Walt McKechnie

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CanadaCanada  Walt McKechnie Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 19, 1947
place of birth London , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1963 , 1st round, 6th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1965-1967 London Nationals
1967-1968 Phoenix Roadrunners
1968-1971 Minnesota North Stars
Iowa Stars
Cleveland Barons
1971-1974 California Golden Seals
1974-1975 Boston Bruins
1975-1977 Detroit Red Wings
1977 Washington Capitals
1977-1988 Cleveland Barons
1978-1980 Toronto Maple Leafs
1980-1981 Colorado Rockies
1981-1983 Detroit Red Wings
1983-1984 Salt Lake Golden Eagles

Walter Thomas John "Walt" McKechnie (born June 19, 1947 in London , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The center played between 1967 and 1984 over 900 games in the National Hockey League , with his career characterized by constant changes and he ran up for a total of eight NHL and four other minor league teams.

Career

Beginnings

Walt McKechnie played in Sarnia in his youth before he was selected in the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft in sixth position by the Toronto Maple Leafs . He then ran for their junior team, the London Nationals , who participated in the Ontario Hockey Association's game operations at the beginning of the 1965/66 season . The jump into the roster of the Maple Leafs succeeded the attacker in the episode, however, so that the Maple Leafs gave him in October 1967 in exchange for Steve Witiuk to the Phoenix Roadrunners from the Western Hockey League . There he completed his first professional season, scored 54 scorer points in 67 games and was consequently named Rookie of the Year. In addition, he managed to return to the National Hockey League (NHL) in the same season by being committed by the Minnesota North Stars and completing his first NHL games for them. In the course of the next two and a half years, however, the Canadian was unable to establish himself in the North Stars squad, but instead spent about half the time with their farm teams , the Iowa Stars from the Central Hockey League (CHL) and the Cleveland Barons from the American Hockey League .

NHL

Finally, McKechnie and Joey Johnston were handed over to the California Golden Seals in May 1971 , while Dennis Hextall moved to Minnesota in return . In the Golden Seals, the center promptly earned a regular place and led the team in points in the 1972/73 season (54). In June 1974 he got to the New York Rangers via the Intra-League Draft , who transferred him to the Boston Bruins only two days later in exchange for Derek Sanderson . In Boston, the Canadian could not build on his previous achievements, so the Bruins sent him to the Detroit Red Wings in February 1975, including their third-round voting rights for the NHL Amateur Draft 1975 , and Hank Nowak and Earl Anderson received him. In the Red Wings jersey, McKechnie achieved his best personal NHL statistic in the subsequent 1975/76 season, with 82 points in 80 games and thus a one-time point average of over 1.0. His achievements ensured that he took part in the 1977 World Cup with the Canadian national team and finished fourth there.

Together with a third-round suffrage in the NHL Amateur Draft 1978 and a second-round suffrage in the NHL Entry Draft 1979 , he was given in August 1977 to the Washington Capitals . In return, Detroit received the rights to Ron Low and a third-round vote in the 1979 draft. After 16 games, the Capitals sent him to the Cleveland Barons in December of the same year and received Bob Girard and a second-round vote in the 1978 draft. The Barons However, set at the end of the season the game operations and merged with the Minnesota North Stars, who had no use for McKechnie and therefore transferred him to the Toronto Maple Leafs in October 1978 in exchange for a third-round vote in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft . With the Maple Leafs, who had originally selected him in the draft, the center increased his personal statistics again significantly to 61 points and took part in the playoffs for the second and last time of his career. For another third-round suffrage in the 1980 draft, he came to the Colorado Rockies in March 1980 . This did not extend his contract after the 1980/81 season, so he returned as a free agent to the Detroit Red Wings and spent the last two years of his NHL career there.

End of career

In the 1983/84 season he let his active career with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles end in the CHL and then ended his career. McKechnie has played a total of 970 NHL games, scoring 221 goals and 397 assists for 618 points. Despite this clearly above-average offensive performance, the attacker played almost exclusively for teams in the lower sporting third of the league and only took part in the playoffs twice with his eight NHL teams. In addition, he was later briefly (1986-1988) as a scout for the New York Rangers, but did not pursue this career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1965/66 London Nationals OHA 46 13 28 41 68 - - - - - -
1966/67 London Nationals OHA 48 13 46 59 125 6th 7th 10 17th 2
1967/68 London Nationals OHA 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - - -
1967/68 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 67 24 30th 54 24 4th 1 1 2 2
1967/68 Minnesota North Stars NHL 4th 0 0 0 -3 0 9 3 2 5 +4 0
1968/69 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 10 3 11 14th 6th - - - - - -
1968/69 Minnesota North Stars NHL 58 5 9 14th -10 22nd - - - - - -
1969/70 Iowa stars CHL 42 17th 24 41 82 11 1 9 10 18th
1969/70 Minnesota North Stars NHL 20th 1 3 4th -5 21st - - - - - -
1970/71 Cleveland Barons AHL 35 16 31 47 28 8th 2 4th 6th 10
1970/71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 30th 3 1 4th –9 34 - - - - - -
1971/72 California Golden Seals NHL 56 11 20th 31 ± 0 40 - - - - - -
1972/73 California Golden Seals NHL 78 16 38 54 -24 58 - - - - - -
1973/74 California Golden Seals NHL 63 23 29 52 -15 14th - - - - - -
1974/75 Boston Bruins NHL 53 3 3 6th –6 8th - - - - - -
1974/75 Detroit Red Wings NHL 23 6th 11 17th -3 6th - - - - - -
1975/76 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 26th 56 82 +8 85 - - - - - -
1976/77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 25th 34 59 -24 50 - - - - - -
1977/78 Washington Capitals NHL 16 4th 1 5 -14 0 - - - - - -
1977/78 Cleveland Barons NHL 53 12 22nd 34 –6 12 - - - - - -
1978/79 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 25th 36 61 +21 18th 6th 4th 3 7th +4 9
1979/80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 54 7th 36 43 –6 4th - - - - - -
1979/80 Colorado Rockies NHL 17th 0 4th 4th -15 2 - - - - - -
1980/81 Colorado Rockies NHL 53 15th 23 38 -8th 18th - - - - - -
1981/82 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 18th 37 55 -2 35 - - - - - -
1982/83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 64 14th 29 43 +2 42 - - - - - -
1983/84 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 69 9 32 41 36 - - - - - -
OHA total 95 26th 74 100 195 6th 7th 10 17th 2
WHL overall 77 27 41 68 30th 4th 1 1 2 2
CHL total 111 26th 56 82 118 11 1 9 10 18th
NHL overall 955 214 392 606 -119 469 15th 7th 5 12 +8 9

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Canada WM 4th Place 10 1 6th 7th 28
Men overall 10 1 6th 7th 28

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME McKechnie, Walt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McKechnie, Walter Thomas John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH London , Ontario , Canada