Mike Watt (ice hockey)

Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Watt (born March 31, 1976) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for four different National Hockey League teams.

Mike Watt was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in the second round, 34th overall. He spent the next three seasons playing in the NCAA for Michigan State University. He joined the Oilers for the 1997–98 season. Watt appeared in 14 games for the Oilers in 1997 98, recording 3 points. On June 18, 1998, he was traded to the New York Islanders in exchange for Eric Fichaud. Watt would play 120 games for Isles. He was placed on waivers and claimed by the Nashville Predators on May 23, 2000. After only 18 games with the Preds, he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Mikhail Chernov on May 24, 2001. After joining Philadelphia, he suffered a shoulder injury during an exhibition game. He did not play again in the NHL until he suited up for five games for the Carolina Hurricanes in 2002–03. In 2003, he moved to Europe, spending two seasons in the Russian Super League with SKA St. Petersburg and one season in Sweden's Elitserien with Leksands IF.

In 2014, he became an assistant coach with the Amarillo Bulls of the North American Hockey League for one season. He then joined the Bloomington Thunder in the United States Hockey League as an assistant. He became the head coach of the team formerly known as the Thunder, the Central Illinois Flying Aces, in 2017, a position he held until the team folded in 2019. In 2021, he was named the head coach of the Vermilion County Bobcats expansion team in the Southern Professional Hockey League, but left after one game.

Watt was born in Seaforth, Ontario and raised in Egmondville, Ontario.

Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1990–91 Seaforth Centenaires OHA D 39 15 23 38 43 — — — — — 1991–92 Stratford Cullitons MWJHL 40 5 21 26 103 — — — — — 1992–93 Stratford Cullitons MWJHL 45 20 35 55 100 — — — — — 1993–94 Stratford Cullitons MWJHL 48 34 34 68 165 — — — — — 1994–95 Michigan State University CCHA 39 12 6 18 64 — — — — — 1995–96 Michigan State University CCHA 37 17 22 39 60 — — — — — 1996–97 Michigan State University CCHA 39 24 17 41 109 — — — — — 1997–98 Edmonton Oilers NHL 14 1 2 3 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 63 24 25 49 65 9 2 2 4 8 1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 75 8 17 25 12 — — — — — 1998–99 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL — — — — — 2 1 0 1 2 1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 45 5 6 11 17 — — — — — 1999–00 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 16 6 11 17 6 7 1 1 2 4 2000–01 Nashville Predators NHL 18 1 1 2 8 — — — — — 2000–01 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 60 20 20 40 48 5 1 2 3 6 2001–02 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 53 11 13 24 38 5 2 1 3 6 2002–03 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 61 9 14 23 35 — — — — — 2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2003–04 SKA St. Petersburg RSL 57 11 13 24 77 — — — — — 2004–05 SKA St. Petersburg RSL 47 6 6 12 54 — — — — — 2005–06 Leksands IF SHL 23 5 2 7 30 — — — — — 2006–07 Muskegon Fury UHL 68 35 44 79 32 11 13 6 19 4 2006–07 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2007–08 Muskegon Fury UHL 49 17 32 49 27 — — — — — AHL totals 194 50 63 113 144 23 6 4 10 20 NHL totals 157 15 26 41 41 — — — — —