Jim Jackson

James Kenneth Jackson (born February 1, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the Calgary Flames and the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League between 1982 and 1988. He later coached the Markham Thunder of the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

Early life Jackson was born to Ralph (Curly) Kenneth Jackson and Joan Thérèse Melvina Jackson (née Cardinal) in Oshawa, Ontario. He was the third of four children. Jackson started skating at the age of two, and his constructed a wooden frame in preparation for packing and flooding their large backyard rink every autumn.

As a youth, Jackson played in the 1972 and 1973 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Oshawa.

Jackson played four years of junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals and the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League between 1976 and 1980. He turned professional in 1980 when he joined the Richmond Rifles of the Eastern Hockey League. He moved to the Muskegon Mohawks of the International Hockey League the next season. The next 3 seasons were spent with the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as with their minor league affiliates in Colorado and Moncton. In 1985, the Buffalo Sabres assigned Jim to the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.In 112 NHL games, Jim scored 17 goals and 47 points. With Rochester, he scored 93 goals and 205 assists in 360 games.

In 2001, Jackson was inducted into Rochester Americans Hockey Hall of Fame. The following year, he was inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame. In 1990, Jackson retired as a hockey player.

Awards Calder Cup Champion, Rochester Americans 1986-87 Rochester Americans Hockey Hall of Fame, inducted 2001 Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame, inducted 2002

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1975–76 Parkway AAA Selects OMHA U16 77 47 55 102 50 — — — — — 1976–77 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 65 13 40 53 26 — — — — — 1977–78 Oshawa Generals OMJHL 68 33 47 80 60 6 2 2 4 26 1978–79 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 62 26 39 65 73 20 6 9 15 16 1979–80 Niagara Falls Flyers OMJHL 66 29 57 86 55 10 7 8 15 8 1980–81 Richmond Rifles EHL 58 17 43 60 42 10 1 0 1 4 1981–82 Muskegon Mohawks IHL 82 24 51 75 72 — — — — — 1982–83 Calgary Flames NHL 48 8 12 20 7 8 2 1 3 2 1982–83 Colorado Flames CHL 30 10 16 26 4 — — — — — 1983–84 Calgary Flames NHL 49 6 14 20 13 6 1 1 2 4 1983–84 Colorado Flames CHL 25 5 27 32 4 — — — — — 1984–85 Calgary Flames NHL 10 1 4 5 0 — — — — — 1984–85 Moncton Golden Flames AHL 24 2 5 7 6 — — — — — 1985–86 Rochester Americans AHL 65 16 32 48 10 — — — — — 1986–87 Rochester Americans AHL 71 19 38 57 48 16 5 4 9 6 1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 2 0 2 0 — — — — — 1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 74 23 48 71 23 7 2 6 8 4 1988–89 Rochester Americans AHL 73 19 50 69 14 — — — — — 1989–90 Rochester Americans AHL 77 16 37 53 14 9 1 5 6 4 NHL totals 112 17 30 47 20 14 3 2 5 6

Source: NHL.com