Derek MacKenzie

Jersey Number: 26, 24

Center

5'11" (180cm)

June 11, 1981

26, 24

Left

177 lbs (80kg)

Sudbury, Ontario, CAN

Registered 31-38-69, 155 penalty minutes and was +19 in 279 career games over seven campaigns with the Blue Jackets from 2007-14.
Made his Blue Jackets debut on Dec. 10, 2007 and notched his first NHL/CBJ goal on Mar. 9, 2008 (Mike Smith).
Had his best season as a Blue Jacket in 2010-11 when he posted career highs with 9-14-23, 22 penalty minutes and was +14 in 63 contests in his first full NHL campaign.
Also had a career-high nine goals in his final season with CBJ, finishing with 9-9-18 in 71 outings in 2013-14.
Finished his 16-year NHL career with 51-74-125 and 337 penalty minutes in 611 games with the Florida Panthers, Blue Jackets and Atlanta Thrashers from 2001-19.
Made his NHL debut with Atlanta on Apr. 12, 2002 at Columbus.
Spent his final five NHL campaigns with the Panthers, serving as an alternate captain from 2014-16 and captain from 2016-18.
Added 147-185-332 in 550 career American Hockey League games with the Syracuse Crunch and Chicago Wolves over nine campaigns from 2001-10 and won a Calder Cup with Chicago in 2012.
Won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2001 IIHF World Junior Championships.
Played junior hockey with the Sudbury Wolves in the Ontario Hockey League, notching 95-158-253 in 257 contests from 1997-2001.
Transitioned to coaching following retirement, serving as an assistant coach with the Panthers from 2019-22, head coach of the OHL’s Wolves in 2022-23 and assistant coach of the Nashville Predators since 2023.

Season	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG
2007-2008	17	2	0	2	-2	8	19
2008-2009	1	0	0	0	-1	2	1
2009-2010	18	1	3	4	3	0	14
2010-2011	63	9	14	23	14	22	76
2011-2012	66	7	7	14	4	40	61
2012-2013	43	3	5	8	1	36	33
2013-2014	71	9	9	18	0	47	70
Totals	279	31	38	69	19	155	274

Season	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	SOG
2013-2014	6	1	0	1	-1	2	6
Playoff Totals	6	1	0	1	-1	2	6