Ryan McGill
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Ryan Clifford McGill is a retired professional ice hockey
player. He played in the NHL
with the Chicago Blackhawks
, Philadelphia Flyers
, and Edmonton Oilers
. McGill's playing career ended prematurely as a result of an eye injury. A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Ryan joined the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach in June 2009 after four seasons as the head coach for the Flames AHL primary affiliate team in Quad City and Omaha.
In addition, he guided the Hartford Wolf Pack (New York Rangers AHL affiliate) team to the 2003-04 regular season Eastern Conference title, tying for first place overall with a 44-24-12-2 mark for 102 points. That year, his team fell short of a trip to the Calder Cup Finals, losing in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Prior to his time with the Wolf Pack, McGill coached 350 games in the Western Hockey League, capping it off by steering the Kootenay Ice to the 2001-02 Memorial Cup title, the championship of all Canadian Major Junior hockey. A second-round draft choice of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1987 NHL Draft, he played a total of 151 career NHL games over a seven year career with the Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers. His professional playing career also included the American Hockey League and International Hockey League.
As a player in the Blackhawks development system, he was a member of the 1990 Turner Cup Champions which was then coached by Calgary's current General Manager & Coach Darryl Sutter.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. He played in the NHL
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
with the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
, Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
, and Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
. McGill's playing career ended prematurely as a result of an eye injury. A native of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Ryan joined the Calgary Flames as an assistant coach in June 2009 after four seasons as the head coach for the Flames AHL primary affiliate team in Quad City and Omaha.
In addition, he guided the Hartford Wolf Pack (New York Rangers AHL affiliate) team to the 2003-04 regular season Eastern Conference title, tying for first place overall with a 44-24-12-2 mark for 102 points. That year, his team fell short of a trip to the Calder Cup Finals, losing in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.
Prior to his time with the Wolf Pack, McGill coached 350 games in the Western Hockey League, capping it off by steering the Kootenay Ice to the 2001-02 Memorial Cup title, the championship of all Canadian Major Junior hockey. A second-round draft choice of the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1987 NHL Draft, he played a total of 151 career NHL games over a seven year career with the Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers and Edmonton Oilers. His professional playing career also included the American Hockey League and International Hockey League.
As a player in the Blackhawks development system, he was a member of the 1990 Turner Cup Champions which was then coached by Calgary's current General Manager & Coach Darryl Sutter.