Al MacInnis
Allan MacInnis ( born July 11, 1963 in Inverness, Nova Scotia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played from 1981 to 2004 for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League. Known and feared for his hard slap shot, he managed to establish itself over 20 years as an attacking defender in the NHL.
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Career
Al MacInnis started his professional youth career in the 1979/80 season, when he left his home in the direction of Saskatchewan to play for the Regina Pat Blues in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League ( SJHL ). The following year, he moved to the OHL, one of three prestigious youth leagues of North America, to the Kitchener Rangers.
It was founded in 1981 (collectively, 15th Pick) drawn from the Calgary Flames in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft, but used only sporadically, so he continued to play for the Kitchener Rangers. With them he was also the 1982 Memorial Cup win and be elected to the Memorial Cup All-Star First Team. 1982 and 1983 he was also nominated All- Star team for the OHL First and in 1983 was awarded the end of his junior career as the best defender of the Max Kaminsky Trophy OHL.
1983/84 then he made his breakthrough with the Calgary Flames, and not least because of his hard slap shot. This was the dreaded element MacInnis ' style of play, as he withdrew on January 17, 1984 in a game against the St. Louis Blues in the second period, the puck shattered the mask of the other goalkeeper Mike Liut and then trickled into the goal. Since then MacInnis is associated with the hardest slap shot in the league.
So he could from the Flames farm team, the Flames Colorado, where he started the season 1983/84, break away and final. Even in this ( his official rookie season) it brought MacInnis on 45 points in only 51 games, which is relatively good for a defender. In 1986, he reached for the first time with the Calgary Flames the Stanley Cup finals, which with 1:4 victories went to the Montreal Canadiens, however. 1988 and 1989 won MacInnis with the Calgary Flames, the Presidents' Trophy.
1989 it worked out for the Flames and Al MacInnis also with the Stanley Cup ( again against the Canadiens ). He himself had contributed the most essential content to victory and was awarded as the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs the Conn Smythe Trophy. This Stanley Cup victory was the only one in MacInnis ' career remain.
In 1991 he reached 28 goals and 75 assists and crossed the 100 -point mark. He is thus (along with Brian Leetch, Bobby Orr and Paul Coffey ) is one of only four NHL defenseman who managed this feat before, but lost the race for the James Norris Memorial Trophy that season against Ray Bourque. In the same year he won the Canada Cup with Team Canada.
After 13 years with the Flames Al MacInnis was during the 1994 Rookie Drafts along with Calgary No.4 draft pick in exchange for Phil Housley and each transferred a second-round draft pick in '96 and '97 draft to the St. Louis Blues. He still holds to this day in the Eternal Flames rating of first place in the categories of games ( 803) and assists (609) and second place in the category of points ( 822).
In his first season in St. Louis MacInnis played with superstar Wayne Gretzky and with his former teammates in Calgary, Brett Hull in a row. Wayne Gretzky left the team but already in the following year. In the season 1998/99 Al MacInnis was rewarded for his efforts and he was finally awarded ( after the failed attempt NHL 1990/91 ) the James Norris Memorial Trophy. The following season was excellent for the St. Louis Blues and MacInnis won with them the third Presidents' Trophy of his career. In the 2001 / 02 season, MacInnis took over the captaincy for the injured Chris Pronger. With Team Canada MacInnis won the 2002 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. He also reached the top spot in the points classification of the defenders in the entire NHL this year. In October 2003, the talented defender moved to an eye injury. It was to be his last game in the National Hockey League, because in the fall of 2005 Macinnis announced his retirement after the NHL lockout in 2004/05 known. He is the eternal ranking of the St. Louis Blues among the defenders in all categories square one.
Overall MacInnis scored in 1,416 games in his career 340 goals and 934 assists; a total of 1,274 points. In the eternal Ranking the NHL he therefore occupies among the defenders in the categories of goals, assists and points each 3rd place He showed also a strong stamina, as only four players completed their careers in more games in the NHL as Al MacInnis.
The St. Louis Blues locked his shirt number 2 on 6 April 2006 as a fifth in the club's history. The blues he remains as Vice President of Hockey Operations receive. On 12 November 2007 Al MacInnis was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Awards and achievements
Internationally
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented Canada at:
- World Cup 1990
- Canada Cup 1991
- 1998 Winter Olympics
- 2002 Winter Olympics
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )