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 (1966-08-10) 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
1984–85Streetsville DerbysCJHL9471132—————
1984–85Dixie BeehivesOJHL27163248104—————
1985–86Streetsville DerbysCJHL424587132262116182470
1986–87Humboldt BroncosSJHL6183104187300—————
1986–87Humboldt BroncosCC—————44376
1987–88St. John's CapitalsNFLD-Sr.42667113747—————
1988–89Port-Aux-Basque MarinersNFLD-Sr.26204161129—————
1989–90Erie PanthersECHL5780681482267551020
1989–90Adirondack Red WingsAHL1110717421122
1990–91Adirondack Red WingsAHL7147529919221232
1990–91Detroit Red WingsNHL2011010000
1991–92Adirondack Red WingsAHL45282452112—————
1991–92Cape Breton OilersAHL22818263640118
1992–93Cape Breton OilersAHL714246881611626265230
1992–93Edmonton OilersNHL42134—————
1993–94Atlanta KnightsIHL48173047141141271930
1993–94Tampa Bay LightningNHL223368—————
1994–95Courmaosta HCITA30303464107—————
1995–96HK Olimpija LjubljanaSVN15141327—————
1995–96EV ZugNDA15151429698741135
1996–97EV ZugNDA4541307111061236
1997–98EV ZugNDA40252550501916112751
1998–99Kloten FlyersNDA22131023101—————
1998–99HC LuganoNDA1062810605510
1999–2000München BaronsDEL3916223864—————
2000–01EHC ChurCHE.2186121828—————
2001–02ERC IngolstadtDEU.215471153—————
2002–03Dundas Real McCoysMLH568144—————
2003–04Dundas Real McCoysMLH133584—————
2004–05Dundas Real McCoysMLH63144—————
2005–06Dundas Real McCoysMLH84154922424
2007–08Dundas Real McCoysMLH30006—————
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
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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.
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