Andrew McBain

Andrew Burton McBain (born January 18, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. McBain played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League between 1983 and 1994.

Andrew McBain
Born (1965-01-18) January 18, 1965
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Winnipeg Jets
Pittsburgh Penguins
Vancouver Canucks
Ottawa Senators
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 8th overall, 1983
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19831996
International medals
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Canada
World Championship
1989Ice hockey

Playing career

As a youth, McBain played in the 1977 and 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.[1]

McBain was selected 8th overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets after scoring 120 points in junior hockey the previous season for the North Bay Centennials. He stepped straight into the NHL in 1983–84 at the age of just 18, and turned in a promising rookie campaign with 11 goals and 19 assists for 30 points in 78 games.

McBain would struggle to build off his rookie campaign, however, and slumped to just 7 goals and 22 points in 1984–85. After scoring just 3 goals in 28 games to start the 1985–86 campaign, he suffered a serious knee injury which required surgery and ended his season. He returned in 1986–87 to post 11 goals and 32 points for the Jets, but was considered a disappointment to that point in his career.

However, McBain's career would take an upward turn when he was placed on a line with superstar center Dale Hawerchuk for the 1987–88 season and was finally able to show the talent which had made him such a high draft pick, finishing the year with 32 goals and 31 assists for 63 points. He proved especially deadly on the powerplay, where his 20 goals ranked him amongst the league leaders. He would be even better in 1988–89, as he recorded career highs of 37 goals and 40 assists for 77 points, and again scored 20 goals on the powerplay. At the conclusion of the season, he represented Canada at the 1989 World Ice Hockey Championships, and helped the team to a silver medal with 6 goals in 10 games.

Following the season, though, McBain was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins in a move which would ultimately derail his career. Expected to be another offensive weapon on a star-studded Penguin team, McBain was beaten out for a scoring-line right wing spot by rookie Mark Recchi and found himself mired on the team's fourth line. He scored only 5 goals and 14 points in 41 games for Pittsburgh before being dealt mid-season to the Vancouver Canucks. He wouldn't fare any better in Vancouver, and finished the season with just 9 goals and 23 points in 67 games.

In 1990–91, McBain was assigned to the minors for the first time in his career, and spent most of the next two seasons in the IHL with the Milwaukee Admirals. He appeared in just 19 games for the Canucks over that stretch, scoring only one goal.

NHL expansion in the early 1990s provided an opportunity for McBain to get his career back on track, and he signed with the Ottawa Senators for their inaugural season in 1992–93. He appeared in 59 games for the Senators, scoring 7 goals and 23 points. He fared better in 1993–94, with 11 goals in 55 games for Ottawa, his highest total since 1989. At the end of the season, however, he was released.

McBain spent two more seasons toiling in the IHL before retiring in 1996. He finished his NHL career with totals of 129 goals and 172 assists for 301 points in 608 games, along with 633 penalty minutes.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1980–81 Aurora Tigers OPJHL 4316213721
1981–82 Niagara Falls Flyers OHL 6819254435 50334
1982–83 North Bay Centennials OHL 67338712061 826817
1983–84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 7811193037 32020
1984–85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 777152245 71010
1985–86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 2833617
1986–87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 71112132106 902210
1987–88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74323163145 525729
1988–89 Winnipeg Jets NHL 8037407771
1989–90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 41591451
1989–90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 2645922
1990–91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1305532
1990–91 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 4727245169 625712
1991–92 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 65245478132 512310
1991–92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 61010
1992–93 New Haven Senators AHL 10114
1992–93 Ottawa Senators NHL 597162343
1993–94 Ottawa Senators NHL 551181964
1993–94 Prince Edward Island Senators AHL 2661016102
1994–95 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 62152742111 803333
1995–96 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 7715153085 502210
NHL totals 608129172301633 24571239

International statistics

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1989 Canada WC 106288
Senior totals 106288

Awards

  • OHL Second All-Star Team (1983)

Transactions

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
Preceded by
Jim Kyte
Winnipeg Jets first round draft pick
1983
Succeeded by
Bobby Dollas
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