Al MacInnis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Al MacInnis

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1963

Place of Birth: Port Hood, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia, Canada

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Al MacInnis

  • Allan MacInnis (born July 11, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 23 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Calgary Flames and St.
  • Louis Blues.
  • A first round selection of the Flames in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft, he went on to become a 12-time All-Star.
  • He was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player of the playoffs in 1989 after leading the Flames to the Stanley Cup championship.
  • He was voted the winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy in 1999 as the top defenceman in the league while a member of the Blues.
  • In 2017 MacInnis was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.MacInnis was most famous for having the hardest shot in the league.
  • He tied Bobby Orr's Ontario Hockey League (OHL) record for goals by a defenceman, and won two OHL championships and a Memorial Cup with the Kitchener Rangers as a junior.
  • He famously split goaltender Mike Liut's mask with a shot, and became only the fourth defenceman in NHL history to score 100 points in a season.
  • Internationally, he was an all-star on defence as Canada won the 1991 Canada Cup and twice participated in the Winter Olympics.
  • He was a member of the 2002 team that won Canada's first gold medal in 50 years. An eye injury suffered early in the 2003–04 NHL season forced MacInnis into retirement.
  • He finished his career third all-time among defencemen in goals, assists and points and was named to seven post-season all-star teams.
  • He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2007, and his jersey number 2 was retired by the Blues and is honoured by the Flames.
  • MacInnis remains a member of the Blues organization, currently serving as the team's Senior Advisor to the General Manager.
  • When the Blues won the Stanley Cup in 2019, he got his name engraved on the Stanley Cup for a second time.

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