| Round | Overall |
| 2 | 18 |
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Left-hand shot
Pre-Draft Statistics
| Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM |
| 1968-69 | St. Catharines | OHA | 54 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 70 |
| 1969-70 | St. Catharines | OHA | 53 | 17 | 41 | 58 | 128 |
| 1970-71 | St. Catharines | OHA | 60 | 39 | 85 | 124 | 108 |
Pre-Draft Notes
Also played center. ... Played for Stamford (OHA Jr. B) in 1967-68.
Career Vitals
| First contract: | 1971 |
| Debut: | November 7, 1971 (Pittsburgh at Chicago) |
| Final NHL game: | January 13, 1972 (Pittsburgh at Montreal) |
| Retired: | 1978 |
| Stanley Cup: | Never won |
| Number: | 15 |
Career NHL Statistics
Team: Pittsburgh
Years: 1971-1972. Playoffs:
None
| Regular Season | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 1 year | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Stanley Cup Playoffs | |||||
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |
| 0 years | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Complete statistics available at NHL.com | |||||
Pre-Draft Highlights
Led OHA with 85 assists while playing left wing on line with Marcel
Dionne for St. Catharines in 1970-71. ... Played in 1971 Memorial Cup
tournament with St. Catharines (OHA).
Career Highlights
Scored only NHL goal in his second game with Pittsburgh on Nov. 9, 1971, at St. Louis. His goal, scored at 18:26 of the third period, closed out the scoring in a 4-1 win. ... Won CHL Adams Cup with Omaha in 1973. ... Played two regular-season games for 1977-78 Toledo team that went on to win IHL Turner Cup, but was not with team during playoffs.
Transaction History
Oct. 28, 1972 -- Traded by Pittsburgh to Atlanta
in exchange for cash and future considerations. June 6, 1973 -- Signed WHA contract with Alberta.
May 30, 1974 -- Claimed by
Indianapolis from Edmonton in WHA Expansion Draft.
December 1975 -- Signed with Toledo
(IHL) as an unrestricted free agent, although IHL later forced Toledo to
gain permission from Atlanta (NHL) in order to let him play. The IHL
initially wanted Toledo to forfeit all three wins in which McKenzie had
played, but the dispute was settled by declaring them to be ties instead.
Life Outside the NHL
Full Name: Brian
Stewart McKenzie
Other Post-Draft Teams: Hershey (AHL); Omaha (CHL); Edmonton (WHA); Mohawk Valley (NAHL); Indianapolis (WHA); Toledo, Milwaukee (IHL)
Miscellaneous:
| Selected by Ottawa Nationals in 1972 WHA Draft -- the first-ever WHA Draft -- in February 1972. | Selected by Alberta in 1973 WHA draft of established professional players. | Was ineligible to play in his first four IHL games because Toledo did not properly secure rights. | Took part in special January 2014 celebration of St. Catharines Black Hawks history. |
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | California |
| Chicago | Detroit | Los Angeles |
| Minnesota | Montreal | New York |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1971