Fleming Mackell

Fleming Mackell
Mackell at St. Michaels, c. 1947
Born	(1929-04-30)April 30, 1929 Montreal, QC, CAN
Died	Hawkesbury, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	156 lb (71 kg; 11 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins
Playing career	1944–1968

Fleming David Mackell (April 30, 1929 – October 19, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

Playing career

After a stage with St-Michaels, the Toronto Maple Leafs OHA affiliate, Mackell began his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1948. The majority of his career was spent with the Boston Bruins where he would retire following the 1960 season. MacKell won two Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs in 1949 and 1951.

After winning his 2nd Stanley Cup with the Leafs, Fleming David Mackell was traded by Toronto to the Boston Bruins in return for young Defenseman Jim Morrison. In Boston, he attained NHL First All Star Team status for the 1952-53 season, at the position of center, playing on a line composed of Ed Sanford and Johnny Peirson . Flem Mackell also won the Elizabeth C. Dufresne Trophy in 1953, awarded annually to the outstanding Bruins player on Boston Gardens home ice. He was named an alternate captain of the Boston Bruins in 1955. Flem Mackell became a mainstay and catalyst of Boston's strong and prolific offense of the late 1950s. In 1956-57, he centered a line composed of veteran iron man Cal Gardner and Rookie Of the year, Calder trophy winner Larry Regan. Along with later Bruins` linemate, Don McKenney, Fleming Mackell led all scorers during the epic 1957-58 Stanley Cup playoffs. In the spring of 1959, Fleming Mackell led the Boston Bruins against the New York Rangers on an exhibition tour of Europe. A rugged, hard charging playmaker with a razor sharp skating style, he was a side of the net scoring specialist. The versatile Flem MacKell frequently played at left wing, principally with Don McKenney and Jerry Toppazzini, a trio whose production matched the output of the vaunted UKE Line, along with his regular position at centre. Fleming MacKell often assumed a defensive checking role, he was the catalyst of the short lived Hustle line in 1959-60. Upon his retirement from the Boston Bruins & the NHL at the conclusion of the 1959-60 season, Fleming MacKell briefly became Player/Coach for the Quebec Aces of the AHL in 1960-61. He approached the Detroit Red Wings for a tryout in September 1961 and appeared in some exhibition games, but did not make the club.

He is the son of former NHL player Jack MacKell of the original Ottawa Senators. His daughter JoAnne is an established country rock singer based in Toronto. Mackell died on October 19, 2015.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1944–45	Montreal Jr. Royals	QJHL		9	3	4	7	0		6	2	3	5	2
1945–46	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	OHA-Jr.		24	25	25	50	29		11	13	9	22	52
1946–47	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	OHA-Jr.		28	49	33	82	71		9	10	10	20	33
1946–47	Toronto St. Michael's Majors	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		10	15	14	29	38
1947–48	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
1947–48	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL		62	22	43	65	84		2	1	0	1	4
1948–49	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		11	1	1	2	6		9	2	4	6	4
1948–49	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL		52	38	38	76	65		—	—	—	—	—
1949–50	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		36	7	13	20	24		7	1	1	2	11
1949–50	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL		36	22	25	47	62		—	—	—	—	—
1950–51	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		70	12	13	25	40		11	2	3	5	9
1951–52	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		32	2	8	10	16		—	—	—	—	—
1951–52	Boston Bruins	NHL		30	1	8	9	24		5	2	1	3	12
1952–53	Boston Bruins	NHL		65	27	17	44	63		11	2	7	9	7
1953–54	Boston Bruins	NHL		67	15	32	47	60		4	1	1	2	8
1954–55	Boston Bruins	NHL		60	11	24	35	76		4	0	1	1	0
1955–56	Boston Bruins	NHL		52	7	9	16	59		—	—	—	—	—
1956–57	Boston Bruins	NHL		65	22	17	39	73		10	5	3	8	4
1957–58	Boston Bruins	NHL		70	20	40	60	72		12	5	14	19	12
1958–59	Boston Bruins	NHL		57	17	23	40	28		7	2	6	8	8
1959–60	Boston Bruins	NHL		47	7	15	22	19		—	—	—	—	—
1960–61	Quebec Aces	AHL		62	13	22	35	54		—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	Los Angeles Blades	WHL		29	10	21	31	26		3	1	1	2	2
1963–64	New Glasgow Rangers	NSSHL		7	5	14	19	4		4	2	2	4	4
1964–65	New Glasgow Rangers	NSSHL		57	49	75	124	85		—	—	—	—	—
1965–66	St. Hyacinthe Saints	Que-Sr.		20	10	10	20	29		12	5	9	14	8
1967–68	St. John's Capitals	Nfld-Sr.		33	11	19	30	53		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				665	149	220	369	562		80	22	41	63	75

External links

• Fleming Mackell's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Fleming Mackell's Day with the Stanley Cup
• Fleming Mackell's biography at Legends of Hockey