Keith Magnuson
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Date of birth | April 27, 1947 |
place of birth | Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada |
date of death | December 15, 2003 |
Place of death | Vaughan , Ontario , Canada |
size | 183 cm |
Weight | 84 kg |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Right |
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1963-1964 | Saskatoon Midwest Litho |
1964-1965 | Saskatoon Blades |
1965-1969 | University of Denver |
1969-1979 | Chicago Black Hawks |
Keith Magnuson Arlen (* 27. April 1947 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ; † 15. December 2003 in Vaughan , Ontario ) was a Canadian ice hockey player , who during his playing career for the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League on the position of the defender played .
Career
Keith Magnuson began his career in 1963 with the Saskatoon Midwest Litho, before moving to the Saskatoon Blades in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League the following year . In a total of 59 games he reached 13 points and received 83 penalty minutes. From 1965 to 1969 he played on the University of Denver's ice hockey team , with which he won two national college championships. Magnuson was never drafted and signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Black Hawks in September 1969 . Already in his first season he was able to secure a regular place in the NHL team of the Black Hawks when he played 84 games and scored 23 points.
In the same season he won the East Division for the first time with the team. After the team was able to defeat the Detroit Red Wings in four games in the first round of the play-offs, they were eliminated from the competition in the second round against the Boston Bruins . In the following season, the team again won the division title and defeated the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers in the play-offs .
In the seven-game series to win the Stanley Cup Magnuson lost with the Black Hawks just against the Montréal Canadiens . Although he was able to win the division title a total of eight times with the team during his time in Chicago, the team was never successful in a final series.
Immediately after his career as an active player, he took over the post of head coach for the Blackhawks and led the team through the 1980/81 season . The team qualified for the play-offs, but lost in the first round to the Calgary Flames . In the course of the following season he was replaced by Bob Pulford after moderate results .
On December 15, 2003, he died in a traffic accident on the way back from the funeral of his friend Keith McCreary , in which the former ice hockey player Rob Ramage was also involved. Ramage was eventually sentenced to four years in prison. The Chicago Blackhawks honored the late Magnuson on November 12, 2008 when they hung his number 3 jersey under the ceiling of the United Center . The number will no longer be given to any other Blackhawks player.
Achievements and Awards
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NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 11 | 589 | 14th | 125 | 139 | 1442 |
Playoffs | 8th | 68 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 164 |
Individual evidence
Web links
- Keith Magnuson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Keith Magnuson at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Magnuson, Keith |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Magnuson, Keith Arlen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saskatoon , Saskatchewan |
DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 2003 |
Place of death | Vaughan , Ontario |