Former NHL player, Stanley-Cup winning coach Al MacNeil dead at 89

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Published Jan 06, 2025 • 1 minute read

Former Calgary Flames captain Jarome Iginla, left, presents longtime Flames employee Al MacNeil with a plaque in 2006.

CALGARY — Al MacNeil, a former NHL player and Stanley Cup-winning coach, has died at age 89.

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The Flames said in a press release Monday that MacNeil died Sunday in Calgary. No cause of death was provided.

MacNeil was an Original Six defenceman who played 524 NHL games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1955 and 1968.

He was a rookie head coach of the Montreal Canadiens when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1971. MacNeil was Montreal’s director of player personnel for Stanley Cup wins in 1978 and 1979.

MacNeil, from Sydney, N.S., was an assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames for their Stanley Cup victory in 1989.

He was Calgary’s head coach for the Flames’ first two seasons after the team’s relocation from Atlanta. MacNeil was also interim head coach of the Flames for 13 games in 2002-03.

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