Birth:  April 1, 1953 in Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada

Home:  Moved to Maxville, Ontario, Canada at 2 years of age. While his family was active in playing sports, John was the first to play hockey. 

Youth Hockey:   1960 - 1967, began playing hockey for Maxville Youth Hockey

              1967 - 1970, played 3 Years of Junior B Hockey for Maxville Highlanders

              1970 - 1973, played 3 years at Major Junior A level for the Cornwall Royals, in QMJHL

              1972 – Won The Memorial Cup with Cornwall Royals

Professional Hockey:  Drafted by St. Louis Blues in 1973

Played 10 years of professional hockey with St.Louis Blues, Boston Bruins, Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Rockies and New Jersey Devils.

Played one year with the Nijmegan Vissers in the Netherlands

Boston Bruins Stanley Cup Finals team in 1976/1977 and 1977/1978 seasons

Coaching:    High School level:  Francis Howell and Country Day

            Youth Level: Team Quebec and STL, founding member of original STL program

            Junior Level: Assistant Coach, St. Louis Blues Junior B 

             Head Coach, St. Louis Sting

            Minor Professional: Missouri River Otters, Interim Head Coach

Instructor:    USA Coaching Clinics, STL Hockey Camp, John Wensink Hockey Camp and

            St. Louis Blues Alumni Hockey Camps.

John retired from the NHL in 1983 and moved to St. Charles, Missouri with his family. He ran a successful remodeling business until 2005. Besides hockey, John’s interests include hunting, horses and the outdoors in general. He currently lives in Fredericktown, Missouri with his wife, Rhonda. His children, daughters Jaclyn and Katelyn, son-in-law Brian and grandchildren, Jack, Taylor and Jonas reside in St. Charles. Hockey always has been and continues to be a large part of all of their lives.

John continues to be active in hockey with the St. Louis Blues Alumni, the St. Louis Blues AAA, Quebec International Tournament teams and The Grey Team in the Chesterfield adult league. He operates an annual hockey school in his hometown of Maxville, Ontario, to foster the youth program and help develop players to reach their potential.