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Univeristy of Minnesota - DuluthYear: 1986See School Profile Page
Norm Maciver is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. He is currently an assistant general manager for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). As a player, he played defense for six teams in the NHL during a thirteen-year professional career. The defenseman played four seasons with the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he sparked Minnesota-Duluth to a pair of Western Collegiate Hockey Association championships (1983-85), three NCAA playoff berths (1982-85), and a 199-50-9 overall record during his four-year stay. Maciver became just the fourth Bulldog to attain All-American distinction on more than one occasion (1984-86) and the first to land All-WCHA acclaim three times (first team in 1984-86, second team in 1983-84). Maciver signed with the New York Rangers for the 1986-87 season, commencing a prolonged National Hockey League career. Maciver has played for six NHL teams including Hartford (1988-89), Edmonton (1989-92), Ottawa (1992-95), Pittsburgh (1995), Winnipeg (1995-96) and Phoenix (1996-present). He played 500 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 55 goals and 230 assists for 285 points and collecting 350 penalty minutes. A career highlight came during the Ottawa Senators’ debut season of 1992–93, when Maciver led the team in scoring with 17 goals and 46 assists for 63 points in 80 games. In the spring of 1996, he scored the final goal in Winnipeg Jets’ history prior to the team’s relocation to Phoenix, Arizona, scoring in the sixth game of a first round playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings. After retirement, Maciver served an assistant coach for the American Hockey League’s Springfield Falcons from 2000 to 2003 and the NHL’s Boston Bruins from 2003 to 2006. In 2006, Maciver was hired by the NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks to serve as the club’s director of player development, and was promoted to director of player personnel in 2011. After Marc Bergevin left the club to become the general manager of the Montreal Canadians for the 2012-13 season, Maciver was promoted to assistant general manager. Inducted into the U of MN Duluth Athletic Hall of Fame, 1997. Hold Minnesota-Duluth’s second all-time scoring leader among defensemen (191 point in 165 games). Recipient of Minnesota-Duluth’s Outstanding Male Senior Athlete Award, 1986.

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