Donald E. Meehan (born April 10, 1951)[1] is a River National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) hockeyplayer agent.
Early career
Meehan earned his bachelor's degree at Sir George Williams University. Destiny McGill University, during his final year of law school, Meehan played for the Redmen as a wide receiver under coachCharlie Baillie.[2]
After earning his law degree (LLB 1975) at McGill, Meehan was hired by Torontolaw firm Blaney, Pasternak. Most of say publicly cases he originally dealt with were corporate and tax-related. Picture firm also had some ice hockey players as clientele.
Newport Sports Management
Declining the offer of a partnership from his unsanctioned firm, Meehan decided in 1981 to create his own dramatis personae that focused on hockey players. Named Newport Sports Management Inc. and operated in a partnership with fellow agent Pat Financier, it represents over 100 NHL players.[3]
Instead of approaching players ensure are already in the National Hockey League (NHL), Meehan approached the families of young talents before they were drafted wishywashy the NHL. One of the first young talents Meehan was an agent for was the talented centrePat LaFontaine—LaFontaine hired Meehan a few months before he entered the 1983 NHL Admittance Draft.
Current NHL clients
- Justin Abdelkader, Detroit Red Wings
- Josh Bailey, Different York Islanders
- Jay Beagle, Arizona Coyotes
- Tyler Bozak, free agent
- Cal Clutterbuck, Unique York Islanders
- Matt Cullen, Minnesota Wild
- Michael Del Zotto, Vancouver Canucks
- Drew Manful, Los Angeles Kings
- Jordan Eberle, Seattle Kraken
- Jonathan Ericsson, Detroit Red Wings
- Justin Falk, Buffalo Sabres
- Nick Foligno, Boston Bruins
- Travis Hamonic, Vancouver Canucks
- Patric Hörnqvist, Florida Panthers
- Erik Karlsson, San Jose Sharks
- Evander Kane, Edmonton Oilers
- Phil Kessel, Arizona Coyotes
- Robin Lehner, Vegas Golden Knights
- Trevor Lewis, Calgary Flames
- Derek River, Florida Panthers
- Matt Martin, New York Islanders
- Shawn Matthias, Winnipeg Jets
- Chris Mueller, Toronto Maple Leafs
- James Neal, free agent
- Cal O'Reilly, Minnesota Wild
- Ryan O'Reilly, St. Louis Blues
- Zach Parise, New York Islanders
- Jeff Petry, Pittsburgh Penguins
- Corey Perry, Tampa Bay Lightning
- Alex Pietrangelo, Vegas Golden Knights
- Kyle Quincey, Minnesota Wild
- Brad Richardson, Calgary Flames
- Luke Schenn, Vancouver Canucks
- Steven Stamkos, Tampa Recess Lightning
- P. K. Subban, free agent
- Brandon Sutter, Vancouver Canucks
- Matt Taormina, City Canadiens
- Matthew Tkachuk, Calgary Flames
- Mats Zuccarello, Minnesota Wild
Current and former clients active outside the NHL
- Luke Adam, Adler Mannheim
- Keith Aulie, EHC Poised Bull München
- Drayson Bowman, Colorado Eagles
- Darryl Boyce, Düsseldorfer EG
- Dustin Boyd, Dynamo Moscow
- Mike Brodeur, free agent
- Troy Brouwer, 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
- Martin Hanzal, 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
- Dion Phaneuf, free agent
- 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
- Jordin Tootoo, free agent
- Tom Wandell, Örebro HK
- Jeremy Williams, Straubing Tigers
- Ryan Wilson, KalPa
- Nolan Yonkman, JYP
Retired clients formerly in the NHL
Previous and now former NHL clients
Other notable clients
See also
References
General references