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Ice hockey player
Jim Rutherford
Hockey Hall of Fame, 2019 (Builder)
Born
(1949-02-17) February 17, 1949 (age 75) Beeton, Ontario, Canada
Height
5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight
168 lb (76 kg; 12 st 0 lb)
Position
Goaltender
Caught
Left[1]
Played for
Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Penguins Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings
National team
Canada
NHL draft
10th overall, 1969 Detroit Red Wings
Playing career
1969–1983
James Earl Rutherford (born February 17, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and executive. He is the president of hockey operations of the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Prior to his position with the Canucks, Rutherford held the same position with the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes for almost two decades, assuming the position in June 1994 and stepping down from that position in April 2014.[2] He then joined the Pittsburgh Penguins as general manager, having been named to that position on June 6, 2014, and resigning on January 27, 2021,[3] citing "personal reasons".[4] Rutherford has won the Stanley Cup three times as a general manager, with the Hurricanes in 2006 and with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017.
^"Jim Rutherford NHL Statistics". Retrieved January 17, 2013.
^"Ron Francis is promoted to Hurricanes general manager". USA Today. April 28, 2014.
^Rutherford named GM of Penguins, Bylsma fired
^"Reasons behind Rutherford's departure remain a mystery". Pensburgh. January 28, 2021.
Rutherford named GM of Penguins, Bylsma fired "Reasons behind Rutherford's departure remain a mystery". Pensburgh. January 28, 2021. "JimRutherford Stats"...
play their home games at Rogers Arena. Rick Tocchet is the head coach, JimRutherford serves as the president of hockey operations, and Patrik Allvin serves...
The JimRutherford Trophy is given to the best goaltender in the Ontario Hockey League, as voted by coaches and general managers. The winner is also nominated...
round in seven games by the Canadiens. Two years later, the team hired JimRutherford as general manager, a position that he would hold within the franchise...
Shero, replacing him on June 6 with JimRutherford, the former general manager of the Carolina Hurricanes. Rutherford's first action as general manager was...
was named the 20th head coach of the Canucks. On December 9, 2021, JimRutherford was named president of hockey operations and interim general manager...
to Assistant General Manager and interim GM after the departure of JimRutherford. On 26 January 2022, Allvin was announced as the 12th general manager...
1991–92, as the club replaced Weidenbach midway through the season with JimRutherford. Detroit finished the year with a 23–42–1 record, a 20-point improvement...
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at the University of Auckland JimRutherford (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey goaltender and executive JimRutherford (baseball) (1886–1956), Major League...
assistant coach. Webster worked previously with Jr. Red Wings President JimRutherford and owner Peter Karmanos, when Windsor won the OHL title in 1987–88...
signing centres Matt Cullen and Eric Fehr in free agency. General manager JimRutherford fired head coach Mike Johnston on December 12, 2015, after the team...
Detroit stood 11-16-0 at the time. JimRutherford moved behind the bench to coach the rest of the season. Rutherford played 13 seasons in the NHL as a...
Compuware CEO Peter Karmanos, along with partners Thomas Thewes and JimRutherford. Rutherford became the team's new general manager and Holmgren returned as...
the goaltending awards from the CHL's three constituent leagues: the JimRutherford Trophy (OHL), the Del Wilson Trophy (WHL), and the Jacques Plante Memorial...
position. On June 6, 2014, JimRutherford was named general manager of the Penguins. In his press conference, Rutherford announced that Botterill would...
6, 2014, Bylsma was fired by the Pittsburgh Penguins, shortly after JimRutherford was announced as the team's new general manager. Bylsma remained on...
In the off-season, the Canucks' new president of hockey operations, JimRutherford, indicated that they would not immediately extend Boudreau's contract...
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