Mike Hartman

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Mike Hartman
Born (1967-02-07) February 7, 1967 (age 58)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Winnipeg Jets
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Kölner Haie
National teamFlag of the United States.svg  United States
NHL draft 131st overall, 1986
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 19862008
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Israel Ice hockey

Michael Jay Hartman (born February 7, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in 397 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers. [1] [2] He was drafted in the seventh round, 131st overall, by the Sabres in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

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Hartman played Canadian junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls and North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League, where he compiled 102 points and 473 penalty minutes in 138 games. Hartman represented the United States at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and appeared for the Sabres later that same year, as he amassed six points in 17 National Hockey League (NHL) games. [3] In 1994, he was originally left off the Stanley Cup along with teammate Ed Olczyk because they did not play the 41 regular season games or 1 game in the finals. Rangers protested saying Hartman and Olczyk had missed time due to injuries, and should be on the Stanley Cup. The NHL agreed and later added their names.

In 1995 he was inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [2] On April 29, 2012 Hartman was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in a ceremony in Commack, N.Y. [4]

Biography

Hartman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and is Jewish. [1] [5] As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit. [6] He graduated from West Bloomfield High School. [7]

He began his career in 1983–84 playing for the North York Rangers in the OJHL, then in 1984–85 and 1985–86 for the Belleville Bulls in the OHL and also in 1985–86 for the North Bay Centennials of the OHL.

Hartman split the following season between Buffalo and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, before becoming a full-time NHL'er in 1988–89. That season, Hartman racked up a career-high 316 penalty minutes and added 8 goals. The 1989–90 season proved to be Hartman's best statistically, as he scored a career-high 11 goals and 10 assists and led the Sabres in penalty minutes for the second straight year with 211. [3]

At the beginning of the 1991–92 season, after three full seasons with the Sabres, Hartman was part of a five player swap with the Winnipeg Jets. The Sabres traded Hartman, forward Darrin Shannon and defenceman Dean Kennedy to the Jets in exchange for forward Dave McLlwain, defenceman Gord Donnelly and the Jets' fifth round pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft (Yuri Khmylev). Hartman accounted for eight points and 264 penalty minutes in his only year with the Jets, who left him unprotected in the expansion draft that followed the season. [3]

Hartman was leading the Lightning with 154 penalty minutes. At the trade deadline that season, Hartman was traded to the New York Rangers for forward Randy Gilhen. He played 3 games at the season of the Rangers. Injuries would limit the number of games Mike played in the next two season. He only played 35 games as in 1993-94, and 1 game for Rangers in 1994-95. He scored 1 goal, 1 assist and amassing 80 penalty minutes for the Rangers. For his NHL career, Hartman scored 43 goals, added 35 assists and had 1388 penalty minutes in 397 regular season contests. [3]

In 1995, Hartman moved to the IHL's Orlando Solar Bears, where he scored 24 points in 77 games. Hartman played four of his last five professional seasons with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL, retiring after the 2003–04 season. The exception was the 1998–99 season, which he spent with Kölner Haie of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. That season, Hartman also played three games for USA Hockey's qualifying squad which won a berth in the World Championships. [3]

He competed on Team USA in hockey at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, which won a silver medal. [8] [9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1983–84 North York Rangers OJHL 37172643141
1984–85 Belleville Bulls OHL 49131225119100119
1985–86 Belleville BullsOHL42135
1985–86 North Bay Centennials OHL531916352051024634
1986–87 North Bay CentennialsOHL3215243914419781588
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1733669
1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 57131427283410122
1987–88 Buffalo SabresNHL1831490600035
1988–89 Buffalo SabresNHL708917316500034
1989–90 Buffalo SabresNHL60111021211600018
1990–91 Buffalo SabresNHL609312204200017
1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL7544826420002
1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL58448154
1992–93 New York Rangers NHL30006
1993–94 New York RangersNHL3511270
1994–95 New York RangersNHL10004
1994–95 Detroit Vipers IHL 6101520000
1995–96 Orlando Solar Bears IHL771410242432122431
1996–97 Hershey Bears AHL42581311610000
1997–98 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 5330184879740411
1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL 43639156
2000–01 Charlotte CheckersECHL1612321
2002–03 Charlotte CheckersECHL41347
2003–04 Charlotte CheckersECHL36641013
NHL totals397433578138821000106

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1987 United States WJC 62029
Junior totals62029

Awards and achievements

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Horvitz, Peter S. (April 3, 2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN   9781561719075 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Past Inductees – Michigan Jewish Sports".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mike Hartman player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  4. "...to Be Honored by Jewish Hall of Fame". New York Times. April 26, 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  5. Wechsler, Bob (August 3, 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN   9780881259698 via Google Books.
  6. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  7. "Looking Back: Jews & Hockey — Detroit Jewish News". January 28, 2021.
  8. "January 1997". Jewish Post.
  9. "July 31, 1997 — Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey Archives". New Jersey Jewish News.