Donald MacLean

Donald MacLean (born January 14, 1977) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional player. He was an assistant coach for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). MacLean played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Detroit Red Wings and the Phoenix Coyotes.

Playing career As a youth, MacLean played in the 1990 and 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Bedford, Nova Scotia.

MacLean was selected 33rd overall in the 1995 NHL entry draft by the Los Angeles Kings. MacLean spent three years playing junior hockey in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. In his second year he tallied 89 points in 61 games playing for three different teams (Beauport Harfangs, Laval Titan Collège Français and Hull Olympiques). His NHL debut was in Los Angeles in the 1997–1998 season where he played 22 games notching five goals and two assists.

On February 23, 2000, MacLean was traded by the Kings to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Craig Charron. MacLean spent the majority of his contract with the Leafs in the minors with the St. John's Maple Leafs of the American Hockey League. After finishing the 2001–02 as the AHL leading scorer, MacLean made his NHL play-off debut with the Leafs, playing in 3 games. On July 17, 2002, MacLean signed as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets and appeared in four regular season games.

On August 24, 2005, MacLean was signed by the Detroit Red Wings. In his first game as a Red Wing, MacLean opened the scoring against the Edmonton Oilers on an assist from Niklas Kronwall with a man-advantage. The Red Wings would eventually shut out the Oilers and MacLean was credited with the game-winning goal.

In the AHL, playing for the Red Wings affiliate Grand Rapids Griffins, MacLean recorded a point in 19 straight games between January 6 and February 18, 2006. This was the longest point streak for any AHL player in the 2005–06 season. The same year, MacLean scored five hat-tricks, the most by an AHL player since 2000. He participated in the 2006 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic with fellow Griffins Jiri Hudler and Valtteri Filppula, scoring two goals for the Canadian team. He also won the Hardest Shot event in the Skills Competition. MacLean finished the season as the league MVP and leading goal-scorer.

MacLean signed as a free agent to a two-year contract with the Phoenix Coyotes on July 17, 2006, where he would primarily play for the San Antonio Rampage of the AHL.

Maclean left the final year of his contract with the Coyotes and signed with Swiss team ZSC Lions on July 16, 2007, he however left for Austria on December 9, 2007, signing with EC Salzburg. Maclean then went on to help Salzburg win the EBEL league. Following a short stint in the Oddset Ligaen with the Rødovre Mighty Bulls MacLean then transferred midway through the 2008–09 season to the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan with the Malmö Redhawks. MacLean veteran experience helped him lead the Redhawks with 30 points in 38 games. After signing a contract extension with Malmö for the 2009–10 season, MacLean scored a further 16 goals in 42 games.

On August 18, 2010, MacLean agreed to a trial to the return to the EBEL with Croatian team, KHL Medveščak. After impressing in two weeks of training, MacLean was officially signed on a one-year contract on September 1, 2010.

Coaching career On June 29, 2015, MacLean was named assistant coach for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the Ontario Hockey League and remained in that position until 2020.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Halifax Hawks AAA Midget 27 15 25 40 34 — — — — — 1993–94 Halifax Hawks AAA Midget 25 35 35 70 151 — — — — — 1994–95 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 64 15 27 42 37 17 4 4 8 6 1995–96 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1995–96 Laval Titan Collège Français QMJHL 21 17 11 28 29 — — — — — 1995–96 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 39 26 34 60 44 17 6 7 13 14 1996–97 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 69 34 47 81 67 14 11 10 21 29 1996–97 Hull Olympiques MC — — — — — 4 4 6 10 6 1997–98 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 39 9 5 14 32 4 1 3 4 2 1997–98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22 5 2 7 4 — — — — — 1998–99 Springfield Falcons AHL 41 5 14 19 31 — — — — — 1998–99 Grand Rapids Griffins IHL 28 6 13 19 8 — — — — — 1999–2000 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 40 11 17 28 18 — — — — — 1999–2000 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 21 14 12 26 8 — — — — — 2000–01 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 61 26 34 60 48 4 2 1 3 2 2000–01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 2001–02 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 75 33 54 87 49 9 5 5 10 6 2001–02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL — — — — — 3 0 0 0 0 2002–03 Syracuse Crunch AHL 17 9 9 18 6 — — — — — 2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 4 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2003–04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 77 27 41 68 45 7 0 3 3 4 2004–05 Blues SM-l 51 22 21 43 46 — — — — — 2005–06 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 76 56 32 88 63 14 6 2 8 8 2005–06 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2006–07 San Antonio Rampage AHL 66 33 28 61 51 — — — — — 2006–07 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 9 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2007–08 ZSC Lions NLA 11 4 1 5 16 — — — — — 2007–08 EC Salzburg AUT 13 13 7 20 8 14 8 5 13 30 2008–09 Rødovre Mighty Bulls DEN 7 0 3 3 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Rødovre SIK DEN.2 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 38 15 15 30 18 — — — — — 2009–10 Malmö Redhawks Allsv 42 16 13 29 4 5 1 1 2 0 2010–11 KHL Medveščak Zagreb AUT 43 8 14 22 24 5 1 1 2 8 2010–11 KHL Medveščak Zagreb II CRO — — — — — 3 6 2 8 0 AHL totals 513 223 246 469 351 38 14 14 28 22 NHL totals 41 8 5 13 6 3 0 0 0 0

Awards and honours Award Year AHL All-Star Game 2002, 2006 John B. Sollenberger Trophy 2001–02 First All-Star Team 2005–06 Willie Marshall Award 2005–06 Les Cunningham Award 2005–06