Bob MacMillan
Canadian forward, politician, and brother of Bill MacMillan.
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Robert Lea MacMillan is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. He later served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. MacMillan helped the Calgary Flames reach the NHL playoff semifinals for the first time in 1981.
Hockey career
MacMillan played in the 1964 and 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a Charlottetown minor team. He was drafted 15th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. On December 12, 1977, he was traded from the St. Louis Blues to the Atlanta Flames with Dick Redmond, Yves Bélanger and a second-round pick for Phil Myre, Curt Bennett and Barry Gibbs. After retiring, he coached senior hockey in Charlottetown and made a brief comeback, dressing for two games with the Charlottetown Islanders in 1987–88 and scoring four points.
Career statistics and honours
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1969–70 | Charlottetown Islanders | MJrHL | 40 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 20 | 13 |
| 1969–70 | Charlottetown Islanders | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 11 |
| 1970–71 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 59 | 41 | 62 | 103 | 93 | 15 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 24 |
| 1971–72 | St. Catharines Black Hawks | OHA | 39 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| 1972–73 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 75 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 1973–74 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 78 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 81 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| 1974–75 | Providence Reds | AHL | 46 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 1974–75 | New York Rangers | NHL | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976–77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 19 | 39 | 58 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977–78 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 28 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977–78 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 52 | 31 | 21 | 52 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978–79 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 77 | 37 | 71 | 108 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979–80 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 77 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1980–81 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 77 | 28 | 35 | 63 | 47 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| 1981–82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1981–82 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 57 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 71 | 19 | 29 | 48 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 71 | 17 | 23 | 40 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 36 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1984–85 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86 | Charlottetown Islanders | NBSHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986–87 | Charlottetown Islanders | NBSHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987–88 | Charlottetown Islanders | NBSHL | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WHA totals | 153 | 27 | 61 | 88 | 129 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 753 | 228 | 349 | 577 | 260 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 16 | ||
International
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Bob MacMillan (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
Did You Know?
- His son Logan MacMillan was the first-round pick (19th overall) of the Anaheim Ducks in the 2007 NHL entry draft.
- He currently owns and operates The Sport Page Club, a sports bar in downtown Charlottetown.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Bob MacMillan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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