Mike McMahon
INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 8, 1995.
BORN IN BROCKVILLE, MIKE ENJOYED ALL SPORTS WHEN HE WAS YOUNG BUT HOCKEY WAS HIS FAVOURITE. HE PLAYED WITH THE BROCKVILLE JUNIORS, THEN WAS WITH THE ORIGINAL MAGEDOMAS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THIS TEAM WHEN THEY WERE IN THE ALLAN CUP SEMI-FINALS IN 1936. MIKE WENT ON THE PLAY FOR THE CORNWALL FLYERS AND THE QUEBEC ACES BEFORE GETTING HIS CALL UP TO THE NHL. MIKE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MONTREAL CANADIENS STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS IN 1943-44 AND 1945-46.
UPON RETIREMENT, MIKE BECAME A REFEREE IN THE AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE. IN 1950-51 MIKE REGAINED HIS AMATEUR STATUS PLAYING INTERMEDIATE HOCKEY WITH THE FORT ERIE SPEAR’S CHEWS AND THEY WENT ON TO THE ONTARIO INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
