Career
McDougal was drafted 76th overall in the 1978 National Hockey League Amateur Draft by the New York Rangers. He played just three games for the Rangers and instead played mostly with the New Haven Nighthawks of the American Hockey League. In 1981, McDougal joined the Hartford Whalers where during the 1982-1983 National Hockey League season, he scored 8 goals and 10 assists in 55 games.
He however spent the majority of his tenure in the AHL with the Binghamton Whalers and eventually retired in 1984.