Mike McDougal (ice hockey) explained

Mike McDougal
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lb:205
Played For:New York Rangers
Hartford Whalers
Birth Date:April 30, 1958
Birth Place:Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.
Ntl Team:USA
Draft:76th overall
Draft Year:1978
Draft Team:New York Rangers
Career Start:1976
Career End:1984

Michael George McDougal (born April 30, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played 61 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Hartford Whalers between 1978 and 1983. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 1984, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Internationally McDougal played for the American national team at the 1977 and 1978 World Junior Championships.

Biography

As a youth, McDougal played in the 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Port Huron.[1]

He was drafted 76th overall in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft by the New York Rangers. He played three games for the Rangers and played mostly with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League. In 1981, McDougal joined the Hartford Whalers where during the 1982-83 NHL season, he scored 8 goals and 10 assists in 55 games. He however spent the majority of his tenure in the AHL with the Binghamton Whalers and eventually retired in 1984.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1973–74Port Huron FlagsWMWJHL40 27 33 60
1974–75Montreal Bleu Blanc RougeQMJHL70 21 27 48 1118 4 2 6 4
1975–76Montreal JuniorsQMJHL71 31 43 74 716 0 3 3 0
1976–77Port Huron FlagsIHL59 25 29 54 46
1977–78Port Huron FlagsIHL44 15 16 31 65
1978–79New York RangersNHL1 0 0 0 0
1978–79New Haven NighthawksAHL78 24 26 50 6010 1 5 6 8
1979–80New Haven NighthawksAHL68 17 25 42 433 0 3 3 0
1980–81New York RangersNHL2 0 0 0 0
1980–81New Haven NighthawksAHL66 21 23 44 204 0 0 0 2
1981–82Hartford WhalersNHL3 0 0 0 0
1981–82Binghamton WhalersAHL58 10 18 28 5614 1 8 9 12
1982–83Hartford WhalersNHL55 8 10 18 43
1982–83Binghamton WhalersAHL14 7 5 12 20
1983–84Binghamton WhalersAHL59 11 14 25 56
AHL totals343 90 111 201 25531 2 16 18 22
NHL totals61 8 10 18 43

International

YearTeamEventGP G A Pts PIM
1977United StatesWJC7 4 1 5 0
1978United StatesWJC6 3 5 8 10
Junior totals13 7 6 13 10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-09.