Peter McNab
Peter Maxwell McNab ( born May 8, 1952 in Vancouver, British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current sports commentator. In his athletic career, he played for the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. After ending his career, he commented on the Games of the Devils and comments and analyzes the games of the Colorado Avalanche since 1995.
Career
In his youth, McNab played for the University of Denver. In the NHL Amateur Draft 1972, he was selected by the Buffalo Sabres in the sixth round at 85th overall position. He played one more year for Denver and was appointed team in the WCHA All-Star 1973. The following year he made his professional debut for the Cincinnati Swords, the farm team of the Sabres, in the American Hockey League. In the same season he also celebrated his NHL debut for Buffalo.
After three seasons in Buffalo, the striker was transferred to Massachusetts to the Boston Bruins. In Boston, he had his most successful period, he scored in six consecutive seasons of at least 35 goals and 75 points and was selected in the 1979 NHL All-Star Game. On December 23, 1979, came at Madison Square Garden during the game against the New York Rangers to a head when McNab and other Bruins players climbed into the stands and the - attacked fans - some fleeing. So Peter McNab gave a scuffle with a fan His teammate Mike Milbury came to his aid, pulling the fan a shoe and beat her with his shoe at him. McNab and Milbury were banned from the NHL for six games and ordered to pay a fine of $ 500.
During the 1983/84 season he was sent by the Bruins in his home to the Vancouver Canucks, where he was only one and a half seasons remained and 1985/86 a contract signed at the beginning of the season with the New Jersey Devils, where his father Max McNab at the time the general manager was. In 1986 he made his international debut at the World Championships in Moscow. The Canadian national team finished third in the tournament. After another year in New Jersey Peter McNab ended his career.
Sports commentator
After his playing career, McNab began at the start of the 1987/88 season his career as a commentator. After eight years as a so -called Color Commentator for the New Jersey Devils in 1995 he went to Denver to play the games of the new franchise Colorado Avalanche to comment. Besides, he also commented on for TNT the Hockey Games of the 1998 Winter Olympics as well as the NBC games of 2006. Moreover, he had during the Games in Salt Lake City for TSN own TV show.
On 8 June 2009 McNab extended his contract with altitude, the holder of the broadcasting rights for the Games of the Colorado Avalanche.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
( 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 )