Jim Rutherford

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 2019
Jim Rutherford
Date of birth February 17, 1949
place of birth Beeton , Ontario , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 73 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1969 , 1st lap, 10th position
Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1967-1969 Hamilton Red Wings
1969-1970 Fort Worth Wings
1970-1971 Detroit Red Wings
1971-1974 Pittsburgh Penguins
1974-1980 Detroit Red Wings
1980-1981 Toronto Maple Leafs
1981-1982 Los Angeles Kings
1982-1983 Detroit Red Wings

James Earl "Jim" Rutherford (born February 17, 1949 in Beeton , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper . He was drawn tenth in the first round of the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft by the Detroit Red Wings . Since June 2014 he has been General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League and previously managed the fortunes of the Hartford Whalers and Carolina Hurricanes in the same role . He has already won the Stanley Cup with both franchises . He has also been a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame since 2019 .

Player career

As a goalkeeper, Rutherford played mainly for the Detroit Red Wings, who exchanged him twice, but brought him back both times. Rutherford can look back on 457 games in the NHL in which he recorded 14 shutouts . In 1976 he was able to draw level with the club's internal record by Glenn Hall over three shutouts in a row at the Red Wings . However, Rutherford's performances were not always stable, so that he was only placed as "number 2" in goal. In his final season as a professional, Rutherford only played one game in the NHL and was then demoted to the Red Wings farm team.

For the Canadian national team , Rutherford played at the World Championships in 1977 in Vienna and 1979 in Moscow .

Managerial career

After his active career, Rutherford turned to sports management. He became director of the ice hockey section of Compuware Sports Corporation. Under his direction, the company acquired the Windsor Spitfires in 1984 , which are based in the Ontario Hockey League . For four years he headed the Spitfires as General Manager. 1989 Rutherford was able to found the Detroit Compuware Ambassadors , the first US team in the Ontario Hockey League, together with the owner of Compuware Peter Karmanos . In the second season of the Ambassadors, Rutherford stepped in as the team's coach when they parted ways with Andy Weidenbach, the previous coach, in the middle of the current season after a disappointing season. The Ambassadors moved into the play-offs for the first time under Rutherford . After that season, the team was renamed the Detroit Junior Red Wings.

In 1994 the group around Karmanos took over the Hartford Whalers and Rutherford took over the managerial position and became president of the Whalers organization. Coach was Paul Maurice , whom Rutherford knew from the Windsor Spitfires. When the club moved to Raleigh , North Carolina in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes, Rutherford retained the established structures. Under Rutherford, the Hurricanes were able to increase continuously until they were in the final of the Stanley Cup play-offs in 2002 . Rutherford managed to sign leaders like Rod Brind'Amour , Glen Wesley and Kevyn Adams and experienced players like Cory Stillman or Ray Whitney . Rutherford showed a sure instinct in the selection of players in the NHL Entry Draft when he chose talents such as Josef Vašíček , Erik Cole , Eric Staal and Cam Ward .

After the Hurricanes and 2002/03 and 2003/04 could not reach the play-offs, the Hurricanes celebrated their greatest success under Rutherford in 2006 , winning the Stanley Cup. As President and General Manager of the Hurricanes, he also oversees the Florida Everblades ( ECHL ) and Plymouth Whalers ( OHL ) activities . Rutherford was named NHL Executive of the Year by North American Hockey News in 2002.

In March 2014, Rutherford announced that he would be stepping down from all his offices with the Carolina Hurricanes at the end of the 2013-14 season . Ron Francis took over the position of General Manager , while Peter Karmanos acted as President from then on.

In June 2014, Rutherford took over as General Manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins , succeeding Ray Shero , who previously held the position for eight years. As a first act, he dismissed head coach Dan Bylsma . He won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016 and was subsequently honored with the NHL General Manager of the Year Award . The following year, the Penguins defended the Stanley Cup.

In 2019 Rutherford was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Awards

Web links

Commons : Jim Rutherford  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ sports.yahoo.com: "Jim Rutherford to step down, with Ron Francis as new Hurricanes GM?" (English, March 24, 2014, accessed June 7, 2014)
  2. ↑ nhl.com: "Rutherford named GM of Penguins, Bylsma fired" (English, June 6, 2014, accessed June 7, 2014)
Squad of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the season 2019/20
personal data
SURNAME Rutherford, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rutherford, James Earl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Beeton , Ontario