Don McKenney

Don McKenney (born April 30, 1934, Smiths Falls, Ontario) is a retired Canadian forward.
Don McKenney played junior hockey and became Captain of the Barrie Flyers from 1950 to 1953, winning the Memorial Cup in 1951 and 1953.
He turned pro in 1953-54 with the Hershey Bears. The following season Don McKenney was brought up to the Boston Bruins and was a leading regular for nine seasons. A pillar of the Bruins powerful offense of the late 1950s, McKenney led Boston in scoring 3 times, finished in the NHL Top 10 for 4 seasons and topped the 20 goal mark seven times. His clean, elegant style of play won him the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1960. McKenney also led the NHL in assists in 1959-60, and played in six National Hockey League All-Star Games while with the Bruins. Don McKenney was chosen Captain of the Boston Bruins in 1961. The new Captain of the Bruins was not able to stem the slide Boston endured during the early 1960s. This downturn marked the low point of the proud franchises fortunes. In retrospect, McKenney played with some of the the best and worst editions of the Bruins.
McKenney was traded to the New York Rangers in February 1963 for Dean Prentice. About a year later, he was sent to the Toronto Maple Leafs with Andy Bathgate for Bob Nevin, Dick Duff, and three others. McKenney won the Stanley Cup in 1964 with the Leafs.
After that year his career waned downhill. He was claimed by the Detroit Red Wings in 1965. The St. Louis Blues chose him in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft. But most of his time was spent in the minor pros. He retired in 1970.
In the NHL he scored 237 goals and 345 assists in 798 regular season games. In 58 playoff games he scored 18 goals and 29 assists.
He was an assistant coach of Northeastern University and Head Recruiter from 1970 to 1988. He was their head coach from 1989 to 1991. He was inducted in the Northeastern Hall of Fame in 2000.
==Gallery==
1955-Don_Mckenney.jpg|McKenney in his rookie season.
29Mar1955-McKenney_Johnson_Olmstead_Plante.jpg|Bruins Don McKenney and Canadiens Jacques Plante, Tom Johnson and Bert Olmstead during Game 4 of the 1955 Semi-finals, March 29, 1955.
10Apr1958-Topp_Plante.jpg|Jacques Plante deflects the puck past Jerry Toppazzini as Don Marshall and Don McKenney look on during Game 2 of the 1958 Stanley Cup Finals, April 10, 1958.
1960-McKenney gold pants.jpg|Don McKenney wearing the road uniform with gold pants in 1958.
12Oct1958-Mckenney_gold_Johnson.jpg|Don McKenney shoots past Canadiens Tom Johnson during the Bruins 4-2 win on October 12, 1958. McKenney is wearing the new gold pants introduced in 1958.
1964-McCord_McKenney_Schock.jpg|Bob McCord, Leafs Don McKenney and Ron Schock in 1964-65 action.
1967-Dec27-Melynk goal.gif|Gerry Melnyk from Don McKenney and Red Berenson, December 27, 1967.
==Video==
One minute clip of Marc Reaume hitting Don McKenney resulting in Reaume being knocked out, November 30, 1957.
NHL Nov. 30, 1957 Marc Reaume,TOR v Don McKenney,BOS (hit) Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins
Silent footage from the Bruins-Red Wings game on January 31, 1959. Over six minutes of game play and goals by Gordie Howe, Jim Morrison and Earl Reibel are shown. More silent footage from the Bruins-Red Wings game on March 14, 1959 in which the Red Wings Stu McNeill scores his only NHL goal, a goal by Don McKenney to tie the score 2-2 and two goals by John Bucyk for a 4-2 Bruins win are shown.
Detroit vs Boston
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