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John McKenzie (ice hockey)

Ice hockey player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

John Albert McKenzie was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 12 seasons, most notably with the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup twice. He joined the World Hockey Association (WHA) in 1972 and played in all seven seasons of the league's existence, with his final three coming with the New England Whalers; in 477 total WHA games, he recorded 413 total points.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “John McKenzie (ice hockey)” as ice hockey player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where John, McKenzie and hockey can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as ice hockey player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1972.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “John McKenzie (ice hockey)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.