CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — 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 ...

Never a star on the blue line, MacNeil gained both fame and infamy while coaching the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup. Never able to speak French, MacNeil was resented ...

It was MacNeil, likely with some input from Canadiens general manager Sam Pollock, who took the calculated risk of starting Dryden against the powerhouse Bruins in 1971. And it was MacNeil who rode ...

Al MacNeil, who rode turbulent waves to coach the Montreal Canadiens to the 1971 Stanley Cup championship in a great upset, died Sunday surrounded by family in a Calgary hospital. He was 89.

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

The Calgary Flames are mourning the passing of Al MacNeil, their original head coach, a longtime executive and a staple around the Saddledome into his late 80s. MacNeil, whose name is engraved ...

Al MacNeil, a former NHL D-man who died, was part of the Flames for over two decades, won three Stanley Cups and captured three Calder Cups with the Canadiens' AHL affiliate. Al MacNeil ...