Jim Burton (ice hockey)

James Burton (November 6, 1963 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman.

Jim Burton
Born (1963-11-06)November 6, 1963
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Died January 5, 2015(2015-01-05) (aged 51)
Evans, Georgia, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for AHL
Hershey Bears
Rochester Americans
IHL
Fort Wayne Komets
Phoenix Roadrunners
WPHL
Austin Ice Bats
Other
EHC Lustenau (Austria)
EC Klagenfurt (Austria)
National team  Austria
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 19811997

Awards

Burton was a three-time winner of the IHL's Governor's Trophy (Larry D. Gordon Trophy) which is awarded annually to the defenseman voted to be most outstanding based on performance over the course of the regular season by the league's coaches.[1]

Coaching

Burton was a head coach in both the WPHL (with the Austin Ice Bats and Arkansas GlacierCats) and the ECHL (with the Augusta Lynx).[2] Burton died of a heart attack on January 5, 2015.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1978–79 Brantford Alexanders OMJHL 600161642
1979–80 Windsor Spitfires OMJHL 602293156
1980–81 Windsor Spitfires OHL 57114758133
1981–82 Windsor Spitfires OHL 718911
1980–81 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 7785462126 906612
1982–83 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 79177087114 102111323
1982–83 Hershey Bears AHL 51018
1983–84 Hershey Bears AHL 7510334350
1984–85 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 7415506560 1306612
1985–86 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 8230649447 156101634
1986–87 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 5819527150 112111325
1986–87 Rochester Americans AHL 100224
1987–88 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 8013748772 50110
1988–89 EHC Lustenau Austria 37183149
1988–89 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 21313168 112468
1989–90 EHC Lustenau Austria 348152355
1990–91 Klagenfurter AC Austria 4118335183
1991–92 Klagenfurter AC Austria 4310344436
1992–93 Klagenfurter AC Austria 4614365072
1993–94 Klagenfurter AC Austria 5118426058
1994–95 Klagenfurter AC Austria 35153550
1995–96 Klagenfurter AC Austria 265202546
1995–96 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 913410
1996–97 Austin Ice Bats WPHL 5221476865 504412
IHL totals 480 106 380 486 487 74 12 49 61 114
Austria totals 313 106 246 352 350

References


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