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Jim Burton (ice hockey)
James Burton (November 6, 1963 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman.
| Jim Burton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | November 6, 1963 Brantford, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | January 5, 2015 (aged 51) Evans, Georgia, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | AHL Hershey Bears Rochester Americans IHL Fort Wayne Komets Phoenix Roadrunners WPHL Austin Ice Bats Other EHC Lustenau (Austria) EC Klagenfurt (Austria) | ||
| National team | Austria | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1981–1997 | ||
Awards edit
Burton was a three-time winner of the IHL's Governor's Trophy (Larry D. Gordon Trophy) which is awarded annually to the defenseman voted to be most outstanding based on performance over the course of the regular season by the league's coaches.[1]
Coaching edit
Burton was a head coach in both the WPHL (with the Austin Ice Bats and Arkansas GlacierCats) and the ECHL (with the Augusta Lynx).[2] Burton died of a heart attack on January 5, 2015.[3]
Career statistics edit
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Brantford Alexanders | OMJHL | 60 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Windsor Spitfires | OMJHL | 60 | 2 | 29 | 31 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 57 | 11 | 47 | 58 | 133 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Windsor Spitfires | OHL | 7 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 77 | 8 | 54 | 62 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1982–83 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 79 | 17 | 70 | 87 | 114 | 10 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 23 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 75 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 74 | 15 | 50 | 65 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1985–86 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 82 | 30 | 64 | 94 | 47 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 34 | ||
| 1986–87 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 58 | 19 | 52 | 71 | 50 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 25 | ||
| 1986–87 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 80 | 13 | 74 | 87 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | EHC Lustenau | Austria | 37 | 18 | 31 | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1988–89 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 21 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 1989–90 | EHC Lustenau | Austria | 34 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 41 | 18 | 33 | 51 | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 43 | 10 | 34 | 44 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1992–93 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 46 | 14 | 36 | 50 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1993–94 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 51 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 35 | 15 | 35 | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Klagenfurter AC | Austria | 26 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | Phoenix Roadrunners | IHL | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Austin Ice Bats | WPHL | 52 | 21 | 47 | 68 | 65 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| IHL totals | 480 | 106 | 380 | 486 | 487 | 74 | 12 | 49 | 61 | 114 | ||||
| Austria totals | 313 | 106 | 246 | 352 | 350 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References edit
- ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=47[bare URL]
- ^ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6883[bare URL]
- ^ . Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database