Career
He was never selected in the National Hockey League Entry Draft. After playing four seasons of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II hockey at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, McDonough made his professional debut with the International Hockey League"s Flint Spirits in the 1986-1987 season. McDonough made the National Hockey League in the 1988-1989 season, playing in four games with the Los Angeles Kings.
Hubie McDonough was nominated as a finalist for the Hobey Baker Award his junior year at Saint Anselm College 1984-1985.
McDonough played 22 more games with the Kings in the 1989-1990 season before being traded to the New York Islanders, along with Ken Baumgartner, in exchange for Mikko Mäkelä. McDonough played 30 games with the Sharks that season, and then spent the remainder of his career in the minor leagues: seven seasons in the IHL, including four with the Orlando Solar Bears, and five games of the 2001-2002 season in the American Hockey League with his hometown Manchester Monarchs.
In his National Hockey League career, McDonough appeared in 195 games. He scored 40 goals and added 26 assists.
He also appeared in five playoff games with the Islanders in 1990, scoring one goal.
McDonough has been the Director of Hockey Operations for the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League since 2001.
