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Club 1974:
Vancouver Blazers
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John McKenzie
# 23, Team CANADA 1974
Club: Vancouver Blazers
Position: RW Shoots:
Right
Height: 5-09 Weight: 170
Born: 12/12/1937 in High River, Alberta
Johnny (Pie) McKenzie was one of the great characters in the world of professional hockey. A rodeo rider in the off-season (until he ruptured his spleen doing so!) John broke into the NHL in 1958-59 with the Chicago Black Hawks. He then spent several seasons bouncing between the minors, and the Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers.
In 1965 John was traded to the Boston Bruins and it is there that he really found his home. Given a chance to play on a regular basis "Pie" rounded into a capable goal scorer, and defensive player. McKenzie was also a battler who would never hesitate to drop his gloves and fight anyone. He was a key member of the Bruins Stanley Cup winning teams in 1969-70, and 1971-72 playing on their second line with John Bucyk and Fred Stanfield. In the summer of 1972 McKenzie joined the rush of NHL players who jumped to the WHA, signing a large contract with the Philadelphia Blazers. John would end up playing 7 full seasons in the WHA before retiring in the spring of 1979.
Billy Harris was hoping "Pie" would add some veteran savvy to Team Canada. McKenzie had an outstanding training camp playing on a line with Bobby Hull, and Andre Lacroix. McKenzie's role was to be the corner man, getting the puck to Hull, the legendary goal scorer, or Lacroix the brilliant playmaker. McKenzie started the series playing this role to perfection. He opened the scoring in the series in the 1st period of game 1. Late that same game with Team Canada trailing 3-2, John dug the puck out to Andre Lacoix who set up Hull for the game tying goal. In game 2 McKenzie had a pair of assists. After that however things went downhill. Johnny began taking penalties, either unable or unwilling to control his temper when provoked. As the penalties climbed his play fell off. By the time of game 7 McKenzie had been moved to the fourth line, replaced by Tom Webster. He finished the series with 1 goal, and 3 assists.
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Career Statistics
| Competitions |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| NHL Reg. Season |
691 |
206 |
268 |
474 |
917 |
| NHL Playoffs |
69 |
15 |
32 |
47 |
133 |
| WHA Reg. Season |
477 |
163 |
250 |
413 |
623 |
| WHA Playoffs |
33 |
14 |
15 |
29 |
42 |
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CAREER HIGHLIGTS:
- Played in the professional hockey leagues: 1958-79
- Pro hockey clubs:
NHL: Chicago, Detroit, NYR, Boston; WHA: Philadelphia, Vancouver, Minnesota, Cincinnati, New England
- Stanley Cups (2): 1970, 1972
- NHL awards:
NHL All Star (2nd Team) 1970
PERFORMANCE IN THE 1974 SUMMIT
Statistics
| GP |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
PIM |
| 7 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
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Scoring History| Game | Period | Time | Scoring | Notes | | Game 1 | 1 | 12:13 | Goal | | | Game 1 | 3 | 02:18 | Assist | GTG | | Game 2 | 1 | 10:49 | Assist | GWG, PPG | | Game 2 | 2 | 02:50 | Assist | |
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Penalties History| Game | Period | Time | Description | | Game 1 | 2 | 04:24 | crosschecking | | Game 3 | 2 | 01:24 | roughing | | Game 3 | 2 | 05:49 | roughing | | Game 4 | 3 | 07:30 | elbowing | | Game 4 | 3 | 10:26 | hooking | | Game 5 | 2 | 01:52 | hooking |
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