Mike Keane

Three-time Stanley Cup champion and former captain of the Montreal Canadiens and Manitoba Moose.

Michael John Keane (born May 29, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Undrafted, Keane played over 1,100 games in the National Hockey League from 1988 until 2004. He then played five seasons for his hometown Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League until he retired in 2010. Keane is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, having won with the Montreal Canadiens in 1993, Colorado Avalanche in 1996, and the Dallas Stars in 1999. On September 3, 2013, the Winnipeg Jets announced the hiring of Keane as Assistant of Player Development.

Lore & Background

Keane began his junior hockey career in the Junior A Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) with the Winnipeg South Blues. He then joined the major junior ranks in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Moose Jaw Warriors. Undrafted out of junior hockey, Keane signed as a free agent on September 25, 1985, with the Montreal Canadiens and started his NHL career in 1988. He helped the Canadiens to a Stanley Cup championship in 1993. He spent eight seasons in Montreal and was captain of the team from April 1995 to December 1995. During the 1995–96 NHL season, Keane was traded along with Patrick Roy to the Colorado Avalanche. He won his second Stanley Cup that season. He signed with the New York Rangers, then was traded to the Dallas Stars, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 1999. He started the 2001–02 NHL season with the St. Louis Blues but finished that season back with Colorado. Keane stayed in Colorado until he left for the Vancouver Canucks at the start of the 2003–04 NHL season. After the 2004–05 lockout, Keane signed with the Manitoba Moose for the 2005–06 AHL season. He was named captain in 2005 and remained Manitoba's captain until July 20, 2010. Keane's number 12 jersey was retired February 12, 2011, when the Manitoba Moose took on the San Antonio Rampage at Bell MTS Place.

Reader's Guide

Keane competed for Team Canada at the 1987 World Junior Championships in Czechoslovakia. While playing for the gold medal against the Soviet Union, both teams were disqualified as a result of the infamous Punch-up in Piestany.