	282	505		24	28	30	58	42
NHL totals				28	5	5	10	12		1	0	0	0	0
NDA totals				150	106	93	199	368		47	28	26	54	110

References

1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
2. "ADMIRALS' GOALIE NAMED TO ECHL ALL-STAR TEAM". Daily Press. 1990-03-16. Retrieved 2010-02-15.
3. T.J. Colello (September 29, 2010). "Billy's back!". CapeBretonPost.com. Archived from the original on June 14, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2011.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database