Sandy MacKenzie (sometimes spelled McKenzie) (born 27 July 1973) is a former

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player. He played three seasons of professional hockey including one in the

Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; ''"Honour Division"'' or ''"Premier Division"'') is the highest level of professional football in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is ...

in the

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. A native of

Truro, Nova Scotia Truro ( Mi'kmaq: ''Wagobagitik''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Truru'') is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada. Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of the Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's mouth at ...

, MacKenzie played 1994–5, along with his brother

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, for Nijmegen Tigers, scoring 23 goals and 14 assists in 23 regular season Eredivisie games and four goals in four playoff games. He scored also a goal in two games in the

Dutch Cup The KNVB Beker (; en, KNVB Cup), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. ...

, and three goals and an assist in the HTG-Bokaal. In 1998, MacKenzie won an

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are th ...

with his hometown

Truro Bearcats The Truro Bearcats are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Truro, Nova Scotia. The Bearcats are one of six Nova Scotia teams in the Maritime Junior Hockey League. History Metro Valley League years Originally, Truro was a member of ...

. He was the only Truro native on the team and he scored two goals including the winner in the championship game. A left-winger, MacKenzie played 1998-9 for the

Mohawk Valley Prowlers The Mohawk Valley Prowlers were a minor professional ice hockey based in Utica, New York, as a member of the United Hockey League (UHL) that played from 1998 to 2001. The Dayton Ice Bandits' franchise was purchased and relocated following the r ...

, scoring 15 goals and collecting 8 assists in 49 games. The following season he played a single game going scoreless. MacKenzie was a member of the

Stony Plain Eagles The Stony Plain Eagles are a senior ice hockey team based in Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada. Founded in the 1930s, the team moved up to the Senior AAA ranks in 1992. They played in the Allan Cup Hockey West until 2020. The Eagles were the 1999 ...

from 2000–2007, and played in 7 total Allan Cup National Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mackenzie, Sandy 1973 births Canadian ice hockey left wingers Eredivisie (ice hockey) players Ice hockey people from Nova Scotia Living people Mohawk Valley Prowlers players Nijmegen Tigers players People from Truro, Nova Scotia Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the Netherlands