Mike McHugh
Michael McHugh ( born August 16, 1965 in Bowdoin, Maine ) is a retired American professional ice hockey player. During his career he played for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League.
Career
McHugh played for four years from 1984 to 1988 at the University of Maine in the Hockey East the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In his last year there, the left winger was voted team 's best player of the year and to the First All -Star. As a result, he was selected in the first position of the Minnesota North Stars in the NHL Supplemental Draft in 1988.
At the start of the 1988/89 season McHugh signed a contract in Minnesota. However, in the following three years he was mainly with the Kalamazoo Wings, the farm team of the North Stars used from the International Hockey League, and ran in only twelve games in the NHL on. As part of the NHL Dispersal Draft 1991, the American was selected by the San Jose Sharks newly established. There McHugh was eight times in the squad of NHL teams and posted there with a goal his only NHL point before he was even transferred in October 1991 for Paul Fenton to the Hartford Whalers. This put him in turn a wholly within their farm team, the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. For the 1993/94 season McHugh moved within the AHL to the Hershey Bears, with whom he Calder Cup, the championship of the AHL could win, at the end of season 1996 /97. In addition, he was honored with the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy, which distinguishes the Most Valuable Player of the playoffs. After the season 1997/98 he ended his career.