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Fleming Mackell
Fleming Mackell
	Mackell at St. Michaels, c. 1947
Born	April 30, 1929; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	October 19, 2015 (aged 86); Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada
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 who played with two Stanley Cup winners in his 13-season National Hockey League career.

Playing career

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

After his second Stanley Cup success, Mackell was traded by Toronto to the Boston Bruins in return for young defenceman 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. 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, Mackell 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, Mackell led all scorers during the 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 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. 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 and the NHL at the conclusion of the 1959–60 season, 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.

Mackell 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 ^{[citation needed]}. Mackell died on October 19, 2015.^[1]

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