| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 7 |
| Weight Lb: | 150 |
| Birth Date: | January 15, 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1949 |
| Career End: | 1953 |
Sidney William McNabney (January 15, 1929 – February 7, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played five playoff games for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League in 1951. He recorded one assist in those five games. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1949 to 1953, was spent in the minor leageus.McNabney and Leo Thiffault are the only players to play five play-off games in the NHL without playing any regular-season games.[1]
McNabney died at the age of 28 due to cancer.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1946–47 | Scarborough Rangers | OHA-B | 10 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1947–48 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 33 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 36 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1947–48 | Barrie Flyers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 1948–49 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 45 | 27 | 37 | 64 | 91 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 1949–50 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 67 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 1950–51 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 70 | 28 | 42 | 70 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1951–52 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 57 | 19 | 23 | 42 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1951–52 | Edmonton Flyers | PCHL | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Syracuse Warriors | AHL | 49 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 243 | 68 | 97 | 165 | 156 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 21 | ||||
| NHL totals | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||