Blair MacDonald

Quick Facts

Full Name	Blair MacDonald
Occupation	Ice Hockey Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 17, 1953(1953-11-17)
Age	71
Birthplace	Cornwall
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Blair MacDonald Biography

Blair MacDonald is one of the most popular and richest Ice Hockey Player who was born on November 17, 1953 in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Blair Neil Joseph “B. J.” MacDonald (born 17 November 1953, in Cornwall, Ontario) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association between 1973 between 1973 and 1983. Most famously, he is known for his experience playing for the Edmonton Oilers, the club where he played the bulk of his professional career. It was also the place where he played as Wayne Gretzky’s initial teammates when he began Gretzky’s NHL career.

In 1979 and 1980, Edmonton joined the NHL as part of the WHA merger The NHL was a part of the WHA merger, and MacDonald was to have the best season that he had ever experienced. In the style of Gretzky the defender would close the year with 48 and 46 assists, resulting in 94 points which was good enough for 10th place in the league. He was also chosen as a representative of the Oilers in the 1981 NHL All-Star Game. With only 6 penalty minutes throughout the season, he placed 4th on the ballot to win the Lady Byng Trophy as the league’s gentlemanliest player, which was ultimately was won by Gretzky.

Despite scoring fairly regularly when in the Canucks’ lineup, MacDonald would have a tumultuous tenure in Vancouver where his lack of grit and defensive play failed to endear him to the coaching staff. He scored 18 goals and 33 points in 59 games for the Canucks in 1981–82, but was briefly assigned to the minors for the first time in his career and then barely played in the playoffs as the Canucks reached the Stanley Cup Finals. He would appear in only 17 games for the Canucks in 1982–83, spending most of the season in the minors before being released at the end of the year.

After being released by the Canucks, MacDonald spent three more seasons playing in Austria before retiring in 1986. He finished his career with 91 goals and 100 assists for 191 points in 219 NHL games, and added 171 goals and 165 assists for 336 points in 476 games in the WHA.

In 1977-78, MacDonald was traded back to the Oilers and he had another great season, scoring the score of 68 and 34 goals. At the beginning of the 1978-79 season Edmonton made a deal with 17-year-old superstar Wayne Gretzky, who dominated the game for nearly two decades. As the Oilers the top right-winger, and an excellent shooter, MacDonald became one of Gretzky’s most frequent wingers alongside Brett Callighen and ended the season scoring 34 goals, and also a record-setting 70 points.

Blair MacDonald Net Worth

Blair MacDonald is one of the richest Ice Hockey Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Blair MacDonald 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

MacDonald enjoyed a successful rookie season as a professional in 1973-74. He finished the season scoring 45 and 21 goals across the 78 games he played. He recorded nearly identical numbers in 1974-75 in which he scored scores of 22 points and 44 goals. After a slow beginning to the campaign of 1975-76 the team was relegated with the Indianapolis Racers, where he found his scoring form and ended the season with a record-setting 26 goals. In 1976-77, he grew into a star player for the Racers with the team leading with 34 goals, and ending the season with 64 points. Then, he scored 15 points in the span of nine games during the playoffs.

After a phenomenal final season of junior hockey for the Cornwall Royals of the QMJHL during which MacDonald scored 63 goals over 64 contests, MacDonald was selected 86th overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft. But he was picked 30th overall by Edmonton Oilers from their rival World Hockey Association in their draft, and decided to skip the NHL to join Edmonton.

MacDonald continued to produce well in 1980–81, but ultimately lost his place on the Oilers’ top line with the development of talented young players like Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson, and especially Finnish star Jari Kurri, who would form the most lethal scoring duo in the league with Gretzky for most of the 1980s. At the trade deadline, MacDonald was dealt to the Vancouver Canucks, where he responded well with 14 points in 12 games to finish the season with 24 goals and 57 points in 63 games between Edmonton and Vancouver.

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Blair Ranked on the list of most popular Ice Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Blair MacDonald celebrates birthday on November 17 of every year.