Jack Ferreira

Jack Ferreira (born June 9, 1944) is an American ice hockey executive working as the special assistant to the general manager of the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.[1]

Jack Ferreira
Born (1944-06-09) June 9, 1944
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Boston University
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 1963–1966

Early life

Ferreira was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He played for the Boston University Terriers men's ice hockey team in the mid-1960s under head coach Jack Kelley and was part of the hall-of-Fame coach's first recruiting class at BU.[2] Nicknamed "Mr. Magoo" by his teammates due to being legally blind, Ferreira's breakout year came as a junior in 1965, when the Terriers achieved a 25–6 record and won the ECAC regular season title.[3][4] Though BU would fall to Brown in the conference semifinals,[5] preventing the Terriers from making the 1965 tournament,[6] Ferreira set a record for eight shutouts that still stands.[7][8]

Career

Ferreira worked as the New York Rangers' director of player development before signing a multiyear contract as the Minnesota North Stars' general manager and vice president in 1988.[9] As part of the deal for George Gund III to sell the North Stars to a group led by Norman Green, the NHL awarded Gund a franchise in Northern California, to which he brought Ferreira along to become the general manager.[10] Ferreira became the first general manager of the San Jose Sharks during their inaugural season in 1991–92.[11] He later became the first general manager of another California franchise, the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, from 1993 to 1998. After a season in which the Mighty Ducks failed to return to the playoffs, in 1998 Ferreira was demoted to vice president of hockey operations as Pierre Gauthier took over as GM. He left the organization in 2000 to become director of player personnel with the Atlanta Thrashers.[12]

Awards and honors
Award Year
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1964–65
AHCA East All-American 1964–65
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1965–66
Inducted into the RI Hockey Hall of Fame 2020

References
  1. "Jack Ferreira". kings.nhl.com. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Retrieved 2014-07-11.
  3. Corbett, Bernard M. (2002). Boston University Hockey. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-1127-6.
  4. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide" (PDF). ECAC Hockey. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  5. "ECAC Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  6. "NCAA Division 1 Tournament". College Hockey Historical Archives. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
  7. "BU Record Book" (PDF). Boston University Terriers. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  8. "Jack Ferreira". Boston University Terriers. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  9. "He's Fired - Maybe Brooks Out, For Now, As North Stars' Coach; Penguins Ax Creamer". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 15, 1988. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 13, 2023 – via Wayback Machine.
  10. Lapointe, Joe (10 May 1990). "N.H.L. Agrees to Expansion in California". The New York Times.
  11. "Chicago Tribune: Chicago news, sports, weather, entertainment".
  12. "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 8 September 2000.


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