Allister Wences "Al" MacNeil - Born September 27, 1935 in Sydney, Nova Scotia - Died January 5, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta was a Canadian ice Hockey defenceman, coach, general manager and executive.

- Sutherland Cup Champion 1952, 1953 with Weston Dukes.

- Memorial Cup Champion 1955, 1956 (captain) with Toronto Marlboros.
- George Richardson Memorial Trophy Champion 1955, 1956 (captain) with Toronto Marlboros.
- J. Ross Robertson Cup Junior Champion 1955, 1956 (captain) with Toronto Marlboros.

- Eastern Professional Hockey League Champion 1961 with Hull-Ottawa Canadiens.
Voted EPHL Best Defenceman and named to EPHL First All-Star Team 1961.

- Calder Cup Champion 1972, 1976, 1977 with Nova Scotia Voyageurs (coach).
Calder Cup finalist 1960, 1973.

- F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Champion 1970 with Montreal Voyageurs (coach), 1973, 1976, 1977 with Nova Scotia Voyageurs (coach).

- Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial Award Winner 1972, 1977 with Nova Scotia Voyageurs.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1971 with Montreal Canadiens (coach), 1978, 1979 with Montreal Canadiens (Director of Player Personnel), 1989 with Calgary Flames (assistant general manager).
Stanley Cup finalist 1965.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1962 with Montreal Canadiens, 1978, 1979 with Montreal Canadiens (Director of Player Personnel).

- 1976 Canada Cup Champion with Team Canada (assistant coach).

MacNeil made his NHL debut with Toronto Maple leafs on January 28, 1956 vs New York Rangers at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 3-1 Rangers win.

MacNeil scored his 1st NHL goal vs Jacques Plante of Montreal Canadiens at 15:56 of 1st period on December 26, 1956 at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 1-0 Toronto win.

When MacNeil was playing for the Black Hawks in 1965-66, their goalie Glenn Hall had 2 assists at seasons end to MacNeil's 1, which Al would later quip - 'I know how that happened. Hall played all of our power-plays.'

MacNeil played in 524 regular season NHL games, scoring 17 goals (2 GWG), 75 assists with 615 penalty minutes and 37 NHL playoff games, having 4 assists with 65 penalty minutes.

While playing with the Houston Apollos and AHL Montreal Voyageurs in his final 2 seasons playing, he was also their coach, leading the Voyageurs to AHL East Division championship in 1969-70.

Now fully retired, MacNeil became the Montreal Canadiens assistant coach in 1970, being promoted to head coach in early December 1970, then guided the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup championship in 1971 as a rookie coach.
He became the first native of Atlantic Canada to coach an NHL team.

After some conflict within the organization, MacNeil resigned from the Canadiens in June 1971, and was then named coach and general manager of the AHL Nova Scotia Voyageurs, the Canadiens farm team, staying with them until 1977.

As the head coach and general manager of the Montreal Canadiens' farm team, he guided the Nova Scotia Voyageurs to three Calder Cup Championships in 1972, 1976 and 1977. He was named American Hockey League Coach of the Year in both 1972 and 1977.

While MacNeil was coaching the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, Scotty Bowman asked MacNeil to join him on the bench at the 1976 Canada Cup as a assistant coach.

MacNeil was again a assistant coach at the 1981 Canada Cup.

MacNeil then became the NHL Atlanta Flames coach in their final season 1979-80 before moving to Calgary, Alberta . He was the Calgary Flames 1st coach, staying coach until May 1982. MacNeil was later named assistant general manager of the Flames.

Al MacNeil was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame 1980.

Al MacNeil was inducted into the Cape Breton Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.

Al MacNeil was inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame in 2014.