| Jim Burton | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 6, 1963, Brantford, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | January 5, 2015 (aged 51), Evans, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) |
| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Pro clubs | AHL Hershey Bears Rochester Americans IHL Fort Wayne Komets Phoenix Roadrunners WPHL Austin Ice Bats Other EHC Lustenau (Austria) EC Klagenfurt (Austria) |
| Ntl. team |  Austria
|
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Playing career | 1981–1997 |
James Burton (November 6, 1963 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman.
Awards[]
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[]
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[]
| 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[]
- ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/awards/awarddetail.php?award_id=47
- ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=6883
- ↑ Archived copy. Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved on 2015-02-06.
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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