Mike O'Neill

Michael Anthony O'Neill (born November 3, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career O'Neill was born in LaSalle, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1979 and 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from LaSalle.

O'Neill played four years at Yale University before spending the 1989–90 season with Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga. He was drafted 15th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1988 NHL Supplemental Draft while he was at Yale University. He joined the Jets' farm system when he returned to North America in 1990–91.

O'Neill mainly played for the Moncton Hawks of the AHL and the Fort Wayne Komets of the IHL, only playing a few times for the Jets in the 1991–92 and 1992–93 seasons. In the 1993–94 season, he made 17 appearances for the Jets posting a 0–9–1 record. O'Neill returned to the minors and, in 1995–96, made 74 appearances with the Baltimore Bandits, an AHL record.

O'Neill was signed as a free agent by Anaheim and made his debut on December 11, 1997 against Pittsburgh relieving Mikhail Shtalenkov halfway through the second period, allowing 3 goals on 10 shots. He played mainly for the Long Beach Ice Dogs in the IHL. He then signed with the Washington Capitals as a free agent in August 1997 and played 47 games for the Portland Pirates of the AHL in 1997–98.

O'Neill played for EC VSV in Austria in the 1998–99 season before returning to North America to play for the Long Beach Ice Dogs and the Michigan K-Wings during 1999–00 season.

In 2000–01, he played for the Sheffield Steelers of the British Ice Hockey Superleague, and won the B&H Cup, the Challenge Cup, the League Championship and the Playoff Championship.

O'Neill retired from professional hockey following the 2000–01 season. O'Neill holds the record for the most NHL career games without a win.

Awards and honors Award Year All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1986–87 All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1988–89

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1982–83 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 20 7 8 5 1198 107 0 5.34 .855 1 0 0 20 3 0 9.00 — 1983–84 Lac St-Louis Lions QMAAA 22 13 7 2 1307 80 0 3.67 .894 2 1 1 109 10 0 5.50 — 1985–86 Yale University ECAC 6 3 1 0 389 17 0 3.53 — — — — — — — — — 1986–87 Yale University ECAC 16 9 6 1 964 55 2 3.42 — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Yale University ECAC 24 6 17 0 1385 101 0 4.37 — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Yale University ECAC 25 10 14 1 1490 93 0 3.74 — — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Tappara Tampere FIN 44 — — — — — — 3.10 .902 7 3 4 419 31 0 4.44 .867 1990–91 Moncton Hawks AHL 30 13 7 6 1613 84 0 3.12 .896 8 3 4 435 29 0 4.00 — 1990–91 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 8 5 2 1 490 31 0 3.80 — — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 1 0 0 0 13 1 0 4.62 .857 — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Moncton Hawks AHL 32 14 16 2 1902 108 1 3.41 .897 11 4 7 670 43 1 3.85 .891 1991–92 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 33 22 6 3 1858 97 4 3.13 — — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 2 0 0 1 73 6 0 4.93 .824 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Moncton Hawks AHL 30 13 10 4 1649 88 1 3.20 .905 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Winnipeg Jets NHL 17 0 9 1 738 51 0 4.15 .866 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Moncton Hawks AHL 12 8 4 0 716 33 1 2.76 .902 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 11 4 4 3 642 38 0 3.55 .869 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 28 11 12 4 1603 109 0 4.08 .857 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 21 13 4 4 1256 64 1 3.06 .903 9 4 5 535 33 0 3.70 .889 1995–96 Baltimore Bandits AHL 74 31 31 7 4250 250 2 3.53 .889 12 6 6 689 43 0 3.75 .897 1996–97 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 1 0 0 0 31 3 0 5.81 .700 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 45 26 12 6 2644 145 1 3.29 .886 1 0 0 7 0 0 0.00 1.000 1997–98 Portland Pirates AHL 47 16 18 10 2640 135 1 3.07 .904 6 2 3 305 16 0 3.15 .893 1998–99 EC Villacher SV ALP 22 — — — — — — 2.39 — — — — — — — — — 1998–99 EC Villacher SV AUT 20 — — — — — — 2.53 — — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 25 7 12 5 1423 71 0 2.99 .894 1 0 1 59 3 0 3.01 .875 1999–00 Michigan K-Wings IHL 4 1 1 0 155 6 1 2.33 .919 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Sheffield Steelers BISL 30 — — — 1603 64 0 2.40 — 7 — — 420 16 — 2.28 .890 NHL totals 21 0 9 2 856 61 0 4.28 .859 — — — — — — — —