Jim Burton (ice hockey)

James Burton (November 13, 1961 – January 5, 2015) was a professional ice hockey defenceman.

Jim Burton
Born (1961-11-13)November 13, 1961
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Died January 5, 2015(2015-01-05) (aged 53)
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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Governors' Trophy award winners at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Jim Burton (b.1961) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Former Augusta Lynx Coach Passes Away - WJBF-TV ABC 6 Augusta-Aiken". Archived from the original on 2015-01-09. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
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