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Don McKenney was born on 30 April, 1934 in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, is a Canadian ice hockey player and coach (1934–2022). Discover Don McKenney's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 88 years old?

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Age 88 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 30 April, 1934
Birthday 30 April
Birthplace Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada
Date of death 19 December, 2022
Died Place Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada

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Don McKenney Height, Weight & Measurements

At 88 years old, Don McKenney height is 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) and Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb).

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Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Don McKenney Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Don McKenney worth at the age of 88 years old? Don McKenney’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from Canada. We have estimated Don McKenney's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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1934

Donald Hamilton McKenney (April 30, 1934 – December 19, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey forward and coach.

1952

McKenney finished second in team scoring in 1952 and third in 1953.

1953

In 1953, McKenney was named captain of the Flyers, and led them to their second and final Memorial Cup championship.

McKenney made his professional debut with the Bruins' American Hockey League Hershey Bears farm team in the 1953–54 season.

Injuries hampered his play that season, although he played well in the playoffs where the Bears made the Calder Cup finals, losing in six games to eventual champions Cleveland Barons.

1954

He played in the National Hockey League between 1954 and 1968 with five teams, mostly with the Boston Bruins.

After retiring he worked as a coach for Northeastern University for over twenty years.

Noted as a smooth and classy player, McKenney was signed as a teenager by Harold Cotton, the longtime head scout for the Boston Bruins.

He played junior hockey for the OHA Barrie Flyers (a team that was, as was common in the era, sponsored by the Bruins), coached by future Bruins' general manager Hap Emms.

A baseball prospect who attracted the interest of the Brooklyn Dodgers, McKenney mulled over signing with the Dodgers in the 1954 offseason but opted to continue his hockey career.

McKenney was promoted to the Bruins in 1954, and made an immediate impact; he led the team in scoring in 1954–55, finishing second in Calder Memorial Trophy voting for rookie-of-the-year behind Ed Litzenberger of Chicago.

Over the next seven seasons, McKenney led Boston in scoring three more times (and never finished lower than third in team scoring), while his clean, elegant style—and skill as a defensive forward and penalty killer—gained recognition.

1957

He finished in the top four in league voting for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (awarded for sportsmanship combined with a high level of performance) six straight seasons between 1957 and 1962, won the award in 1960, and was named to play in the All-Star Game in each of those seasons.

1958

In the spring of 1958, McKenney married fellow Smiths Falls, Ontario native and Ottawa schoolteacher, Margaret Gendron.

1959

1959–60 proved to be McKenney's best season; in addition to the Lady Byng win, he led the league in assists, finished 8th in NHL scoring, and was voted to the Third All-Star Team.

1960

1960 was also the start of the worst stretch in Bruins' history, when the team would miss the playoffs seven seasons in a row, the longest such stretch in NHL history before the 1967 NHL Expansion.

1961

While McKenney was named team captain in 1961 after long-time captain Fern Flaman was named as player-coach of the AHL Providence Reds, he was traded to the New York Rangers two seasons later.

By then in decline as a point scorer, he was dealt the season following to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

1964

While he was briefly rejuvenated, scoring a point per game for Toronto in 1964 in both the regular season and playoffs en route to the Leafs winning the Stanley Cup (McKenney's sole NHL championship), his decline continued the next season, and the Leafs sent McKenney down to their Rochester Americans minor league team.

Following that season, Toronto released him outright, and he was claimed on waivers by the Detroit Red Wings.

1965

McKenney played only sporadically for the Red Wings, spending most of his time in the 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons with their Pittsburgh Hornets AHL affiliate.

1967

When the NHL expanded in 1967, McKenney was drafted in the 9th round of the expansion draft by the St. Louis Blues, a team that focused on drafting veteran players.

He played effectively for the Blues, scoring 29 points in 39 games, before a knee injury caused management to send him down to the minors to rehab; it would prove to be his final NHL action.

1968

Hired as a player-assistant coach by the Providence Reds, McKenney led Providence in scoring in 1968–69, and retired after the 1969–70 season.

1970

In 1970, his playing career over, McKenney joined longtime Bruins teammate Fern Flaman on the coaching staff of the Northeastern University Huskies men's hockey team.

Don McKenney served nearly two decades as assistant coach and head recruiter.

1980

The couple settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, where they raised three Northeastern graduates, daughters Valerie and Deborah and son Scot, who played for the Huskies men's hockey team in the early 1980s.

McKenney died on December 19, 2022, at the age of 88.

1989

Don McKenney assumed head coaching duties in 1989.

1991

Upon retirement in 1991, Northeastern honoured his career with the creation of the Don McKenney Coach's Award, presented in appreciation for dedication, loyalty and friendship to the Northeastern University hockey program.

1999

McKenney was inducted in the Northeastern Hall of Fame in 1999.

He concluded his active life in hockey as a part-time scout for the NHL Colorado Avalanche.