James Claude "Howie" McKenny - Born December 1, 1946 in Ottawa, Ontario is a Canadian retired ice Hockey defenceman, coach and broadcaster.

- Memorial Cup Champion 1964
- George Richardson Memorial Trophy Champion 1964
- J. Ross Robertson Cup Junior Champion 1964

- Calder Cup Champion 1968 with Rochester Americans.

- Lester Patrick Cup Champion 1969 with Vancouver Canucks.

McKenny played with the Neil McNeil Maroons of the Metro Junior A league in 1962–63. When the league folded in 1963, McKenny transferred to the Ontario Hockey Association's Toronto Marlboros, playing there for 3 seasons. In his first year as a Marlboro, McKenny had a strong Memorial Cup playoff run, scoring 1 goal, 7 assists in 12 games, as the Toronto Marlboros won the 1964 Memorial Cup championship.

In his third and final year of junior Hockey with the Marlboros in 1965-66, McKenny was called up to the NHL, and played 2 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs, making his NHL debut on February 26, 1966 vs Boston Bruins at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 3-2 Toronto win.

Drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 3rd round of the 1963 NHL Amateur Draft (17th overall), McKenny had difficulty staying in the NHL early in his career and often played forward instead of his usual position on defense. He was given two other opportunities to make the Maple Leafs teams in the 1966–67 and 1967-1968 seasons but only played a total of 11 games. McKenny scored his 1st NHL goal vs Roger Crozier of Detroit Red Wings at 18:07 of 3rd period on February 25, 1967 at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 4-0 Toronto win.

McKenny was not promoted to stay on the Maple Leafs for several years, attributed to a poor attitude, possibly his alcoholism and his antipathy towards the high-pressure style of coach and GM Punch Imlach. He played in the minor leagues for the Tulsa Oilers / CPHL, the Rochester Americans / AHL, and the Vancouver Canucks / WHL.

McKenny and Don Cherry were roommates when on the road with the Rochester Americans, helping them win the 1968 Calder Cup championship. McKenny and Cherry also helped the Vancouver Canucks win the 1969 Lester Patrick Cup as Western Hockey League champions. McKenny had 5 goals, 5 assists in 8 games on route to the championship.

McKenny finally became a full-time member of the Toronto Maple Leafs team during the 1969–70 season and became one of the Maple Leafs top defensemen for 8 seasons. McKenny has the 5th highest points total for Leafs defencemen, accumulating 327 points (81 goals, 246 assists) in 594 games, behind only Börje Salming, Tomas Kaberle, Tim Horton, and Ian Turnbull. In 1974, McKenny played in the NHL All-Star Game.

In 1971, McKenny also appeared in the movie "Face-Off" as the skating stand-in for Art Hindle.

Near the end of his career, McKenny was sent down to the Central Hockey League's Dallas Black Hawks for the 1977–78 season. Despite the demotion, he was named to the CHL's Second All-Star Team. On May 15, 1978, McKenny was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for cash and future considerations (the rights to Owen Lloyd), playing in only 10 games before retiring from the NHL.

In 1979-80 McKenny coached in Switzerland and France, but returned to Toronto in the end and entered the broadcasting industry selling advertising, and later as a colour commentator for Italian-Canadian Hockey games on a local cable station. Then McKenny joined Citytv as a sports reporter and later a sports anchorman on the dinner-hour broadcasts, and is still one of the most familiar faces on Toronto television.

McKenny played in 604 regular season NHL games, scoring 82 goals (7 GWG), 247 assists with 294 penalty minutes and 37 NHL playoff games, scoring 7 goals (1 GWG), 9 assists with 10 penalty minutes.

Jim McKenney was inducted into the Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame in 2013