Don Meehan
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Donald E. Meehan (born April 10, 1951)[1] is an influential Canadian National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) hockey player agent.
Early career
Meehan earned his bachelor's degree at Sir George Williams University. At McGill University, during his final year of law school, Meehan played for the Redmen as a wide receiver under coach Charlie Baillie.[2]
After earning his law degree (LLB 1975) at McGill, Meehan was hired by Toronto law firm Blaney, Pasternak. Most of the cases he originally dealt with were corporate and tax-related. The firm also had some ice hockey players as clientele.
Newport Sports Management
Declining the offer of a partnership from his law firm, Meehan decided in 1981 to create his own company that focused on hockey players. Named Newport Sports Management Inc. and operated in a partnership with fellow agent Pat Morris, it represents over 100 NHL players.[3]
Instead of approaching players that are already in the National Hockey League (NHL), Meehan approached the families of young talents before they were drafted by the NHL. One of the first young talents Meehan was an agent for was the talented centre Pat LaFontaine—LaFontaine hired Meehan a few months before he entered the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.
Current NHL clients
- Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings
- Dave Backes, Anaheim Ducks
- Josh Bailey, New York Islanders
- Jay Beagle, Washington Capitals
- Tyler Bozak, St. Louis Blues
- Troy Brouwer, Florida Panthers
- Cal Clutterbuck, New York Islanders
- Matt Cullen, Minnesota Wild
- Michael Del Zotto, Vancouver Canucks
- Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
- Jordan Eberle, New York Islanders
- Jonathan Ericsson, Detroit Red Wings
- Justin Falk, Buffalo Sabres
- Eric Fehr, San Jose Sharks
- Nick Foligno, Columbus Blue Jackets
- Dan Girardi, New York Rangers
- Mike Green, Detroit Red Wings
- Dan Hamhuis, Dallas Stars
- Travis Hamonic, Calgary Flames
- Martin Hanzal, Dallas Stars
- Patric Hörnqvist, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Erik Karlsson, San Jose Sharks
- Evander Kane, San Jose Sharks
- Chris Kelly, Anaheim Ducks
- Phil Kessel, Arizona Coyotes
- Robin Lehner, Vegas Golden Knights
- Trevor Lewis, Los Angeles Kings
- Henrik Lundqvist, New York Rangers
- Derek MacKenzie, Florida Panthers
- Matt Martin, New York Islanders
- Shawn Matthias, Winnipeg Jets
- Matt Moulson, Buffalo Sabres
- Chris Mueller, Toronto Maple Leafs
- James Neal, Calgary Flames
- Johnny Oduya, Philadelphia Flyers
- Cal O'Reilly, Minnesota Wild
- Ryan O'Reilly, St. Louis Blues
- Zach Parise, Minnesota Wild
- Jeff Petry, Montreal Canadiens
- Corey Perry, Dallas Stars
- Dion Phaneuf, Los Angeles Kings
- Alex Pietrangelo, St. Louis Blues
- Kyle Quincey, Minnesota Wild
- Brad Richardson, Arizona Coyotes
- Bobby Ryan, Ottawa Senators
- Luke Schenn, Arizona Coyotes
- Steven Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning
- P. K. Subban, New Jersey Devils
- Brandon Sutter, Vancouver Canucks
- Matt Taormina, Montreal Canadiens
- Matthew Tkachuk, Calgary Flames
- Jordin Tootoo, Chicago Blackhawks
- Daniel Winnik, Minnesota Wild
- Mats Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild
Current and former clients active outside the NHL
- Luke Adam, Adler Mannheim
- Keith Aulie, EHC Red Bull München
- Drayson Bowman, Colorado Eagles
- Darryl Boyce, Düsseldorfer EG
- Dustin Boyd, Dynamo Moscow
- Mike Brodeur, free agent
- Brett Carson, SaiPa
- Matt Corrente, free agent
- Nikita Filatov, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
- Alexander Frolov, Amur Khabarovsk
- Nicklas Grossmann, Södertälje SK
- Matthew Halischuk, free agent
- Jarome Iginla, free agent
- Ryan Jones, Kölner Haie
- Andrei Kostitsyn, Kunlun Red Star
- Sergei Kostitsyn, HC Dinamo Minsk
- Maxim Lapierre, HC Lugano
- Chad LaRose, Orlando Solar Bears
- Brandon McMillan, Dinamo Riga
- Brendan Mikkelson, Luleå HF
- Kris Newbury, Fischtown Pinguins
- Mike Ribeiro, free agent
- Mike Richards, free agent
- Mike Santorelli, Genève-Servette HC
- James Sheppard, Eisbären Berlin
- Nick Spaling, Genève-Servette HC
- Viktor Stalberg, EV Zug
- Henrik Tallinder, free agent
- Tom Wandell, Örebro HK
- Jeremy Williams, Straubing Tigers
- Ryan Wilson, KalPa
- Nolan Yonkman, JYP
Retired clients formerly in the NHL
- Colby Armstrong
- Jason Arnott
- Alex Auld
- Todd Bertuzzi
- Paul Bissonnette
- Francis Bouillon
- Tim Brent
- Eric Brewer
- Patrice Brisebois
- Ilya Bryzgalov
- Gregory Campbell
- Luca Caputi
- Dan Carcillo
- Erik Christensen
- Wendel Clark
- David Clarkson
- Mike Commodore
- Matt Cooke
- Ryan Craig
- Matt Ellis
- Steve Eminger
- John Erskine
- Tim Gleason
- Matt Greene
- Scott Hannan
- Josh Harding
- Derian Hatcher
- Kristian Huselius
- Pat LaFontaine
- Mike Johnson
- Curtis Joseph
- Ed Jovanovski
- Pascal Leclaire
- Brian Lee
- David Legwand
- Nicklas Lidström
- Trevor Linden
- Al MacInnis
- Dave Manson
- Brad May
- Jay McKee
- Fredrik Modin
- Travis Moen
- Ethan Moreau
- Evgeni Nabokov
- Scott Niedermayer
- Eric Nystrom
- Patrick O'Sullivan
- Nathan Oystrick
- Michael Peca
- Chris Pronger
- Brandon Prust
- Wade Redden
- Brad Richards
- Craig Rivet
- Bryan Rodney
- Mike Sillinger
- Steve Staios
- Matt Stajan
- Jarret Stoll
- Jason Strudwick
- Brent Sutter
- Andy Sutton
- Danny Syvret
- José Théodore
- Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
- Mike Van Ryn
- Scott Walker
- Stephen Weiss
- Jeff Woywitka
Previous and now former NHL clients
- Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
- Nik Antropov, Atlanta Thrashers [2], Andy Strickland, June 19, 2009.
Other notable clients
- Ron MacLean, Host of Hockey Night in Canada[4]
- Vladislav Tretiak, Former Soviet national and CSKA Moscow goaltender, Goaltender consultant for the Chicago Blackhawks
See also
- David Falk, one of the most influential NBA agents.
- Scott Boras, one of the most influential Major League Baseball agents.
References
- Who's who: player agents
- Newport Sports Management Inc.
- Playing the Game: Don Meehan Win Respect and Top Salaries
- Oilers regret having to trade Ryan Smyth
- Hab's Perezhogin signs with Russian team
- Markov Inks Four-Year Deal With Habs
- Sutter Silent on Coach, Player Contracts
- Avalanche adds a true warrior in Ryan Smyth[permanent dead link]
- Buffalo Sabres re-sign Maxim Afinogenov to multi-year contract[permanent dead link]
- In the Spotlight: Stoll dominates faceoffs for Oilers[permanent dead link]
- The Stanley Cup: Adams savors his Stanley Cup experience[permanent dead link]
- Sundin hard to fit under salary cap
- Capitals' Ovechkin Fires Agent Meehan