Hubie McDonough

Who is Hubie McDonough?

Hubert B. McDonough is a retired American professional ice hockey centre. He was never selected in the NHL Entry Draft.

After playing four seasons of NCAA Division II hockey at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, McDonough made his professional debut with the International Hockey League's Flint Spirits in the 1986–87 season. McDonough made the National Hockey League in the 1988–89 season, playing in four games with the Los Angeles Kings. Hubie McDonough won the Hoby Baker Award his senior year at St. Anselm College 1985-1986. The award is given to the best player in all of college hockey.

McDonough played 22 more games with the Kings in the 1989–90 season before being traded to the New York Islanders, along with Ken Baumgartner, in exchange for Mikko Mäkelä. After McDonough played 139 games with the Islanders over three seasons, they traded him to the San Jose Sharks for cash before the 1992–93 season.

McDonough played 30 games with the Sharks that season, and then spent the remainder of his career in the minor leagues: seven seasons in the IHL, including four with the Orlando Solar Bears, and five games of the 2001–02 season in the American Hockey League with his hometown Manchester Monarchs.