Jim Conacher

{{Short description|Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey player (1921–2020)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 155

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Black Hawks
New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1921|5|5}}

| birth_place = Motherwell, Scotland

| death_date= {{death date and age|2020|4|9|1921|5|5}}

| death_place= Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| career_start = 1945

| career_end = 1953

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}}

James Conacher (May 5, 1921 – April 9, 2020) was a Scottish-born Canadian ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and New York Rangers between 1945 and 1952. Conacher was born in Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom and raised in Toronto, Ontario.

Life and career

Conacher started his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings. He went on to play with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks. Conacher recorded 85 goals and 117 assists for 202 points in 328 career NHL games. After his hockey career, he worked as an advertising salesman for newspaper companies in Toronto. After Chick Webster's death in January 2018, he became the oldest living former NHL player.

Conacher was married to Bonnie, who died in November 2013.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/vancouversun/obituary.aspx?pid=168229784 Bonnie Conacher obituary] He later resided in West Vancouver, British Columbia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150924184723/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1442347.html HighBeam] The couple were active in the Vancouver Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lghfoundation.com/giving/planned-giving.aspx |title=Lions Gate Hospital Foundation |access-date=2014-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109175121/http://www.lghfoundation.com/giving/planned-giving.aspx |archive-date=2015-01-09 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=https://lghfoundation.com/news-events/documents/LGHF-News-Fall08.pdf |title=The Pulse: Lions Gate Hospital Newsletter |date=Fall 2008 |page=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623065615/http://lghfoundation.com/news-events/documents/LGHF-News-Fall08.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-23 |url-status=dead }} Conacher died on April 9, 2020, at the age of 98.{{cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/north-vancouver-bc/james-conacher-9138219|title=James Conacher Obituary}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1938–39 \| Toronto Young Rangers \| OHA \| 8	2	1	3	0 \| 3	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1939–40 \| Toronto Young Rangers \| OHA \| 16	13	9	22	8 \| 2	2	0	2	0
1940–41 \| Oshawa Generals \| OHA \| 16	17	15	32	8 \| 12	6	8	14	10
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1940–41 \| Toronto Donnell-Mudge \| TMHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| —	—	—	—	—
1940–41 \| Oshawa Generals \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 5	2	5	7	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1941–42 \| Omaha Knights \| AHA \| 47	21	23	44	22 \| 8	5	7	12	10
1942–43 \| Cornwall Army \| QSHL \| 26	3	18	21	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1943–44 \| Toronto Tip Tops \| TIHL \| 3	1	4	5	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1944–45 \| Toronto Tip Tops \| TIHL \| 1	1	0	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1945–46 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 20	1	5	6	6 \| 5	1	1	2	0
1945–46 \| Indianapolis Capitals \| AHL \| 32	17	30	47	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1946–47 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 33	16	13	29	2 \| 5	2	1	3	2
1946–47 \| Indianapolis Capitals \| AHL \| 24	15	18	33	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1947–48 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 60	17	23	40	2 \| 9	2	0	2	2
1948–49 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 4	1	0	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1948–49 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 55	25	23	48	41 \| —	—	—	—	—
1949–50 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 66	13	20	33	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1950–51 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 52	10	27	37	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
1950–51 \| Milwaukee Sea Gulls \| USHL \| 9	2	4	6	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1951–52 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 5	1	1	2	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1951–52 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 16	0	1	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1952–53 \| New York Rangers \| NHL \| 17	1	4	5	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1952–53 \| Buffalo Bisons \| AHL \| 34	6	21	27	19 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 328 !! 85 !! 117 !! 202 !! 87 ! 19 !! 5 !! 2 !! 7 !! 4