Don McKenney Wife: Meet Margaret Gendron

Margaret Gendron was the wife of Don McKenney , a forward and coach in Canadian ice hockey.

Don McKenney married  his wife Margaret Gendron who is a fellow Smiths Falls, Ontario native and Ottawa schoolteacher, in the spring of 1958.

The couple settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, and raised three Northeastern University graduates, daughters Valerie and Deborah, as well as son Scot, who played for the Huskies men’s hockey team in the early 1980s.

Don McKenney died in Ontario on December 18, 2022, at the age of 88. His cause of death was not given.

From 1954 to 1963, he was a member of the Bruins and served as captain for the final two seasons of his career. McKenney had 237 goals, 345 assists, and 582 points in 798 games over 13 NHL seasons.

Following his playing career, McKenney joined Flaman’s staff as an assistant coach for the Northeastern University men’s hockey team, where he remained for nearly two decades before being promoted to head coach in 1989-91.

In 1999, McKenney was inducted into the Northeastern Hall of Fame. He went on to work as a scout for the Colorado Avalanche.