# John MacInnes (ice hockey)

John James MacInnes (July 1, 1925 – March 6, 1983) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender and NCAA hockey head coach. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.

## Playing career

MacInnes was a goalie at the University of Michigan, helping the Wolverines to a pair of league titles and a third-place finish at the 1950 NCAA championship. MacInnes also played for farm teams of the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings before becoming director of the Ann Arbor Amateur Hockey League. He held that position until leaving to become head coach at Michigan Technological University.

## Coaching career

MacInnes was the head coach of the Michigan Tech Huskies from the 1956-57 season through 1981-82. His teams won three NCAA championships and seven Western Collegiate Hockey Association titles during his 26 seasons as head coach. He was named NCAA Coach of the Year twice, after the 1969-70 and 1975-76 seasons. He was also named WCHA Coach of the Year 5 times, in 1960, 1962, 1966, 1971 and 1976.
His record as Michigan Tech's coach was 555-295-39.
During his final season as coach MacInnes' health began to fail and he announced in February that he would be stepping down at the end of the season. Less than a year later he died at the age of 57.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| Michigan Tech Huskies (WIHL) (1956–1958) ||||||
| 1956–57 | Michigan Tech | 14–9–5 | 8–8–4 | 4th | |
| 1957–58 | Michigan Tech | 11–16–1 | 5–15–0 | 7th | |
| Michigan Tech: | Michigan Tech: | 25–25–6 | 13–23–4 | | |
| Michigan Tech Huskies Independent (1958–1959) ||||||
| 1958–59 | Michigan Tech | 16–10–1 | | | |
| Michigan Tech: | Michigan Tech: | 16–10–1 | | | |
| Michigan Tech Huskies (WCHA) (1959–1981) ||||||
| 1959–60 | Michigan Tech | 21–10–1 | 15–6–1 | 2nd | NCAA runner-up |
| 1960–61 | Michigan Tech | 16–13–0 | 13–11–0 | 4th | WCHA Finals |
| 1961–62 | Michigan Tech | 29–3–0 | 17–3–0 | 1st | NCAA national champion |
| 1962–63 | Michigan Tech | 17–10–2 | 11–7–2 | 3rd | WCHA Semifinals |
| 1963–64 | Michigan Tech | 14–12–1 | 9–7–0 | 4th | WCHA Semifinals |
| 1964–65 | Michigan Tech | 24–5–2 | 12–5–1 | 2nd | NCAA national champion |
| 1965–66 | Michigan Tech | 23–6–1 | 15–4–1 | 1st | WCHA second round |
| 1966–67 | Michigan Tech | 18–11–1 | 14–7–1 | 3rd | WCHA second round |
| 1967–68 | Michigan Tech | 22–9–1 | 15–5–0 | 2nd | WCHA second round |
| 1968–69 | Michigan Tech | 21–9–2 | 14–5–1 | 1st | NCAA consolation game (loss) |
| 1969–70 | Michigan Tech | 19–12–3 | 12–7–3 | t-2nd | NCAA consolation game (loss) |
| 1970–71 | Michigan Tech | 25–6–2 | 18–4–0 | 1st | WCHA regional semifinals |
| 1971–72 | Michigan Tech | 16–17–1 | 11–15–0 | 7th | WCHA first round |
| 1972–73 | Michigan Tech | 24–13–1 | 16–10–0 | 5th | WCHA second round |
| 1973–74 | Michigan Tech | 28–9–3 | 20–6–2 | 1st | NCAA runner-up |
| 1974–75 | Michigan Tech | 32–10–0 | 22–10–0 | 2nd | NCAA national champion |
| 1975–76 | Michigan Tech | 34–9–0 | 25–7–0 | 1st | NCAA runner-up |
| 1976–77 | Michigan Tech | 19–18–1 | 15–16–1 | 6th | WCHA first round |
| 1977–78 | Michigan Tech | 25–14–1 | 21–11–0 | 3rd | WCHA second round |
| 1978–79 | Michigan Tech | 17–18–3 | 13–16–3 | 7th | WCHA first round |
| 1979–80 | Michigan Tech | 18–18–2 | 12–14–2 | 7th | WCHA first round |
| 1980–81 | Michigan Tech | 29–14–1 | 17–11–0 | t-2nd | NCAA third-place game (win) |
| Michigan Tech: | Michigan Tech: | 491–246–29 | 337–187–18 | | |
| Michigan Tech Huskies (CCHA) (1981–1982) ||||||
| 1981–82 | Michigan Tech | 23–14–3 | 16–11–1 | 3rd | CCHA consolation game (loss) |
| Michigan Tech: | Michigan Tech: | 23–14–3 | 16–11–1 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 555–295–39 | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

## Honors and awards

* U.P. Sports Hall of Fame (Charter member, March 11, 1972)
* Great Lakes Invitational Trophy named after MacInnes (December 12, 1982)
* Michigan Tech Sports Hall of Fame (Charter member, 1984)
* Won NHL's Lester Patrick Trophy (January 7, 1986)
* Michigan Tech's Student Ice Arena renamed the John J. MacInnes Student Ice Arena (August 1991)
* Legend of College Hockey Award from Hobey Baker Committee (April 17, 1999)
* United States Hockey Hall of Fame (August 15, 2007)