Jim Rutherford

James Earl " Jim" Rutherford (born the February 17th 1949 with Beeton in Ontario) is a former player of professional Hockey of the National league of hockey which evolved/moved at the station of goalkeeper and defended the colors of the Red Wings de Détroit, of the Maple Leafs of Toronto, of the Penguins de Pittsburgh and the Kings of Los Angeles.

Career of player

He was initially fished out by Red Wings with the first turn of the Repêchage amateur of the LNH 1969, 10th on the whole. He disputed 29 parts at Wings of 1969 with 1971, sharing his time between Wings and their club school of Fort Worth. He was finally claimed by Penguins during the fishing out intra-league of 1971. He will play in a sporadic way during 3 seasons at Penguins, before turning over to Detroit with Jack Lynch in return of Ron Stackhouse.

Of 1973 with 1981, Rutherford carried the red and white uniform of Wings, expecting constantly to be rempacé by an new acquisition or an young talent. It was initially ED Giacomin which charmed the title of guard number one to him, but its play being inconstant, it had to be solved to share its time between the posts avex Rutherford.

In February 1976, the things went well for Jim, who had just equalized the record of team then held by Glenn Hall for the greatest number of consecutive washings, with three. This beautiful sequence was however broken by the Maple Leafs of Toronto which transfer to give a correction of 9-1 to Wings. It was this evening that the defender of Leafs Ian Turnbull put a term at a sequence of 30 matches without marking by threading 5 goals, a record.

Following the departure of Giacomin, it was Ron Low which was brought to Detroit. One expected well that it supplants Rutherford, but on the contrary, it made him also watch of performances in teeth of saw, which led Rutherford to dispute more matches. The history was repeated as of the following season, whereas coveted the Rogatien Vachon takes the way of Strait. Rutherford had once again to save the pieces of furniture. In 1980-81, it is Gilles Gilbert which is acquired by Wings and finally, Detroit had in hand a guard who succeeds in playing on level that one awaited from him; it was done by it of Rutherford which put the course for Toronto, exchanged the December 4th 1980 against Mark Kirton. He briefly played for Leafs, then Kings, which obtained it in 1981 against a choice of 5th with the Repêchage of entry in the LNH 1981 (Barry Brigley).

Finally, the destiny once more carried out it at Red Wings in 1982, whereas it signs like free agent; however, the club, then in a turn youth, supported Greg Stefan and Corrado Micalef with aims, letting the poor Rutherford dispute one match before taking the way of the American Ligue of hockey, where it finished its career with Adirondack.

It is since 1994 the managing director of the Whalers de Hartford/Hurricanes of the Caroline, which gained the Coupe Stanley in 2006.

External bond

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