Jim Rutherford

Vancouver Canucks / NHL - 22/23

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Date of Birth

Feb 17, 1949

Place of Birth

Beeton, ON, CAN

Age

Nation

Canada

Highlights

Contract: 20/21

History
- 2014-06-06 • Named General Manager & Executive Vice-President of Hockey Operations by the Pittsburgh Penguins
- 1994-06-20 • Named General Manager by the Hartford Whalers

Son: James Rutherford

Player profile of Jim Rutherford also available

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on Team	Notes
1984-85	Windsor Compuware Spitfires	OHL	General Manager
1985-86	Windsor Compuware Spitfires	OHL	General Manager
1986-87	Windsor Compuware Spitfires	OHL	General Manager
	Windsor Compuware Spitfires	OHL	Head Coach	Replaced Tom Webster midseason
1987-88	Windsor Compuware Spitfires	OHL	General Manager
1990-91	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	OHL	President
	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	OHL	General Manager
1991-92	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	OHL	President
	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	OHL	General Manager
	Detroit Compuware Ambassadors	OHL	Head Coach	Replaced Andy Weidenbach midseason
1992-93	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	OHL	President
	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	OHL	General Manager
1993-94	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	OHL	President
	Detroit Jr. Red Wings	OHL	General Manager
1994-95	Hartford Whalers	NHL	Franchise Owner	Became a minority owner
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	President
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	General Manager
1995-96	Hartford Whalers	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	President
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	General Manager
1996-97	Hartford Whalers	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	President
	Hartford Whalers	NHL	General Manager
1997-98	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
1998-99	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
1999-00	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2000-01	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2001-02	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2002-03	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2003-04	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2004-05	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2005-06	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2006-07	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2007-08	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2008-09	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2009-10	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2010-11	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2011-12	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2012-13	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2013-14	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	Franchise Owner
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	President
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	General Manager
2014-15	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2015-16	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Ex. VP of Hockey Operations
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2016-17	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Ex. VP of Hockey Operations
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2017-18	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Ex. VP of Hockey Operations
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2018-19	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Ex. VP of Hockey Operations
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2019-20	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	Ex. VP of Hockey Operations
	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	General Manager	Resigned on January 27; succeeded by Ron Hextall
2021-22	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	Pres. of Hockey Operations	Hired on December 9, 2021
	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	General Manager	Interim; Hired December 9, 2021
2022-23	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	Pres. of Hockey Operations

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Jim Rutherford Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
1966-67	Aurora Tigers	SubJCHL	30	-	2.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
1967-68	Hamilton Red Wings	OHA-Jr.	9	-	2.24	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	Playoffs	1	-	0.00	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968-69	Hamilton Red Wings	OHA-Jr.	45	-	3.36	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	Playoffs	5	-	5.40	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969-70	Fort Worth Wings	CHL	35	-	2.68	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|	Playoffs	4	-	2.95	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	29	-	3.77	.876	94	667	1	7-15-3	1 495	\|
	Fort Worth Wings	CHL	3	-	3.66	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
1971-72	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	40	-	3.23	.891	116	950	1	17-15-5	2 156	\|	Playoffs	4	-	3.50	.903	14	131	0	0-4-0	240
	Hershey Bears	AHL	3	-	2.33	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|
1972-73	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	49	-	2.92	.912	129	1 331	3	20-22-5	2 655	\|
1973-74	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	26	-	3.45	.883	82	617	0	7-12-4	1 428	\|
	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	25	-	3.64	.888	86	681	0	9-11-4	1 418	\|
1974-75	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	59	-	3.75	.877	217	1 553	2	20-29-10	3 475	\|
1975-76	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	44	-	3.60	.885	158	1 221	4	13-25-6	2 633	\|
1976-77	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	48	-	3.95	.867	180	1 171	0	7-34-6	2 736	\|
	Canada	WC	2	-	4.72	-	-	-	0	-	-	\|
1977-78	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	43	-	3.26	.880	134	985	1	20-17-4	2 466	\|	Playoffs	3	-	4.01	.862	12	75	0	2-1-0	180
1978-79	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	32	-	3.27	.884	103	782	1	13-14-5	1 890	\|
	Canada	WC	6	-	4.50	.845	-	-	0	-	-	\|
1979-80	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	23	-	4.18	.854	92	539	1	6-13-3	1 321	\|
1980-81	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	10	-	4.30	.850	43	243	0	2-6-2	600	\|
	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	18	-	5.07	.853	81	469	0	4-10-2	959	\|
	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	3	-	3.33	.896	10	86	0	3-0-0	180	\|	Playoffs	1	-	6.00	.750	2	6	0	0-0-0	20
1981-82	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	7	-	6.79	.792	43	164	0	3-3-0	380	\|
	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL	29	-	3.31	.877	-	-	-	-	-	\|	Playoffs	2	-	3.33	-	-	-	-	-	-
1982-83	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	1	-	7.00	.821	7	32	0	0-1-0	60	\|
	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	12	-	4.48	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|

Jim Rutherford Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI		POST	GP	GD	GAA	SV%	GA	SV	SO	WLT	TOI
1968-69	Montréal Jr. Canadiens	M-Cup	6	-	3.28	-	-	-	-	-	-	\|

Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

1986-1987
- CHL Executive of the Year
- OHL Executive of the Year
1987-1988
- OHL Champion
- OHL Executive of the Year
2005-2006
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2009
- OMHA All-Time Great Team (Executive)
2015-2016
- NHL General Manager of the Year (PIT)
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2016-2017
- NHL Stanley Cup Champion
2019-2020
- Hockey Hall of Fame | Builder

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