Al MacNeil

Allister Wences "Al" MacNeil (September 27, 1935 – January 5, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, coach, and executive who played 524 games in the National Hockey League. He was a four-time Stanley Cup winner and the first native of Atlantic Canada to serve as a head coach in the NHL. MacNeil won three Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens: first as the team's rookie head coach in 1971, and then back-to-back as Director of Player Personnel in 1978 and 1979. He returned to coaching in 1979, becoming the last head coach of the Atlanta Flames and then the first head coach of the Calgary Flames in 1980. As an NHL head coach with the Canadiens and Flames, his career record was 160–134–55. He won his final Stanley Cup as assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames in 1989.

MacNeil also won three Calder Cup Championships as general manager and head coach of the Canadiens' farm team, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, in 1972, 1976, and 1977. He was twice named American Hockey League Coach of the Year, in 1972 and 1977. In 2014, his coaching career was recognized with induction into the AHL Hall of Fame.