Jim Jackson (ice hockey)
James Kenneth Jackson (born February 1, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the Calgary Flames and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League between 1982 and 1988. He later coached the Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.
| Jim Jackson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 1, 1960 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Calgary Flames Buffalo Sabres | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1976–1990 | ||
Early life
Jackson was born to Ralph (Curly) Kenneth Jackson and Joan Thérèse Melvina Jackson (née Cardinal) in Oshawa, Ontario. He was the third of four children. Jackson started skating at the age of two, and his constructed a wooden frame in preparation for packing and flooding their large backyard rink every autumn.
As a youth, Jackson played in the 1972 and 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Oshawa.[1]
Jackson played four years of junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals and the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League between 1976 and 1980. He turned professional in 1980 when he joined the Richmond Rifles of the Eastern Hockey League. He moved to the Muskegon Mohawks of the International Hockey League the next season. The next 3 seasons were spent with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as with their minor league affiliates in Colorado and Moncton. In 1985, the Buffalo Sabres assigned Jim to the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.In 112 NHL games, Jim scored 17 goals and 47 points. With Rochester, he scored 93 goals and 205 assists in 360 games.[2]
In 2001, Jackson was inducted into Rochester Americans Hockey Hall of Fame.[3] The following year, he was inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame.[4] In 1990, Jackson retired as a hockey player.
Awards
- Calder Cup Champion, Rochester Americans 1986-87[5]
- Rochester Americans Hockey Hall of Fame, inducted 2001[6]
- Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame, inducted 2002[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1975–76 | Parkway AAA Selects | OMHA U16 | 77 | 47 | 55 | 102 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Oshawa Generals | OMJHL | 65 | 13 | 40 | 53 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Oshawa Generals | OMJHL | 68 | 33 | 47 | 80 | 60 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 1978–79 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 62 | 26 | 39 | 65 | 73 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 16 | ||
| 1979–80 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 66 | 29 | 57 | 86 | 55 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 1980–81 | Richmond Rifles | EHL | 58 | 17 | 43 | 60 | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1981–82 | Muskegon Mohawks | IHL | 82 | 24 | 51 | 75 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 48 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 30 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 49 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1983–84 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 25 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Moncton Golden Flames | AHL | 24 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 65 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 71 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 1987–88 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 74 | 23 | 48 | 71 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 1988–89 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 73 | 19 | 50 | 69 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989–90 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 77 | 16 | 37 | 53 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | ||
| NHL totals | 112 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | ||||
- Source: NHL.com[8]
References
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame. "Inductees for 2002". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- "Rochester Americans". amerks.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame". oshawasportshalloffame.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- "American Hockey League". theahl.com. Archived from the original on February 27, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "Rochester Americans". amerks.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- "Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame". oshawasportshalloffame.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
- "Jim Jackson NHL player profile". NHL.com. Retrieved May 8, 2022.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame
- Rochester Americans Hockey Hall of Fame
- Bibliography
- Brunt, Stephen (2006). Searching for Bobby Orr. Random House. ISBN 978-0-676-97651-9.