Introduction
Michael Walsh (born April 3, 1962) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). After four seasons playing for Colgate University's men's ice hockey team, Walsh spent the first two seasons of his professional career with Malmö IF in Sweden. Towards the end of the 1985–86 season he returned to North America, playing in two games for the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League (AHL). Walsh signed a contract in the off-season with Springfield's parent team, the New York Islanders, and played the next four seasons with the organization. He played in 14 games over parts of two NHL seasons with the Islanders. After the 1989–90 season, during which he was a member of Springfield's Calder Cup winning team, Walsh played a season in Italy for SG Cortina. He played two more seasons in the AHL before retiring after the 1992–93 season. Following his playing career Walsh became a head coach, coaching at the Tilton School and currently Proctor Academy.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1980–81 | Colgate Red Raiders | ECAC | 35 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Colgate Red Raiders | ECAC | 26 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Colgate Red Raiders | ECAC | 24 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Colgate Red Raiders | ECAC | 35 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Malmö IF | Sweden 3 | 33 | 41 | 23 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1985–86 | Malmö IF | Sweden 2 | 31 | 44 | 24 | 68 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1985–86 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 67 | 20 | 26 | 46 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 77 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 68 | 31 | 34 | 65 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | New York Islanders | NHL | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 69 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 43 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1990–91 | SG Cortina | Serie A | 36 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 49 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | ||
| 1991–92 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 76 | 27 | 24 | 51 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 14 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||