| Jim McKenzie | |
| Birth Date: | November 3, 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Gull Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lb: | 221 |
| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Hartford Whalers Dallas Stars Pittsburgh Penguins Winnipeg Jets Phoenix Coyotes Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Washington Capitals New Jersey Devils Nashville Predators |
| Draft: | 73rd overall |
| Draft Year: | 1989 |
| Draft Team: | Hartford Whalers |
| Career Start: | 1989 |
| Career End: | 2004 |
James P. McKenzie (born November 3, 1969) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the USHL Muskegon Lumberjacks after being hired midway through the 2011/12 season.
Selected 73rd overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers, McKenzie primarily played as an enforcer throughout his career, which combined with his height at 6 feet 4 inches, earned him the nickname "Big Jim". He also played for the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, Washington Capitals, New Jersey Devils, and Nashville Predators. In his 15 seasons in the National Hockey League, McKenzie played 880 regular season games, scoring 48 goals and 52 assists for 100 points, and collecting 1,739 penalty minutes. He also played in 51 playoff games, scoring no points and collecting 38 penalty minutes, holding the record for most games without a point among forwards in an NHL playoff career. He won the Stanley Cup with New Jersey in 2003.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1985–86 | Moose Jaw Warriors AAA | SMHL | 36 | 18 | 26 | 44 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 65 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 125 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 1987–88 | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL | 62 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 67 | 15 | 27 | 42 | 176 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 30 | ||
| 1989–90 | Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 56 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 149 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 102 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 41 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 108 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1991–92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 67 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 87 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 64 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 202 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 67 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1994–95 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 39 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1995–96 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 73 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 202 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1996–97 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 65 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 200 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1997–98 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 64 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 146 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1998–99 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 73 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1999–2000 | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | NHL | 31 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 53 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 119 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2001–02 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 67 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 123 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2002–03 | New Jersey Devils | NHL | 76 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 88 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ||
| 2003–04 | Nashville Predators | NHL | 61 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 88 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 880 | 48 | 52 | 100 | 1739 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | ||||