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Canadiens coach Al MacNeil behind his team’s Montreal Forum bench during a 1971 game. MacNeil died on Sunday at age 89. The native of Sydney, Nova Scotia won the Stanley Cup three times with the ...

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.

In 1971, head coach Al MacNeil ... Rogie Vachon had been the No. 1 goalie for the Canadiens that season before Dryden was called up from the AHL’s Montreal Voyageurs with Phil Myre as his ...

Al MacNeil behind the Habs bench during the Stanley Cup final on June 9, 1971. He went to the minors next season. Allan R. Leishman Montreal Star files Al MacNeil, who coached the Canadiens to the ...

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 ...

The Calgary Flames have announced the passing of the team's first coach and former team executive, Al MacNeil. MacNeil, who played 524 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens ...

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 ...

He won his first Cup as a rookie head coach of the Montreal Canadiens in 1971 and third and fourth NHL championships as the team’s Director of Player Personnel in 1978 and 1979. MacNeil’s name ...

The Flames said in a news release Monday that Al MacNeil died Sunday in Calgary. No cause of death was provided.