| Alex Forsyth | |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Birth Date: | January 6, 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Galt, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1975 |
| Career End: | 1978 |
| Draft: | 18th overall |
| Draft Year: | 1975 |
| Draft Team: | Washington Capitals |
| Wha Draft: | 122nd overall |
| Wha Draft Year: | 1975 |
| Wha Draft Team: | San Diego Mariners |
| Played For: | Washington Capitals |
James Alexander (Alex) Forsyth (January 6, 1955 – July 12, 2024) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals during the 1976–77 season, on November 12, 1976 against the Chicago Black Hawks. He was selected by the Capitals 18th overall in the 1975 NHL Entry Draft and by the San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association in the ninth round of the 1975 WHA Amateur Draft, from the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League.
After retirement, Forsyth returned to Kingston, and became a police officer, spending 33 years with Kingston Police Force.
Forsyth died on July 12, 2024.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1972–73 | London Knights | OHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Kingston Canadians | OHA | 58 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Kingston Canadians | OMJHL | 64 | 27 | 31 | 58 | 72 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 71 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 74 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 69 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| AHL totals | 145 | 21 | 49 | 70 | 71 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||