Donald MacLean (ice hockey)
Donald MacLean ( born January 14, 1977 in Sydney, Nova Scotia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who during his active career, among other things for the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League was active. Since July 2011 he has worked as an assistant coach with the KHL Medveščak Zagreb.
Career
Donald MacLean began his career as a hockey player in 1994 at the Beauport Quebec Major Junior Harfangs from the Hockey League. After a season and a regular season game in the subsequent mastery of Canadians moved to the league rivals Laval Titan before he even also signed in the same season a contract with the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL. NHL Entry Draft 1995, he was selected in the second round at position 33 of the Los Angeles Kings. In the 1995/96 season he also played for the Hull Olympiques before he made the jump to the American Hockey League in the summer of 1996, and there received a contract with the Fredericton Canadiens. Still in the same season came MacLean to 22 inserts in their partner team from the National Hockey League, the Los Angeles Kings.
In the 1998/99 season he played for both the Springfield Falcons of the AHL (41 applications), as well as the Grand Rapids Griffins of the International Hockey League ( 28 inserts). In summer 1999, he moved to the Lowell Lock Monsters, again from the AHL. He was discharged to the St. John 's Maple Leafs Towards the middle of the 1999/2000 season, where he also began the following season. In the 2000 /01 season, the striker came to three inserts in the NHL, this time with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Before the season 2001/ 02 the Centre extended his contract with the St. John 's Maple Leafs for another year.
From 2002 to 2004, the 191 cm wide professional hockey player played with the Syracuse Crunch in the AHL. In the 2003 /04 season, he completed several assignments in the NHL with the Columbus Blue Jackets. In the summer of 2004 he decided to play due to the lockout in Europe. MacLean signed a contract with the Espoo Blues of the Finnish SM- liiga. For the 2005/ 06 season he returned to America and ran for the Grand Rapids Griffins. In addition, he could make in three NHL games with the Detroit Red Wings his skills. In the following season, he went to the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL on the ice and once again took part in a few games in the NHL.
Prior to the 2007/ 08 season the Canadians returned to Europe: He signed a contract with the ZSC Lions of the National League A. After eleven games in Switzerland, he joined the EC Red Bull Salzburg in the EBEL, with whom he championship 2008 was won. The 2008/09 season began, the striker at the Rødovre Mighty Bulls from the AL-Bank Ligaen. Towards the end of the 2008/09 season he signed a contract with the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan, which was extended in the following summer for another season. In spring 2010, he managed the Redhawks with the rise in the Elitserien, but did not receive a contract for the following season.
In August 2010, Donald MacLean joined the KHL Medveščak Zagreb EBEL, where he first received a sample contract. After the 2010/11 season, the striker declared his playing career ended, and was for continued employment in July 2011 in the position of assistant coach at KHL Medveščak Zagreb.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( 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 )