Jack Ferreira

Jack Ferreira
Born	(1944-06-09) June 9, 1944 (age 80) 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

Jack Ferreira (born June 9, 1944) is a former American ice hockey executive who worked as a senior advisor to the general manager of the NHL's Minnesota Wild, a special assistant to the general manager of the Los Angeles Kings, a director of player personnel with the former Atlanta Thrashers, and as a General Manager of the Anaheim Ducks. ^[1]

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". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2024-03-08.
2. "2008-09 ECAC Hockey Media Guide". ECAC Hockey. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. 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". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
12. "Archives". Los Angeles Times . 8 September 2000.

External links

• Jack Ferreira career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lou Nanne	General Manager of the Minnesota North Stars 1988–90	Succeeded by Bob Clarke
Preceded by Position created	General Manager of the San Jose Sharks 1991–92	Succeeded by Chuck Grillo
Preceded by Position created	General Manager of the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 1993–98	Succeeded by Pierre Gauthier