Jack McIlhargey

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Jack McIlhargey
Born (1952-03-07)March 7, 1952
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Died July 19, 2020(2020-07-19) (aged 68)
Burnaby, British Columbia
, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
NHL Draft
 Undrafted
Playing career 1972–1982

John Cecil McIlhargey (March 7, 1952 – July 19, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, and Hartford Whalers from 1974 until 1982. He featured in two Stanley Cup Finals with the Flyers (1976, 1980).

After his playing career, he worked for both the Canucks and Flyers in coaching roles, and also served as a scout for the Canucks for one season.

Playing career

McIlhargey was born on March 7, 1952, in

1982 Entry Draft. He played in 393 career NHL games recording 11 goals, 36 assists and 1102 penalty minutes. He retired following the 1981–82 season.[2]

Post-playing career

After retiring as a player, McIlhargey was a member of the Vancouver Canucks organization from 1984 to 2007, serving mostly as an assistant coach with the NHL team but also as a head coach of their top minor-league affiliates in Milwaukee, Hamilton and Syracuse from 1991 to 1999.[3]

Originally hired by the club as a special assistant to general manager Harry Neale in 1984, McIlhargey was responsible for establishing the Canucks Alumni Association and a number of scouting assignments. He moved into coaching that November after the firing of head coach Bill LaForge and spent the next seven years as an assistant coach to Neale, Tom Watt, Bob McCammon and Pat Quinn.[4]

In 1988, the Canucks sent McIlhargey and their 21-year-old goaltender prospect

Anatoli Tarasov.[5] Three years later, McIlhargey was placed in charge of Vancouver's minor league affiliate in Milwaukee, where he spent the 1991–92 season. He remained as head coach of Vancouver's farm teams as they moved to Hamilton for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, then finally to Syracuse from 1994 to 1999, where he was that AHL franchise's first head coach.[6][7]

McIlhargey was voted one of the 30 All-Time Greatest Canucks in 1999.[6] On June 22, 2006, he was fired by new head coach Alain Vigneault from his assistant coach position with the Canucks.[8] It was later announced that McIlhargey would be working as a pro scout for the Vancouver Canucks.[9] He worked in that capacity for one season, before moving to the Flyers as an assistant coach in 2007.[3] After two seasons, he was dismissed on December 4, 2009, along with John Stevens.[10] McIlhargey was subsequently inducted into the B.C. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011.[11]

McIlhargey died on July 19, 2020, at his home on Capitol Hill, Burnaby. He was 68 and had suffered from cancer in the years leading up to his death.[4][12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1970–71 New Westminster Royals
BCJHL
 — — — — — — — — — —
1971–72 Victoria Cougars WCHL 24 1 1 2 137 — — — — —
1971–72 Flin Flon Bombers WCHL 33 1 4 5 142 7 0 1 1 39
1972–73 Jersey Devils EHL 72 2 7 9 229 — — — — —
1972–73 Richmond Robins AHL 9 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 7
1973–74 Des Moines Capitols IHL 16 1 2 3 52 — — — — —
1973–74 Richmond Robins AHL 54 2 10 12 163 5 0 0 0 12
1974–75 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 2 0 0 0 11 — — — — —
1974–75 Richmond Robins AHL 72 4 3 7 316 7 0 3 3 45
1975–76 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 57 1 2 3 205 15 0 3 3 41
1975–76 Richmond Robins AHL 4 0 0 0 17 — — — — —
1976–77 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 2 1 3 164 — — — — —
1976–77 Vancouver Canucks NHL 21 1 7 8 61 — — — — —
1977–78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 69 3 5 8 172 — — — — —
1978–79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 53 2 4 6 129 3 0 0 0 2
1979–80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 24 0 2 2 41 — — — — —
1979–80 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 26 0 4 4 95 9 0 0 0 25
1980–81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 3 0 0 0 22 — — — — —
1980–81 Maine Mariners AHL 3 0 1 1 7 16 6 1 7 62
1980–81 Hartford Whalers NHL 48 1 6 7 142 — — — — —
1981–82 Hartford Whalers NHL 50 1 5 6 60 — — — — —
NHL totals 393 11 36 47 1102 27 0 3 3 68

Source:[13]

References

  1. ^ "Jack McIlhargey Stats and News". NHL.com. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "SPORTS PEOPLE; Hockey Players Retire". The New York Times. August 25, 1982. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Former Canucks player, coach Jack McIlhargey dies at 68". CBC News. Associated Press. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Douglas, Greg (July 20, 2020). "In memoriam: Jack McIlhargey". Vancouver Canucks. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  5. ^ Pinchevsky, Tal (April 6, 2014). "Trip by two Canucks lifted curtain to Russia". Sunday Long Read. NHL. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Alumni Signing: Jack McIlhargey". Vancouver Canucks. December 13, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  7. ^ Kramer, Lindsay (July 20, 2020). "Jack McIlhargey, first coach of Syracuse Crunch, dies at 68: 'He was one of us right away'". The Post-Standard. Syracuse. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. ^ "Canucks can 2 assistants". CBC News. June 24, 2006. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Kuzma, Ben (June 12, 2007). "McIlhargey Flyers the coop". The Province. Vancouver. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  10. ^ "Slumping Flyers fire Stevens, hire Laviolette". Sportsnet. Associated Press. July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jack McIlhargey". BC Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Former Canucks defenceman Jack McIlhargey passes away at age 68". Sportsnet.ca. July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  13. ^ "Jack McIlhargey Stats". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

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