Jack Lynch

John Alan Lynch (born May 28, 1952 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins 24th overall in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft, Lynch also played for the Detroit Red Wings and Washington Capitals.
He played junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals and debuted with the Penguins in 1972-73. The next year he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings. That stay only lasted about a year when he was traded to the expansion Washington Capitals in the 1974-75 season.
Lynch played for the Capitals into the 1978-79 season. A knee injury in 1977 finally caught up to him in 1979. He was sent down to the Hershey Bears and retired at the end of the season.
==Career statistics==
<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="5">Regular season</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"> </th>
 <TH ALIGN=center colspan="5">Playoffs</th>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
 <TH ALIGN=center>Season</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Team</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>League</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>GP</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>G</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>A</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Pts</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>PIM</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>GP</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>G</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>A</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>Pts</th>
 <TH ALIGN=center>PIM</th>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1970–71</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Oshawa Generals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>OHA</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>60</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>29</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>47</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>86</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1971–72</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Oshawa Generals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>OHA</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>59</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>38</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>56</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>55</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1972–73</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Hershey Bears</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>AHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>26</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>17</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>21</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>26</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>28</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1972–73</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Pittsburgh Penguins</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>47</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>18</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>19</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>40</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1973–74</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Hershey Bears</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>AHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>20</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>10</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>24</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1973–74</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Pittsburgh Penguins</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>17</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>0</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>21</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1973–74</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Detroit Red Wings</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>35</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>3</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>12</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>27</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1974–75</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Detroit Red Wings</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>50</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>15</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>17</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>46</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1974–75</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Washington Capitals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>20</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>16</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1975–76</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Washington Capitals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>79</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>22</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>78</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1976–77</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Washington Capitals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>75</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>5</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>25</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>30</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>90</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1977–78</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Washington Capitals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>29</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>8</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>9</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>4</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center>
 <TD ALIGN=center>1978–79</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Hershey Bears</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>AHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>20</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>7</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>13</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>8</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#f0f0f0">
 <TD ALIGN=center>1978–79</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>Washington Capitals</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>NHL</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>30</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>2</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>6</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>8</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>14</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
 <TD ALIGN=center>—</td>
</tr>
<TR ALIGN=center bgcolor="#e0e0e0">
 9 seasons
 NHL total
 
 382
 24
 106
 130
 336
 0
 0
 0
 0
 0
</tr>
</table>
==External links==
*Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
*Profile at legends of hockey.net
*Profile at hockeydb.com
Category:Born in 1952
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Oshawa Generals alumni
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
Category:Pittsburgh Penguins players
Category:Washington Capitals players
Category:Hershey Bears players
Category:Retired in 1979