Jim Jackson (ice hockey)

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Jim Jackson
Born (1960-02-01) February 1, 1960 (age 64)
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 19761990

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.

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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

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1975–76Parkway AAA SelectsOMHA U1677475510250
1976–77 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 6513405326
1977–78 Oshawa GeneralsOMJHL6833478060622426
1978–79 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL622639657320691516
1979–80 Niagara Falls FlyersOMJHL66295786551078158
1980–81 Richmond Rifles EHL 5817436042101014
1981–82 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 8224517572
1982–83 Calgary Flames NHL 4881220782132
1982–83 Colorado Flames CHL 301016264
1983–84 Calgary FlamesNHL49614201361124
1983–84 Colorado FlamesCHL25527324
1984–85 Calgary FlamesNHL101450
1984–85 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 242576
1985–86 Rochester Americans AHL6516324810
1986–87 Rochester AmericansAHL7119385748165496
1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL52020
1987–88 Rochester AmericansAHL742348712372684
1988–89 Rochester AmericansAHL7319506914
1989–90 Rochester AmericansAHL771637531491564
NHL totals11217304720143256

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