Gordon, 94, was a true hockey lifer and leaves behind only fond memories and good friendships.
Jack Gordon pictured in a Star Tribune feature story in 1971. Gordon went on to become general manager of Vancouver Canucks.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.As the years have passed, the story has become a little more nuanced. There were pressures from within the Vancouver Canucks to trade their unproven star. There was possibly an opportunistic move by former Boston Bruins GM Harry Sinden as well.
“They retired there in Vancouver. And then they outlived all his golf buddies,” John said. “In 2014 they decided to come to Minnesota. My sister lives here and I live here. I guess we were the only family left, everybody else in Canada was gone.”1985: Vancouver Canucks general manager Jack Gordon.after waking up in the middle of the night unable to move. Joyce called for an ambulance and he was taken to hospital. Gordon died there not long after arrival, his son said.
In a game that is often filled with boisterous characters, Gordon, stood out in a different way: He was quiet and composed, picking his moments to say what he thought would be the right words.Article content Watt was let go by the Jets during the 1983-84 season. He returned to coach the University of Toronto in 1984-85 where he’d coached the Varsity Blues for 15 years before the Canucks brought him aboard in 1980. Then when Harry Neale was dismissed as GM after the season Gordon ended up as GM and he brought in Watt to coach.Article content
“It was an almost impossible scenario,” Griffiths said. “We had to rebuild everything. We’d just invested in the arena, with the suites and restaurants. It was a tough place to be. We knew we needed to go external.”Article content After Boston signed centre Thomas Gradin as a free agent away from the Canucks in June 1986, Watt urged Gordon to try to sign Pederson, who was a restricted free agent, in return. But signing Pederson wasn’t cheap and when Bruins GM Harry Sinden realized the Canucks were after Pederson,
While the Bruins thought they were adding a hustling type, perhaps an heir to Terry O’Reilly or Wayne Cashman, Neely proved to be so much more. And the ultimate irony was that his first centre was Gradin, a player he’d rarely skated with on the same line in Vancouver. But he did play in the 1950 Stanley Cup playoffs with the Rangers, who lost in seven games in the final to the Gordie Howe-less Red Wings. Mr. Hockey had been injured in the first game of the playoffs.Gordon would suit up just five more times in the NHL over the next two seasons.
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