Ron Meighan

Ron James Meighan (born May 26, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Biography Meighan was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1975 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Gloucester, Ontario. He was awarded the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the most outstanding defenceman in the Ontario Hockey League, during the 1981–82 OHL season.

He was drafted in the first round, 13th overall, by the Minnesota North Stars in the 1981 NHL entry draft. He played forty-eight games in the National Hockey League: seven with the North Stars in the 1981–82 season and forty-one more with the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1982–83 season.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 61 3 10 13 20 10 0 0 0 6 1980–81 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL 63 8 27 35 92 12 0 0 0 14 1981–82 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL 58 27 41 68 85 4 0 4 4 9 1981–82 Minnesota North Stars NHL 7 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1982–83 North Bay Centennials OHL 29 19 22 41 30 — — — — — 1982–83 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 41 2 6 8 16 — — — — — 1983–84 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 75 4 16 20 36 — — — — — OMJHL/OHL totals 211 57 100 157 227 16 0 4 4 23 NHL totals 48 3 7 10 18 — — — — —