MacNeil never won the Stanley Cup as a player, but his name was tapped into the trophy four times, 1971 with the Canadiens; ...

It was MacNeil, likely with some input from Canadiens general manager Sam Pollock, who took the calculated risk of starting ...

“Fine,” I shot back, “but we have to give it a name; like Stanley.” Shirley remembered a Detroit friend who ran a Monopoly tourney and so her tarnished silver hunk became the T.J. Rugg Trophy.

CALGARY, Alberta -- Al MacNeil, a former NHL player who won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He ...

After winning Stanley Cup in 1971, he was replaced by Scotty Bowman after disagreements with Henri Richard and John Ferguson.

Al MacNeil, a former NHL player who won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 89. The Calgary ...

A pivotal moment in the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals came when Pittsburgh Penguins owner Mario Lemieux sent a motivational text to his team the night before Game 7.

He was a first-year coach of the Canadiens when the team won the Stanley Cup in 1971. MacNeil was Montreal’s director of player personnel for Stanley Cup wins in 1978 and 1979. MacNeil won three ...

CALGARY — Al MacNeil, a former NHL player and Stanley Cup-winning coach, has died at age 89. The Flames said in a press release Monday that MacNeil died Sunday in Calgary. No cause of death was ...

Al MacNeil, a former NHL player who won the Stanley Cup as coach of the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 89. The Calgary Flames announced Monday that MacNeil died a day earlier ...