Jimmy Waite

Jimmy Waite (born April 15, 1969 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a former National Hockey League goaltender who is now playing in Europe. He was one of the most highly rated goalies in the late 1980s and many scouts believed he had the potential to become a star; unfortunately, the team that took him in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft (8th overall), the Chicago Blackhawks, was already deep in goal with both Ed Belfour and Dominik Hašek in their system. Waite never really caught on as a starting netminder and only played 106 NHL games, for Chicago, the San Jose Sharks and the Phoenix Coyotes. He played six years for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.

Waite retired in 2010 after playing a game for the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.

Career statistics
Season  Team                        Lge    GP   Min   GA  EN SO   GAA   W   L   T   Svs    Pct --- 1986-87 Chicoutimi Sagueneens       QMJHL  50  2569  209   0  2  4.88  23  17   3     0  0.000 1987-88 Chicoutimi Sagueneens       QMJHL  36  2000  150   0  0  4.50   0   0   0     0  0.000 1988-89 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL    11   494   43   2  0  5.22   0   7   1   208  0.829 1988-89 Saginaw Hawks               IHL     5   304   10   0  0  1.97   3   1   1     0  0.000 1989-90 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     4   183   14   0  0  4.59   2   0   0    78  0.848 1989-90 Indianapolis Ice            IHL    54  3207  135   0  0  2.53  34  14   4     0  0.000 1990-91 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     1    60    2   0  0  2.00   1   0   0    26  0.929 1990-91 Indianapolis Ice            IHL    49  2888  167   0  0  3.47  26  18   4     0  0.000 1991-92 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL    17   877   54   1  0  3.69   4   7   4   293  0.844 1991-92 Hershey Bears               AHL    11   631   44   1  0  4.18   6   4   1   311  0.876 1992-93 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL    20   996   49   3  2  2.95   6   7   1   362  0.881 1993-94 San Jose Sharks             NHL    15   697   50   2  0  4.30   3   7   0   269  0.843 1994-95 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     2   119    5   0  0  2.52   1   1   0    46  0.902 1994-95 Indianapolis Ice            IHL     4   239   13   0  0  3.25   2   1   1   130  0.909 1995-96 Indianapolis Ice            IHL    56  3157  179   5  0  3.40  28  18   6  1517  0.894 1995-96 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     1    31    0   0  0  0.00   0   0   0     8  1.000 1996-97 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     2   105    7   0  0  4.00   0   1   1    51  0.879 1996-97 Indianapolis Ice            IHL    41  2450  112   5  4  2.74  22  15   4  1197  0.914 1997-98 Phoenix Coyotes             NHL    17   793   28   1  1  2.12   5   6   1   322  0.913 1998-99 Phoenix Coyotes             NHL    16   898   41   0  1  2.74   6   5   4   349  0.895 1998-99 Utah Grizzlies              IHL    11   622   30   0  0  2.89   6   3   2   290  0.906 1998-99 Springfield Falcons         AHL     8   483   19   0  0  2.36   3   4   1   203  0.914 1999-00 St. John's Maple Leafs      AHL    62  3461  176   7  6  3.05  20  37   4  1815  0.912 2000-01 St. John's Maple Leafs      AHL    43  2447  132   5  1  3.24  12  25   4  1180  0.899 2001-02 Essen Mosquitoes            DEL    58  3290  166   0  3  3.03   0   0   0  1628  0.908 2002-03 Iserlohn Roosters           DEL    52  3081  122   0  6  2.38   0   0   0  1215  0.908 2003-04 Ingolstadt ERC              DEL    49  2794   93   0  8  2.00   0   0   0  1168  0.926 2004-05 Ingolstadt ERC              DEL    42  2454   92   0  8  2.25   0   0   0  1071  0.921 2005-06 Ingolstadt ERC              DEL    50  2935  108   0  5  2.21   0   0   0  1290  0.923 2007-08 Ingolstadt ERC              DEL    51  3006  156   0  3  3.11  18  18   0  1397  0.900 2008-09 Ingolstadt ERC              DEL    48  2875  133   0  1  2.78  17  21   0  1337  0.910