John McKenzie (ice hockey)
John Albert McKenzie ( born December 12, 1937 in High River, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ), who from 1958 to 1979 for the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League and played for the Philadelphia Blazers and Vancouver Blazers, Minnesota Fighting Saints, Cincinnati Stingers and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association.
Career
At age 19, he left his native Alberta and moved to the St. Catharines Teepees, where he led scorers list before the slightly younger Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita.
His NHL debut came in the season 1958/59 for the Chicago Blackhawks. After the breakthrough he had not succeeded in its first year, the Detroit Red Wings took him in Intra -League Draft to season 1959/60. After a full year in the NHL, he commuted between Detroit and the Hershey Bears of the AHL. 1962 brought the Blackhawks him back, but he was still employed in the AHL, now with the Buffalo Bisons. The season 1963/64 he was playing in the NHL, and except for a short trip to the St. Louis Braves in the CPhl he remained now in the NHL. In the summer of 1965 he moved to the New York Rangers, who passed on him after half a year to the Boston Bruins.
In Boston, he finally found a home. In his second year there, he was placed in a row with Fred Stanfield and Johnny Bucyk and developed with 30 years to become a leading scorer. In the season 1969/70 he was the first time in the top ten scorers in the NHL and won with the Bruins to Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito his first Stanley Cup. For his opponents, he was not very popular. He often appealed to the version they lost, but in physical confrontations he himself was rarely involved. This he left the physically stronger teammates. In the 1970/71 season he achieved a personal best with 77 points and the following year he won his second Cup with the Bruins.
The following year, he was appointed from the newly formed World Hockey Association, where he hired at the Philadelphia Blazers. As one of the experienced players in the team, he also was one of the best scorers. He was also in the squad of the Canadian team that represented the WHA in the 1974 Summit Series against the national team of the Soviet Union.
For the 1975/76 season he joined the Minnesota Fighting Saints. After the team was disbanded in February, he played the season with the Cincinnati Stingers to an end. When they took on a new start in Minnesota in and tried as many familiar faces to present the squad, he was also there again. After the recent defeat he moved to the New England Whalers. Here he remained two and a half years. When the WHA was dissolved and four teams were added to the NHL, finished the now 42 -year-old 's career. For the Whalers, he had left such a lasting impression that his jersey was not awarded with the number 19. In addition to JC Tremblay of the Nordiques Quebec and Frank Finnigan of the Ottawa Senators and he is the third player whose number has been blocked by an NHL team, though he had for this team never played in the NHL. After moving the Whalers the number at the Carolina Hurricanes was awarded again. Nelson Emerson was the first player who wore that number for the franchise in the NHL.
Statistics
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1970 and 1972
Personal Awards
- Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy: 1958
- AHL First All -Star Team: 1963
- NHL Second All-Star Team: 1970
- Participate in the NHL All-Star Game: 1970 and 1972