John William "Jack" McKenzie
joined the junior Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1949. … transferred to their senior team to assist them during bid for the Allan Cup. … won his first of three Allan Cups that year. … spent the following season with the Marlboros. … joined the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in 1951. … then was suspended by the Dutchmen when he tried to join the University of Toronto Blues. … instead played for his hometown Brandon Elks. … returned to the Dutchmen in 1952 and stayed with them through 1957. … winning his other two Allan Cups in the process. … represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics. ... was the team’s captain. … played in eight games, scored seven goals. … unanimously named in a poll of Olympic hockey officials as the best forward of the tournament, despite playing the majority of the games as a defenseman. ... moved to the Allan Cup champs Whitby Dunlops for 1957. … captured a gold medal at the 1958 World Ice Hockey Championships. … although he played several games with the Dutchmen that season as well. … returned during the 1958-1959 season for a final spell with the Dutchmen.
Career Statistics[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1948-49 | Brandon Wheat Kings | MJHL | 25 | 23 | 48 | 16 | ||||||||
| Memorial Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Statistics Unavailable | ||||||||
| 1949-50 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Jr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Sr | Statistics Unavailable | ||||||||||||
| Allan Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Statistics Unavailable | ||||||||
| 1950-51 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA-Sr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1951-52 | Brandon Elks | BSIHL | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1952-53 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| Allan Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Statistics Unavailable | ||||||||
| 1953-54 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1954-55 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | 50 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 0 | |||||||
| Allan Cup | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Statistics Unavailable | ||||||||
| 1955-56 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | 48 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
| Olympics Games | 8 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
| 1956-57 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | 49 | 24 | 25 | 49 | 0 | |||||||
| 1957-58 | Whitby Dunlops | OHA-Sr | 13 | 17 | 30 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| World Championship | Statistics Unavailable | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||||||
| 1958-59 | Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | OHA-Sr | 36 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 45 | |||||||
Awards & Achievements[]
- Manitoba Junior Hockey League First All-Star Team (1949)
- Turnbull Cup Manitoba Junior Hockey League Championship (1949)
- Abbott Cup Western Canada Junior A Championship (1949)
- Ontario Hockey Association Senior A Championship (1950, 1953, & 1955)
- Eastern Canada Senior Hockey Championship (1950, 1953, & 1955)
- Allan Cup Canada Senior Hockey Championship (1950, 1953, & 1955)
- Played in Olympics Winter Games (1956), winning Bronze Metal
- Western Ontario Senior Hockey League Championship (1957)
- Played in IIHF World Championship (1958), winning Gold Metal
- Ontario - Northern Ontario Senior Hockey League Championship (1959)