Al MacIsaac (born October 10, 1967) is a former Canadian professional

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executive and player. He is the former Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations of the

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of the

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. He was employed by the Chicago Blackhawks from 2000-2021 and previously served as Senior Director of Hockey Administration/Assistant to the President. He resigned in 2021, in the wake of the 2010 Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. A native of

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, he attended

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where he graduated in 1991. He was awarded the STFXU Student/Athlete of the Year award for his senior year and inducted into the St. Francis Xavier University Sports Hall of Fame in 2016. MacIsaac was the

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' 12th-round selection in the

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. He played for the

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as a defenseman in 1991–92. In 1993, MacIsaac joined the Admirals as assistant general manager and in 1996 he was named general manager. MacIsaac has won seven titles in his career, including the 2010, 2013, and 2015 Stanley Cups with the

and the

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Championship with the

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in 1993. He won the

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with the Guelph Platers (OHL), the 1992

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with Hampton Roads, and the 1998 Kelly Cup with Hampton Roads (as General Manager). He is a member of the Guelph City Sports Hall of Fame with the 1986 Guelph Platers team and also was selected as a member of the Norfolk Admirals Hall of Fame in 2008. In 2014, MacIsaac was inducted into the ECHL Hall of Fame.

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* 1967 births Living people Baltimore Skipjacks players Buffalo Sabres draft picks Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cape Breton Oilers players Chicago Blackhawks executives Guelph Platers players Hampton Roads Admirals players Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia Memorial Cup winners People from Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Regina Pats players St. Francis Xavier X-Men ice hockey players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1960s-stub