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Immigrant of the Day: GEORGE MCPHEE (Canada)

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Mcphee GEORGE MCPHEE, General Manager and Vice President of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League, grew up in Canada. He was a highly decorated college ice hockey player and received the Hobey Baker Memorial Award, which is given to the game’s top college player.

McPhee played pro for seven years in the NHL for the New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils. Here are his career stats.  He then moved into management: first with the Vancouver Canucks and then with the Washington Capitals. In his first season as the Caps’ general manager (1997), McPhee took them on their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals.