Jamie Hislop

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Jamie Hislop
Born (1954-01-20) January 20, 1954 (age 69)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Cincinnati Stingers
Quebec Nordiques
Calgary Flames
NHL Draft 140th overall, 1974
Montreal Canadiens
WHA Draft 49th overall, 1974
Cleveland Crusaders
Playing career 1976–1983

James Donald Hislop (born January 20, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played for the Cincinnati Stingers in the World Hockey Association from 1976 to 1979 and then the Quebec Nordiques and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1979 and 1984. He helped the Flames reach the NHL playoff semifinals for the first time in club history in 1981. After his playing career he worked as an assistant coach with the Flames and then as a scout with the Minnesota Wild.

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Playing career

Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Hislop played junior hockey in Tier II Ontario Hockey Association play.

Hislop attended the University of New Hampshire under legendary coach Charlie Holt. In Hislop's sophomore year with the Wildcats in 1974, he led the ECAC in assists with 35 en route to the conference title, leading to him being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 8th round of the 1974 NHL amateur draft. He followed that performance up with two 66-point seasons, winning conference First All-Star honours in 1975 and 1976 and being named to the NCAA First Team All-American squad in 1976. He finished his collegiate career with 77 goals and 132 assists for 209 points, the leading scorer in Wildcat history to that time, and is currently 4th all-time.

After spending half a season in the minor leagues with the Hampton Gulls, Hislop was signed by the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey Association in 1977. He played three seasons with the Stingers, his best year coming in 1979, when he scored 30 goals and 40 assists for 70 points, chipping in six points in three playoff games.

When the Stingers folded in the WHA-NHL merger, in 1979, Hislop's rights were acquired by the Winnipeg Jets, who traded him a few days later to the Quebec Nordiques for defenseman Barry Melrose. He was the only player to play in all 80 games for the Nordiques during their inaugural season in the NHL, scoring 19 goals. In 1980, he had the good fortune of being inserted as the right winger on a line with brothers Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny, and after a short period of adaptation, the three clicked beautifully together as Hislop scored 41 points in 50 games. With Réal Cloutier, another right-winger, back from an injury and the Nordiques weak in goal, he was traded midway through the season to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Dan Bouchard; it proved to be his best year in the NHL with a combined 25 goals and 31 assists for 56 points. He played the remainder of his career with the Flames, settling into being a solid two-way player who almost never missed a game and serving two full seasons before an eye injury sustained in a game against the New York Islanders on December 1, 1983 forced his retirement.

Hislop finished his NHL career with 75 goals and 103 assists for 178 points in 345 games, adding 61 goals and 102 assists for 163 points in the WHA.

Post-playing career

He joined the Flames front office immediately upon his retirement, as an assistant coach, but left hockey for four years until becoming the head coach for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League for two seasons starting in 1989. After that, Hislop returned to the Flames, working as a scout and spending three more seasons as an assistant coach until his final retirement in 2004.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1971–72 Stratford Cullitons OHA-B38263056——————
1972–73 University of New Hampshire ECAC 265162112—————
1973–74 University of New HampshireECAC3121355630—————
1974–75 University of New HampshireECAC3128386612—————
1975–76 University of New HampshireECAC3123436620—————
1976–77 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 4671926640114
1976–77 Hampton Gulls SHL 3716173311—————
1977–78 Cincinnati StingersWHA8024436717—————
1978–79 Cincinnati StingersWHA803040704532460
1979–80 Quebec Nordiques NHL 801920396—————
1980–81 Quebec NordiquesNHL5019224115—————
1980–81 Calgary Flames NHL29691511163035
1981–82 Calgary FlamesNHL801625413530000
1982–83 Calgary FlamesNHL791419331790226
1983–84 Calgary FlamesNHL271892—————
WHA totals206611021636872574
NHL totals34575103178862832511

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1974–75 [1]
All-ECAC Hockey First Team 1975–76 [1]
AHCA East All-American 1975–76 [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "ECAC All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA.org. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
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