Don McKenney

Donald Hamilton "Don" McKenney ( born April 30, 1934 in Smith Falls, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( center ), who from 1954 to 1968 for the Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and St.. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League.

Career

McKenney played during his junior time at the Barrie Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association, along with Doug Mohns and Don Cherry. His first experience at senior level, he gained in the American Hockey League with the Hershey Bears, where he played one season.

From the 1954/55 season he played for the Boston Bruins. Thanks to its elegant running style and the deft handling of the stick, he secured a regular place. In the second half of the 1950s he was one of the best scorers of the Bruins and made it four times in a row among the top ten scorers in the NHL. Since he hardly got time penalties at the same time, he was in 1960 awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy.

During the season 1962/63 he is for Dean Prentice to the New York Rangers. His time at Rangers was short, for in the course of the following season brought him, along with Andy Bathgate, the Toronto Maple Leafs. With the Maple Leafs, he won at the end of the season the Stanley Cup. The following year, the Leafs sent him for a few games in the AHL with the Rochester Americans. After the end of the season, the Leafs parted from him and handed him off to the Detroit Red Wings.

Only 24 games he played in two years for Detroit, mostly he was with the Pittsburgh Hornets in the AHL. When NHL Expansion Draft 1967 it overtook the St. Louis Blues. Again, he had to go farm team, the Kansas City Blues in the Central Professional Hockey League again. In the playoffs, he stood in the first few games in the squad and could yet in the series against the Philadelphia Flyers score a goal and an assist to contribute. The team reached the finals series, however, it lost to the Montreal Canadiens as expected. He played the next two years with the Providence Reds in the AHL before he finished his career.

From 1970 he was the assistant coach for the Northeastern University in Boston, behind the gang. He remained loyal to the team for many years and was head coach from 1989 to 1991.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

Personal Awards

  • Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 1960
  • Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 and 1964
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