Name – George McPhee
Born – July 2, 1958 Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Playing Career

1976-1978 – Guelph Holody Platers
1978 -1982 – Bowling Green State University
1982-1983 – Tulsa Oilers
1982-1984 – New York Rangers
1984-1985 – New Haven Nighthawks
1985-1988 – New Jersey Devils
1988-1989 – Utica Devils
1988-1989 – New Jersey Devils

Highlights

  • Hobey Baker Award (Best College Player) winner in 1982
  • Scored three goals a 1983 playoff game without playing a single regular season game in the NHL that season

Managerial Career

1992-1997 – VP and Director of Player Operations – Vancouver Canucks
1997-2014 – General Manager/VP of Hockey Operations – Washington Capitals
2015-2016 – Special Advisor to the General Manager – New York Islanders
2016 – Co-GM of Team Canada in the IIHF World Championship

Highlights

  • Eastern Conference Championship in 1997-98
  • 121 point season in 2009-2010
  • Longest tenure in Capitals GM history
  • Seven division championships, eight 40 win season, 10 playoff appearances in 17 season as GM
  • Drafted Alexander Ovechkin 1st overall in 2004
  • 2004 “Fire Sale” in which he traded captain Steve Konowalchuk, Jaromir Jagr, Peter Bondra, Sergei Gonchar, and Michael Nylander. Team made playoffs three seasons later winning division in 2007.
  • Six different coaches in 17 years. (Ron Wilson, Bruce Cassidy, Glen Hanlon*, Bruce Boudreaux, Dale Hunter, and Adam Oates)

Personal

Son, Graham, selected 149th overall in the 5th round to the Edmonton Oilers in 2016 Draft