MacQueen Wins 400th Game

January 25, 2009 []

*Photo courtesy of Darren Metcalfe / OHL Images

Sarnia, ON -  Sarnia Sting Head Coach Dave MacQueen won his 400th career OHL game on Saturday night when the Sting beat the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4-2 in Sault Ste. Marie.

MacQueen, a native of Woodstock, ON, is in his 13th year in the OHL as a Head Coach.  He  began his Ontario Hockey League coaching career as Head Coach of the Peterborugh Petes in 1993 where he spent 3 years.  The Petes won the 1996 OHL Championship under MacQueen.

Following his championship run with the Petes, MacQueen spent two years (96-98) as the Assistant Coach with the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning working with Stanley Cup Champion (Calgary Flames) Head Coach Terry Crisp.

MacQueen would then come back to the OHL and spent the next 7 years with the Erie Otters.  He enjoyed success with the Otters winning an OHL Championship, a regular season title, as well as three consecutive Midwest Division Championships.  Also during his tenure with the Otters he would be named the OHL Coach of the Year in 2000-2001.

In 2005 MacQueen was named the Head Coach of the Sarnia Sting.  In his 2-plus seasons with the Sting he has won 95 games closing in on 3 seasons of 30-plus wins.

MacQueen enjoyed success in the OHL as a player as well.  He played three seasons in the OHL (76-79) spending two years in Ottawa before joining the Sudbury Wolves where he scored 60 goals in his final season in the league.  He would go on to enjoy a pro career spanning 7 seasons before retiring in 1986.

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