Evan McGrath
Doug’s oldest child is his daughter Maddison. Even she couldn’t stray from the family business. She has shared a photo of herself on the ice as a child wearing a hockey helmet and gloves with a stick in hand and figure skates.
While hockey wasn’t Maddison’s chosen vocation, it is her husband’s. She is married to hockey player, Evan McGrath. That makes McGrath Doug’s son-in-law.
Unlike Gilmour’s biological sons, McGrath was drafted to the NHL. That came in 2004, when he was a Detroit Red Wings fourth round draft choice, going 128th overall. The 37-year-old center didn’t make it beyond the AHL.
After four years of trying to break through the AHL ceiling, McGrath went to play in Sweden. He was there for five years before spending a year in Switzerland. In 2016-17 McGrath moved to the ICE Hockey League in Austria and then continued his tour of Europe the following season playing in Germany. 2018-19 was McGrath’s final season overseas when he played in the British Elite League in the United Kingdom.
According to Linked In, McGrath came back to Niagara, ON and began working in a very different industry. He started to and continues to offer his clients assistance as a wealth advisor. Despite the work he does, McGrath remains closely connected to hockey. He returned to the OHL this year for the first time since he played for the Kitchener Rangers.
McGrath was hired by Jake’s former team, the IceDogs. They hired him to join their Operations team in a Player Development role.
Hopefully for Niagara, McGrath can help them win a Memorial Cup, just like he did with the Rangers.