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{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Left
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| weight_lb = 200
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| played_for = [[Buffalo Sabres]]<br>[[New York Rangers]]<br>[[Edmonton Oilers]]<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]]<br>[[Boston Bruins]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|9|mf=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|9|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]]
| birth_place = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| draft = 83rd overall
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| career_end = 1995
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'''James Duncan Wiemer''' (born January 9, 1961 in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]]) is a retired former professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]] who played for the [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Los Angeles Kings]] and [[Boston Bruins]].
'''James Duncan Wiemer''' (born January 9, 1961) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman (ice hockey)|defenceman]] who played for the [[Buffalo Sabres]], [[New York Rangers]], [[Edmonton Oilers]], [[Los Angeles Kings]] and [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) between 1983 and 1993.


==Hockey career==
Jim began his path to the pros in [[Peterborough, Ontario]] with the [[Peterborough Petes]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] in [[1978–79 OHL season|1978]]. He helped his team to the [[1979 Memorial Cup]] Championship and continued his playing career in Peterborough until the end of the [[1980–81 OHL season]]. Had his most productive season in 1980–81 when he recorded 95 points on 41 goals and 54 assists. During his tenure there, he was selected in the [[1980 NHL Entry Draft]] draft by the [[Buffalo Sabres]] with the 83rd pick in the 4th round.
Wiemer began his path to the pros in [[Peterborough, Ontario]] with the [[Peterborough Petes]] of the [[Ontario Hockey League]] in [[1978-79 OHL season|1978]]. He helped his team to the [[1979 Memorial Cup]] Championship and continued his playing career in Peterborough until the end of the [[1980–81 OHL season]]. Wiemer had his most productive season in 1980–81 when he recorded 95 points on 41 goals and 54 assists. During his tenure there, he was selected in the [[1980 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Buffalo Sabres]] with the 83rd pick in the fourth round.


Jim began his pro career with the [[Rochester Americans]] of the [[American Hockey League]] under coach [[Mike Keenan]]. He was originally drafted as a forward and was later moved back to defence by coach Mike Keenan. He was an integral part in the [[1983 Calder Cup Playoffs|1983 Calder Cup]] Championship run.
Wiemer began his professional career with the [[Rochester Americans]] of the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) under coach [[Mike Keenan]]. He was originally drafted as a forward and was later moved back to defence by Keenan. He was an integral part in the [[1983 Calder Cup Playoffs|1983 Calder Cup]] Championship run.


He began his [[National Hockey League]] career and began to bounce around a bit to the aforementioned teams. He experienced his first trade in the NHL on December 6, 1984, when the Sabres traded Wiemer and [[Steve Patrick]] to the New York Rangers in exchange for [[Chris Renaud (ice hockey)|Chris Renaud]] and [[Dave Maloney]].<ref>http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74014.html</ref> He eventually found a solid home in Boston, with the Bruins, in 1989 and coach [[Mike Milbury]]. Was a solid fixture on the bluelines with Boston for the better part of 4 years, playing with some of the games greats such as [[Ray Bourque]], [[Cam Neely]] and [[Adam Oates]].
Wiemer began his [[National Hockey League]] career and began to bounce around a bit to the aforementioned teams. He experienced his first trade in the NHL on December 6, 1984, when the Sabres traded Wiemer and [[Steve Patrick]] to the New York Rangers in exchange for [[Chris Renaud (ice hockey)|Chris Renaud]] and [[Dave Maloney]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74014.html |title = 1974 NHL Amateur Draft -- Dave Maloney}}</ref>


In [[1987–88 NHL season|1988]] Wiemer played 12 regular season games, and 2 games in Conference Finals for the Edmonton Oilers. However, his name was not included on the [[Stanley Cup]], and he did not receive a championship ring as he did not play in the finals. The criteria to get your name on the cup is to play 61 or more games for the winning team during the regular season, 3 games in the playoffs, or 1 game in the finals.
In 1986, he was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers. In the [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88 season]], Wiemer played 12 regular season games, and two games in the Conference Final playoff for the Oilers, and has a Stanley cup Ring. However, his name was not included on the [[Stanley Cup]]. The criteria to get your name on the cup is to play 41 or more games for the winning team during the regular season, and/or one game played in the Stanley Finals. After playing mostly for the Oilers' farm team in the AHL the next season, he was traded to the [[Los Angeles Kings]] in March 1989.


In July 1989, Wiemer signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins where he found a solid home. Under coach [[Mike Milbury]], Wiemer was a solid fixture on the blueline with Boston for the better part of four seasons. Wiemer was a member of the Bruins' organization for one more season with their AHL team. In 1994, Wiemer returned to the Rochester Americans for his final season.
Jim was inducted into the 2010 Rochester Americans Hall of Fame along with former teammate [[Randy Cunneyworth]] and trainer [[Kent Weisbeck]].

Jim Wiemer finished his playing career with 325 games played in the NHL (387 including playoffs), and 999 career professional hockey points. He scored 101 (114 including playoffs) points in his NHL career on 29 goals and 72 assists (34 and 80 including playoffs) with 378 PIMS and a +/- of +17 (437 and +14 including playoffs).
Wiemer finished his playing career with 325 games played in the NHL (387 including playoffs). He scored 101 (114 including playoffs) points in his NHL career on 29 goals and 72 assists (34 and 80 including playoffs) with 378 penalty minutes and a plus/minus of +17 (437 and +14 including playoffs). Over his full professional career, he scored 999 career points.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1977–78
| Sudbury Nickel Capitals
| GNML
| 90 || 50 || 50 || 100 || 175
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1978–79 OMJHL season|1978–79]]
| [[Peterborough Petes]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OMJHL]]
| 61 || 15 || 12 || 27 || 50
| 18 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 15
|-
| [[1979 Memorial Cup|1978–79]]
| Peterborough Petes
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1979–80 OMJHL season|1979–80]]
| Peterborough Petes
| OMJHL
| 53 || 17 || 32 || 49 || 63
| 14 || 6 || 9 || 15 || 19
|-
| [[1980 Memorial Cup|1979–80]]
| Peterborough Petes
| M-Cup
| — || — || — || — || —
| 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1980–81 OHL season|1980–81]]
| Peterborough Petes
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHL]]
| 65 || 41 || 54 || 95 || 102
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 15
|-
| [[1981–82 AHL season|1981–82]]
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 74 || 19 || 26 || 45 || 57
| 9 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1982–83 NHL season|1982–83]]
| [[Buffalo Sabres]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| — || — || — || — || —
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1982–83 AHL season|1982–83]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 74 || 15 || 44 || 59 || 43
| 15 || 5 || 15 || 20 || 22
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1983–84 NHL season|1983–84]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 64 || 5 || 15 || 20 || 48
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1983–84 AHL season|1983–84]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 12 || 4 || 11 || 15 || 11
| 18 || 3 || 13 || 16 || 20
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1984–85 NHL season|1984–85]]
| Buffalo Sabres
| NHL
| 10 || 3 || 2 || 5 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1984–85 AHL season|1984–85]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 13 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1984–85
| [[New York Rangers]]
| NHL
| 22 || 4 || 3 || 7 || 30
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| 1984–85
| [[New Haven Nighthawks]]
| AHL
| 33 || 9 || 27 || 36 || 39
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1985–86 NHL season|1985–86]]
| New York Rangers
| NHL
| 7 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 2
| 8 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6
|-
| [[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]]
| New Haven Nighthawks
| AHL
| 73 || 24 || 49 || 73 || 108
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1986–87 AHL season|1986–87]]
| New Haven Nighthawks
| AHL
| 6 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1986–87
| [[Nova Scotia Oilers]]
| AHL
| 59 || 9 || 25 || 34 || 72
| 5 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1987–88 NHL season|1987–88]]
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| NHL
| 12 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 15
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
|-
| [[1987–88 AHL season|1987–88]]
| Nova Scotia Oilers
| AHL
| 57 || 11 || 32 || 43 || 99
| 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1988–89 NHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Los Angeles Kings]]
| NHL
| 9 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 20
| 10 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 19
|-
| [[1988–89 AHL season|1988–89]]
| [[Cape Breton Oilers]]
| AHL
| 51 || 12 || 29 || 41 || 80
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1988–89
| New Haven Nighthawks
| AHL
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
| 7 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 2
|-
| [[1989–90 NHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| NHL
| 61 || 5 || 14 || 19 || 63
| 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1989–90 AHL season|1989–90]]
| [[Maine Mariners (AHL)|Maine Mariners]]
| AHL
| 6 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 27
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1990–91 NHL season|1990–91]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 61 || 4 || 19 || 23 || 62
| 16 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1991–92 NHL season|1991–92]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 47 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 84
| 15 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 14
|-
| [[1991–92 AHL season|1991–92]]
| Maine Mariners
| AHL
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1992–93 NHL season|1992–93]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 28 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 48
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|-
| [[1992–93 AHL season|1992–93]]
| [[Providence Bruins]]
| AHL
| 4 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1993–94 NHL season|1993–94]]
| Boston Bruins
| NHL
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1993–94 AHL season|1993–94]]
| Providence Bruins
| AHL
| 35 || 5 || 12 || 17 || 81
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1994–95 AHL season|1994–95]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 6 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 27
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals
! 548 !! 124 !! 307 !! 431 !! 729
! 64 !! 11 !! 42 !! 53 !! 68
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 325 !! 29 !! 72 !! 101 !! 378
! 62 !! 5 !! 8 !! 13 !! 63
|}

===International===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[1980 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1980]]
| [[Canada men's national junior ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[IIHF World Junior Championship|WJC]]
| 5 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"| Junior totals
! 5 !! 2 !! 2 !! 4 !! 2
|}

==Awards==
* [[1985–86 AHL season|1985–86]] - [[Eddie Shore Award]] as the AHL's top defenceman.

In 2010, Wiemer was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame along with former teammate [[Randy Cunneyworth]] and trainer [[Kent Weisbeck]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{hockeydb|5722}}
* {{icehockeystats}}


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Latest revision as of 11:45, 22 April 2024

Jim Wiemer
Born (1961-01-09) January 9, 1961 (age 63)
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
Los Angeles Kings
Boston Bruins
NHL draft 83rd overall, 1980
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1981–1995

James Duncan Wiemer (born January 9, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Buffalo Sabres, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1983 and 1993.

Hockey career[edit]

Wiemer began his path to the pros in Peterborough, Ontario with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League in 1978. He helped his team to the 1979 Memorial Cup Championship and continued his playing career in Peterborough until the end of the 1980–81 OHL season. Wiemer had his most productive season in 1980–81 when he recorded 95 points on 41 goals and 54 assists. During his tenure there, he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres with the 83rd pick in the fourth round.

Wiemer began his professional career with the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League (AHL) under coach Mike Keenan. He was originally drafted as a forward and was later moved back to defence by Keenan. He was an integral part in the 1983 Calder Cup Championship run.

Wiemer began his National Hockey League career and began to bounce around a bit to the aforementioned teams. He experienced his first trade in the NHL on December 6, 1984, when the Sabres traded Wiemer and Steve Patrick to the New York Rangers in exchange for Chris Renaud and Dave Maloney.[1]

In 1986, he was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers. In the 1987–88 season, Wiemer played 12 regular season games, and two games in the Conference Final playoff for the Oilers, and has a Stanley cup Ring. However, his name was not included on the Stanley Cup. The criteria to get your name on the cup is to play 41 or more games for the winning team during the regular season, and/or one game played in the Stanley Finals. After playing mostly for the Oilers' farm team in the AHL the next season, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in March 1989.

In July 1989, Wiemer signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins where he found a solid home. Under coach Mike Milbury, Wiemer was a solid fixture on the blueline with Boston for the better part of four seasons. Wiemer was a member of the Bruins' organization for one more season with their AHL team. In 1994, Wiemer returned to the Rochester Americans for his final season.

Wiemer finished his playing career with 325 games played in the NHL (387 including playoffs). He scored 101 (114 including playoffs) points in his NHL career on 29 goals and 72 assists (34 and 80 including playoffs) with 378 penalty minutes and a plus/minus of +17 (437 and +14 including playoffs). Over his full professional career, he scored 999 career points.

Career statistics[edit]

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1977–78 Sudbury Nickel Capitals GNML 90 50 50 100 175
1978–79 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 61 15 12 27 50 18 4 4 8 15
1978–79 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 5 2 1 3 0
1979–80 Peterborough Petes OMJHL 53 17 32 49 63 14 6 9 15 19
1979–80 Peterborough Petes M-Cup 5 0 0 0 6
1980–81 Peterborough Petes OHL 65 41 54 95 102 5 1 2 3 15
1981–82 Rochester Americans AHL 74 19 26 45 57 9 0 4 4 2
1982–83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1 0 0 0 0
1982–83 Rochester Americans AHL 74 15 44 59 43 15 5 15 20 22
1983–84 Buffalo Sabres NHL 64 5 15 20 48
1983–84 Rochester Americans AHL 12 4 11 15 11 18 3 13 16 20
1984–85 Buffalo Sabres NHL 10 3 2 5 4
1984–85 Rochester Americans AHL 13 1 9 10 24
1984–85 New York Rangers NHL 22 4 3 7 30 1 0 0 0 0
1984–85 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 33 9 27 36 39
1985–86 New York Rangers NHL 7 3 0 3 2 8 1 0 1 6
1985–86 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 73 24 49 73 108
1986–87 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 6 0 7 7 6
1986–87 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 59 9 25 34 72 5 0 4 4 2
1987–88 Edmonton Oilers NHL 12 1 2 3 15 2 0 0 0 2
1987–88 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL 57 11 32 43 99 5 1 1 2 14
1988–89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 9 2 3 5 20 10 2 1 3 19
1988–89 Cape Breton Oilers AHL 51 12 29 41 80
1988–89 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 3 1 1 2 2 7 2 3 5 2
1989–90 Boston Bruins NHL 61 5 14 19 63 8 0 1 1 4
1989–90 Maine Mariners AHL 6 3 4 7 27
1990–91 Boston Bruins NHL 61 4 19 23 62 16 1 3 4 14
1991–92 Boston Bruins NHL 47 1 8 9 84 15 1 3 4 14
1991–92 Maine Mariners AHL 3 0 1 1 4
1992–93 Boston Bruins NHL 28 1 6 7 48 1 0 0 0 4
1992–93 Providence Bruins AHL 4 2 1 3 2
1993–94 Boston Bruins NHL 4 0 0 0 2
1993–94 Providence Bruins AHL 35 5 12 17 81
1994–95 Rochester Americans AHL 6 3 4 7 27
AHL totals 548 124 307 431 729 64 11 42 53 68
NHL totals 325 29 72 101 378 62 5 8 13 63

International[edit]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1980 Canada WJC 5 2 2 4 2
Junior totals 5 2 2 4 2

Awards[edit]

In 2010, Wiemer was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame along with former teammate Randy Cunneyworth and trainer Kent Weisbeck.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1974 NHL Amateur Draft -- Dave Maloney".

External links[edit]