Career
After playing hockey at the junior level for the Kenora Thistles, Allison caught the attention of the Sudbury Wolves, who made him their first draft pick in the 1978 OHL Draft. Allison began his National Hockey League career the very next season in 1980-1981, and his first season proved to be his most productive. He scored a goal on his very first shot on goal, on 9 October 1980, and two days later scored his first hat trick against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
lieutenant would prove to be the only hat trick of Allison"s entire career.
Playing on a line with Ulf Nilsson and Anders Hedberg for the first half of the season, Allison finished the season as the Rangers" rookie leader in scoring, and in fact established team records for rookie assists (38) and points (64), although the records were surpassed the following season by Mark Pavelich. Allison played 5 more seasons for the Rangers, but a series of knee injuries prevented him from playing a full season again while in New New York
In the summer of 1986 he was traded to the Maple Leafs for Walt Poddubny, and for only the second time played a full National Hockey League season. By this point in his career, knee injuries had made Allison adjust his playing style, to be more of a defensive player, often playing killing penalties, and less of an aggressive forward.
In spite of this, he still was a strong contributor for the Maple Leafs in the 1986-1987 National Hockey League Playoffs.
Early in the 1987-1988 National Hockey League season Allison was traded to the Los Angeles Kings for Sean McKenna. After playing three more partial seasons with the Kings, Allison retired from the National Hockey League after the 1989-1990 National Hockey League season. From 1995 to 1998, Allison spent three seasons providing color commentary on Kings" radio broadcasts, during which time he also became involved with the Kings" youth hockey camp, becoming co-director
In 1999, the two Allison brothers founded their own hockey camp in Fort Frances, A & A Hockey Camps, and Mike Allison served as an instructor there through 2003.
On 27 September 2003, Mike Allison was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in Thunder Bay, Ontario.