Randy McKay
Hugh Randall " Randy " McKay ( born January 25, 1967 in Montreal, Quebec ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player and current coach, who in his active years from 1984 to 2003 among others for the Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils, Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Randy McKay began his career as a hockey player in the team of Michigan Technological University, where he was active from 1984 to 1988. During this period, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1985 in the sixth round as the 113th overall player of the Detroit Red Wings. With their farm team, the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League, for whom he had given towards the end of the 1987/88 season his debut in professional hockey, winning the Calder Cup in 1989 attacker. He also ran in the 1988/89 season, the first time in the National Hockey League for Detroit.
On September 9, 1991 McKay was transferred to the New Jersey Devils, for whom he stood in the following eleven years exclusively on the ice in 1995 and 2000 respectively the prestigious Stanley Cup won. On 19 March 2002, he was released along with Jason Arnott and a first-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 2002 in exchange for Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner to the Dallas Stars. For this until end of season in 14 games he scored a goal and gave four assists. Then he signed as a free agent a contract in his hometown at the Montreal Canadiens, where he ended his playing career after the 2002/ 03 at the age of 36 years.
From 2004 to 2007 McKay worked as an assistant coach for the Michigan Technological University, where he had begun his career.