Mike O'Neill (ice hockey)

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Mike O'Neill
Born (1967-11-03) November 3, 1967 (age 56)
LaSalle, Quebec, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for
NHL Draft
1988 NHL Supplemental Draft
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 1989–2001

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.[1]

O'Neill played four years at

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.[citation needed
]

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.[citation needed]

O'Neill was signed as a free agent by Anaheim and made his debut on December 11, 1997 against Pittsburgh relieving Mikhail Shtalenkov halfway throu 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

In 2000–01, he played for the

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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.[2]

Awards and honors

Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1986–87 [3]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1988–89 [3]
AHCA East First-Team All-American 1988–89 [4]

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

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-15.
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  3. ^ a b "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

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