Jim Wiemer

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Jim Wiemer
Born (1961-01-09) January 9, 1961 (age 63)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
Boston Bruins
NHL Draft 83rd overall, 1980
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1981–1995

James Duncan Wiemer (born January 9, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1983 and 1993.

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Hockey career

Wiemer began his path to the pros in Peterborough, Ontario with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League in 1978. He helped his team to the 1979 Memorial Cup Championship and continued his playing career in Peterborough until the end of the 1980–81 OHL season. Wiemer had his most productive season in 1980–81 when he recorded 95 points on 41 goals and 54 assists. During his tenure there, he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres with the 83rd pick in the fourth round.

Wiemer began his professional career with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) under coach Mike Keenan. He was originally drafted as a forward and was later moved back to defence by Keenan. He was an integral part in the 1983 Calder Cup Championship run.

Wiemer began his National Hockey League career and began to bounce around a bit to the aforementioned teams. He experienced his first trade in the NHL on December 6, 1984, when the Sabres traded Wiemer and Steve Patrick to the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Renaud and Dave Maloney. [1]

In 1986, he was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers. In the 1987–88 season, Wiemer played 12 regular season games, and two games in the Conference Final playoff for the Oilers, and has a Stanley cup Ring. However, his name was not included on the Stanley Cup. The criteria to get your name on the cup is to play 41 or more games for the winning team during the regular season, and/or one game played in the Stanley Finals. After playing mostly for the Oilers' farm team in the AHL the next season, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in March 1989.

In July 1989, Wiemer signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins where he found a solid home. Under coach Mike Milbury, Wiemer was a solid fixture on the blueline with Boston for the better part of four seasons. Wiemer was a member of the Bruins' organization for one more season with their AHL team. In 1994, Wiemer returned to the Rochester Americans for his final season.

Wiemer finished his playing career with 325 games played in the NHL (387 including playoffs). He scored 101 (114 including playoffs) points in his NHL career on 29 goals and 72 assists (34 and 80 including playoffs) with 378 penalty minutes and a plus/minus of +17 (437 and +14 including playoffs). Over his full professional career, he scored 999 career points.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78Sudbury Nickel CapitalsGNML905050100175—————
1978–79 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 61151227501844815
1978–79 Peterborough Petes M-Cup —————52130
1979–80 Peterborough PetesOMJHL531732496314691519
1979–80 Peterborough PetesM-Cup—————50006
1980–81 Peterborough Petes OHL 65415495102512315
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 741926455790442
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL —————10000
1982–83 Rochester AmericansAHL7415445943155152022
1983–84 Buffalo SabresNHL645152048—————
1983–84 Rochester AmericansAHL124111511183131620
1984–85 Buffalo SabresNHL103254—————
1984–85 Rochester AmericansAHL13191024—————
1984–85 New York Rangers NHL224373010000
1984–85 New Haven Nighthawks AHL339273639—————
1985–86 New York RangersNHL7303281016
1985–86 New Haven NighthawksAHL73244973108—————
1986–87 New Haven NighthawksAHL60776—————
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL59925347250442
1987–88 Edmonton Oilers NHL121231520002
1987–88 Nova Scotia OilersAHL5711324399511214
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL9235201021319
1988–89 Cape Breton Oilers AHL5112294180—————
1988–89New Haven NighthawksAHL3112272352
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL61514196380114
1989–90 Maine Mariners AHL634727—————
1990–91 Boston BruinsNHL6141923621613414
1991–92 Boston BruinsNHL47189841513414
1991–92 Maine MarinersAHL30114—————
1992–93 Boston BruinsNHL281674810004
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL42132—————
1993–94 Boston BruinsNHL40002—————
1993–94 Providence BruinsAHL355121781—————
1994–95 Rochester AmericansAHL634727—————
AHL totals5481243074317296411425368
NHL totals325297210137862581363

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1980 Canada WJC 52242
Junior totals52242

Awards

In 2010, Wiemer was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame along with former teammate Randy Cunneyworth and trainer Kent Weisbeck.

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References

  1. ↑ "1974 NHL Amateur Draft -- Dave Maloney".
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