Kyle MacKinnon (born October 28, 1987) is an

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professional

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player. He is currently an

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who most recently played with the Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

Playing career

MacKinnon attended Providence College where he played four seasons (2007-2011) of college hockey with the NCAA Division I

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team, scoring 70 points and registering 79 penalty minutes in 137 career games. He MacKinnon made his professional debut during the 2010–11 season playing in the

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with the Providence Bruins. After solidifying his career in the AHL in two seasons with the St. John's IceCaps, MacKinnon signed as a free agent on a two-year contract with his third AHL club, the

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on July 8, 2015. MacKinnon's tenure with the Gulls was largely interrupted through injury, limiting him to just 32 games over two seasons. On June 7, 2017, MacKinnon left the AHL as a free agent and signed his first contract abroad with

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club, Straubing Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on a one-year agreement.

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