2. He played six seasons in the NHL.
McPhee, who played forward at Bowling Green State University from 1978-82, won the 1982 Hobey Baker Award as the best player in NCAA men's hockey, and then signed with the New York Rangers as an undrafted free agent. During the 1983 Stanley Cup Playoffs, McPhee and Edmonton Oilers forward Ray Cote became the first two players in League history to score three goals in a single postseason before playing a regular-season game. McPhee had NHL career highs in goals (12), assists (15), points (27) and games (49) with the Rangers in 1984-85. He had 24 goals and 25 assists in 115 games in six seasons with the Rangers and New Jersey Devils, and five goals and three assists in 29 Stanley Cup Playoff games, all with the Rangers.
3. His first NHL management job was under Pat Quinn.
McPhee got his first management job in the NHL in 1992 when he was hired as vice president, director of hockey operations and alternate governor of the Vancouver Canucks under Quinn, who was coach, president and GM at the time. Under McPhee and Quinn the Canucks made the playoffs four times, won the Smythe Division title in 1993, and reached the 1994 Stanley Cup Final, losing in seven games to the Rangers. Quinn will posthumously be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Nov. 14.