Derek MacKenzie
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Derek MacKenzie is a professional ice hockey
player who currently plays for the National Hockey League
's Columbus Blue Jackets
. He was drafted 128th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers
in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
. In the 2008 off-season he signed a two year two way deal with the Blue Jackets.
His father, Ken MacKenzie
, is the former coach of the Sudbury Wolves
in the Ontario Hockey League
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who currently plays for the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
's Columbus Blue Jackets
Columbus Blue Jackets
The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
. He was drafted 128th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers
Atlanta Thrashers
The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season...
in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft
1999 NHL Entry Draft
The 1999 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 26 at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts. According to Sports Illustrated and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in talent in years, headed by Patrik Stefan and the Sedin twins. However, the...
. In the 2008 off-season he signed a two year two way deal with the Blue Jackets.
His father, Ken MacKenzie
Ken MacKenzie
Kenneth Purvis "Ken" MacKenzie is a Canadian former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Milwaukee Braves , New York Mets , St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , and Houston Astros . MacKenzie is a member of the Yale Class of 1956...
, is the former coach of the Sudbury Wolves
Sudbury Wolves
The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World...
in the Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Sudbury Wolves Sudbury Wolves The Sudbury Wolves are the name of the ice hockey team from Sudbury, Ontario. Sudbury has had a hockey team known as the "Wolves" nearly every year since World War I. The Sudbury Wolves, the senior men's AAA team, have twice been chosen to be Canada's representatives at the Ice Hockey World... |
OHL Ontario Hockey League The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada.... |
59 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 68 | 22 | 65 | 87 | 74 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1999–00 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 68 | 24 | 33 | 57 | 110 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 16 | ||
| 2000–01 2000-01 OHL season The 2000–01 OHL season was the 21st season of the Ontario Hockey League. Twenty teams each played 68 games. The Ottawa 67's won the J. Ross Robertson Cup, defeating the Plymouth Whalers.... |
Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 62 | 40 | 49 | 89 | 89 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 16 | ||
| 2001–02 2001-02 NHL season The 2001–02 NHL season was the 85th regular season of the National Hockey League. Thirty teams each played 82 games. The Stanley Cup winners were the Detroit Red Wings, who won the best of seven series 4–1 against the Carolina Hurricanes.-League business:... |
Atlanta Thrashers Atlanta Thrashers The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Atlanta was granted a franchise in the National Hockey League on June 25, 1997, and became the league's 28th franchise when it began play in the 1999–2000 NHL season... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Chicago Wolves Chicago Wolves The Chicago Wolves are a professional hockey team playing in the American Hockey League. They are the top affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL. The Wolves play home games at the Allstate Arena in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, Illinois... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
68 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 80 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 2002–03 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 80 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 97 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 63 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 67 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 13 | ||
| 2003–04 2003-04 NHL season The 2003–04 NHL season was the 87th regular season of the National Hockey League. The thirty teams played 82 games in a revamped format that increased divisional games from 5 to 6 per team , conference games from 3 to 4 , and decreased inter-conference games to at least one per team, with three... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 78 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 87 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 33 | ||
| 2005–06 2005-06 NHL season The 2005–06 NHL season was the 89th season of operation of the National Hockey League . This was the season after the 2004–05 season which had all of its scheduled games canceled due to a labor dispute with the NHL Players Association over the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 36 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 52 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 2006-07 NHL season In each round, the highest remaining seed in each conference is matched against the lowest remaining seed. The higher-seeded team is awarded home ice advantage, which gives them a maximum possible four games on their home ice, with the other team getting a maximum possible three... |
Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007–08 | Syracuse Crunch Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter... |
AHL | 62 | 25 | 24 | 49 | 46 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 22 | ||
| 2007–08 2007-08 NHL season The 2007–08 NHL season was the 91st season of operation of the National Hockey League . It began on September 29, 2007, with the regular season ending April 6, 2008... |
Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets The Columbus Blue Jackets are a professional ice hockey team based in Columbus, Ohio, United States. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 64 | 22 | 30 | 52 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | 47 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010–11 | Columbus Blue Jackets | NHL | 63 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 127 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||