James Reimer

Canada James Reimer


Date of birth	March 15, 1988
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	190 cm
Weight	94 kg

position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 4th round, 99th position Toronto Maple Leafs

Career stations

2005-2008	Red Deer Rebels
2008-2009	Reading Royals
2009	South Carolina Stingrays
2009-2010	Toronto Marlies
2010-2016	Toronto Maple Leafs
2016	San Jose Sharks
2016-2019	Florida panthers
since 2019	Carolina Hurricanes

James Reimer (born March 15, 1988 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League since June 2019 . He was previously active in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs , San Jose Sharks and Florida Panthers .

Career

Reimer in the jersey of the Maple Leafs (2012)

James Reimer began his career as a hockey player with the Red Deer Rebels , for which he was active from 2005 to 2008 in the Canadian Junior Western Hockey League . During this period he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the fourth round as the 99th player of the Toronto Maple Leafs . In the 2008/09 season , the goalkeeper completed his first three missions for the Toronto Marlies , the farm team of the Maple Leafs, in the American Hockey League . However, he spent most of the season in the ECHL . There he started the season with the Reading Royals and finished it with the South Carolina Stingrays . In the latter, he was able to convince in the playoffs and led his team to win the Kelly Cup . As the best player in the playoffs, he also received the trophy as Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player . Already in the regular season, the Canadian was successful with the Stingrays with a goal against goal of 1.32 and a catch rate of 96.1 percent in his six appearances.

For the 2009/10 season, the Maple Leafs Reimer ordered their AHL farm team Toronto Marlies, for which he was regularly on the ice throughout the season. In his 26 appearances, with a catch rate of 92.5 percent, he only conceded 2.25 goals per game on average. After he started the 2010/11 season with the Marlies, he was accepted into the NHL squad of the Maple Leafs after good performance and made his debut in the National Hockey League on December 20, 2010 in the home game against the Atlanta Thrashers . From then on he formed the goalkeeping team at the Maple Leafs together with his compatriot Jean-Sébastien Giguère .

After almost eight years in the organization of the Maple Leafs, Reimer and Jeremy Morin were handed over to the San Jose Sharks in February 2016 . In return, the Maple Leafs received Ben Smith , goalkeeper Alex Stalock and a four-round vote for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft , which becomes a third-round vote if San Jose reaches the Stanley Cup final of the same year. Reimer reached the Stanley Cup final with the Sharks as the second goalkeeper behind Martin Jones , but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there . Subsequently, Reimer received no new contract in San Jose and signed a five-year contract as a free agent with the Florida Panthers , which should bring him 3.4 million US dollars per year.

After three years, however, the Panthers handed him over to the Carolina Hurricanes in June 2019 and in return received goalkeeper Scott Darling and a six- round vote for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft .

Achievements and Awards

2009 Kelly Cup win with the South Carolina Stingrays
2009 Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player
2011 NHL Rookie of the Month for March

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

			Regular season									Playoffs
season	team	league	Sp	S.	N	OTN	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	SO	GTS	Sv%
2005/06	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	34	7th	18th	3	1709	80	0	2.81	91.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	60	26th	23	7th	3339	148	3	2.66	91.2	7th	3	4th	417	27	0	3.88	87.1
2007/08	Red Deer Rebels	WHL	30th	8th	15th	4th	1668	76	1	2.73	92.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Toronto Marlies	AHL	3	1	2	0	183	10	0	3.28	88.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Reading Royals	ECHL	22nd	10	7th	3	1236	68	0	3.30	90.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	South Carolina Stingrays	ECHL	6th	6th	0	0	363	8th	2	1.32	96.1	8th	4th	1	497	18th	1	2.17	92.9
2009/10	Toronto Marlies	AHL	25th	14th	8th	2	1520	57	1	2.25	92.5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Toronto Marlies	AHL	15th	9	5	1	858	37	3	2.59	92.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	37	20th	10	5	2080	90	3	2.60	92.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	34	14th	14th	4th	1879	97	3	3.10	90.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	33	19th	8th	5	1856	76	4th	2.46	92.4	7th	3	4th	439	21st	0	2.88	92.2
2013/14	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	36	12	16	1	1785	98	1	3.29	91.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	35	9	16	1	1767	93	0	3.16	90.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL	32	11	12	7th	1810	75	0	2.49	91.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Jose Sharks	NHL	8th	6th	2	0	481	13	3	1.62	93.8	1	0	0	30th	1	0	2.06	85.7
2016/17	Florida panthers	NHL	43	18th	16	5	2325	98	3	2.53	92.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Florida panthers	NHL	44	22nd	14th	6th	2412	120	4th	2.99	91.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Florida panthers	NHL	36	13	12	5	1806	93	0	3.09	90.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall			124	41	56	14th	6716	304	4th	2.72	91.3	7th	3	4th	417	27	0	3.88	87.1
ECHL total			28	16	7th	3	1599	76	2	2.85	91.7	8th	4th	1	497	18th	1	2.17	92.9
AHL total			44	24	15th	3	2561	104	4th	2.44	92.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall			338	144	120	39	18199	853	21st	2.81	91.3	8th	3	4th	467	22nd	0	2.83	92.1

International

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	result	Sp	S.	N	Min	GT	GTS	Sv%
2011	Canada	WM	5th place	4th	3	0	235	8th	2.04	92.0
2014	Canada	WM	5th place	4th	3	1	245	9	2.20	91.1
Men overall				8th	6th	1	480	17th	2.12	91.7

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹ play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : James Reimer - collection of images, videos and audio files

Player biography on the Carolina Hurricanes website
James Reimer at eliteprospects.com (English)
James Reimer at hockeygoalies.org

Individual evidence

↑ Dhiren Mahiban: Sharks acquire Reimer from Leafs in four player trade. (No longer available online.) Thehockeynews.com, February 27, 2016, archived from the original on February 27, 2016 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English).

Squad of the Carolina Hurricanes in the season 2019/20

personal data
SURNAME	Reimer, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH	March 15, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada

[1] Dhiren Mahiban: Sharks acquire Reimer from Leafs in four player trade. (No longer available online.) Thehockeynews.com, February 27, 2016, archived from the original on February 27, 2016 ; accessed on February 27, 2016 (English).