| Position: | Right Wing |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| Played For: | Pittsburgh Penguins Dallas Stars |
| Birth Date: | April 4, 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1990 |
| Career End: | 1996 |
| Draft: | 126th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1989 |
| Draft Team: | Pittsburgh Penguins |
Michael Lawrence Needham (born April 4, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 86 games in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Dallas Stars between 1992 and 1994. Needham was born in Calgary, Alberta, but grew up in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta.
He played in parts of two NHL seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Dallas Stars from 1992 to 1994. He also appeared in five games during the 1992 Stanley Cup Playoffs, for which he earned a Stanley Cup ring as a member of the Penguins.[1]
In 2014, Needham was named the new assistant coach of the Kamloops Blazers in the WHL.[2] He stayed with the organization until 2018, when the Blazers chose not to renew his contract.[3]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1985–86 | Fort Saskatchewan Traders | AJHL | 49 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Fort Saskatchewan Traders | AJHL | 53 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1987–88 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 64 | 31 | 33 | 64 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1988–89 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 49 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 55 | 16 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 1989–90 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 60 | 59 | 66 | 125 | 75 | 17 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 10 | ||
| 1989–90 | Kamloops Blazers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1990–91 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 65 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1991–92 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 80 | 41 | 37 | 78 | 83 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1991–92 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 56 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1992–93 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 37 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 11 | ||
| 1995–96 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 16 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IHL Totals | 189 | 70 | 80 | 150 | 138 | 27 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 22 | ||||
| NHL Totals | 86 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||||