Jim Burton

James "Jim" Burton (November 13, 1961 – January 5, 2015) was a Canadian-Austrian 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.

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). Burton died of a heart attack on January 5, 2015.

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 — — — — —