Derek MacKenzie

Derek MacKenzie
Date of birth	June 11, 1981
place of birth	Greater Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	center
number	# 17
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1999 , 5th round, 128th position Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
1997-2001	Sudbury Wolves
2001-2007	Atlanta Thrashers Chicago Wolves
2007-2010	Syracuse crunch
2007-2014	Columbus Blue Jackets
2014-2019	Florida panthers

Derek MacKenzie (born June 11, 1981 in Greater Sudbury , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his playing career, the center played over 600 games for the Atlanta Thrashers , Columbus Blue Jackets and Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League . With the Panthers, which he led as team captain from 2016 to 2018 , he has been working as an assistant coach since June 2019.

Career

MacKenzie in the Blue Jackets jersey (2011)

Derek MacKenzie began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the Sudbury Wolves , for whom he was active from 1997 to 2001 in the Canadian Junior League Ontario Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in the fifth round as a total of 128th player by the Atlanta Thrashers . From 2001 to 2007, the center was a regular on the Thrashers farm team for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League . His biggest success with the Chicago Wolves was winning the Calder Cup in the 2001/02 season . At the same time, he was occasionally used as a supplementary player for the Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League .

On July 11, 2007 MacKenzie signed a contract as a free agent with the Columbus Blue Jackets . In the first three years in the Ohio franchise , he played mostly for their AHL farm team Syracuse Crunch and only sporadically for Columbus in the NHL. In the 2010/11 season , the Canadian spent a full season in the NHL for the first time in his career, scoring 23 points in 63 games, including nine goals, for the Blue Jackets.

After seven years in Columbus, he left the Blue Jackets and joined the Florida Panthers in July 2014 , whose team captain he became at the start of the 2016/17 season . He handed this position over to Aleksander Barkov before the start of the 2018/19 season before he was out for almost the entire season due to a shoulder injury. This subsequently also meant the end of his active career, which he officially announced in April 2019. In total, he had played 623 NHL games and recorded 127 points scorer. The Canadian stayed with the Panthers by joining the coaching staff in June 2019 as assistant to head coach Joel Quenneville .

International

For Canada MacKenzie took part in the U20 Junior World Championship in 2001 , where he won the bronze medal with his team.

Achievements and Awards

• 2001 bronze medal at the U20 Junior World Championship
• 2002 Calder Cup win with the Chicago Wolves
• 2009 AHL All-Star Classic

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1997/98	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		59	9	11	20th	26th		10	0	1	1	6th
1998/99	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		68	22nd	65	87	74		4th	2	4th	6th	2
1999/00	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		68	24	33	57	110		12	5	9	14th	16
2000/01	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		62	40	49	89	89		12	6th	8th	14th	16
2001/02	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Chicago Wolves	AHL		68	13	12	25th	80		25th	4th	2	6th	20th
2002/03	Chicago Wolves	AHL		80	14th	18th	32	97		9	0	0	0	4th
2003/04	Chicago Wolves	AHL		63	19th	16	35	67		10	7th	1	8th	13
2003/04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		12	0	1	1	10		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	Chicago Wolves	AHL		78	13	20th	33	87		18th	5	6th	11	33
2005/06	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		11	0	1	1	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Chicago Wolves	AHL		36	10	12	22nd	48		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Chicago Wolves	AHL		52	14th	23	37	62		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Syracuse crunch	AHL		62	25th	24	49	46		13	6th	8th	14th	22nd
2007/08	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		17th	2	0	2	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Syracuse crunch	AHL		64	22nd	30th	52	50		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Syracuse crunch	AHL		47	17th	30th	47	30th		-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		18th	1	3	4th	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		63	9	14th	23	22nd		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		66	7th	7th	14th	40		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		43	3	5	8th	36		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		71	9	9	18th	47		6th	1	0	1	2
2014/15	Florida panthers	NHL		82	5	6th	11	45		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Florida panthers	NHL		64	6th	7th	13	36		6th	0	1	1	4th
2016/17	Florida panthers	NHL		82	6th	10	16	50		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Florida panthers	NHL		75	3	11	14th	31		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Florida panthers	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				257	95	158	253	299		38	13	22nd	35	40
AHL total				550	147	185	332	567		75	22nd	17th	39	92
NHL overall				611	51	74	125	337		12	1	1	2	6th

International

Represented Canada to:

• U20 World Junior Championship 2001

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2001	Canada	U20 World Cup			7th	1	2	3	4th
Juniors overall					7th	1	2	3	4th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Derek MacKenzie in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Derek MacKenzie at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Derek MacKenzie at eliteprospects.com (English)