Shot Left Height 1.93 m Positions Winger Role Ice hockey player Career end 2004 | Name Jim McKenzie Career start 1989 Playing career Weight 100 kg | |
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Born November 3, 1969 (age 54)
Gull Lake, SK, CAN ( 1969-11-03 ) NHL Draft 73rd overall, 1989
Hartford Whalers Played for Hartford Whalers, Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
James P. McKenzie (born November 3, 1969 in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He is the current head coach of the USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks after being hired midway through the 2011/12 season.
Selected 73rd overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers, McKenzie has also played for the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils, and Nashville Predators. In his 15 season in the National Hockey League, McKenzie played 880 regular season games, scoring 48 goals and 52 assists for 100 points and collecting 1739 penalty minutes, he also played in 51 playoff games, scoring no points and collecting 38 penalty minutes. He won the Stanley Cup with New Jersey in 2003.
When he was traded away from Hartford he autographed several signs and walls on his way out of the Hartford Civic Center.