Jeff Hamilton (ice hockey player)

Jeff Hamilton
Date of birth	4th September 1977
place of birth	Englewood , Ohio , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	Right wing
number	# 51
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1996-2001	Yale University
2001-2002	Kärpät Oulu
2002-2004	New York Islanders
2004-2005	Hartford Wolf Pack
2005-2006	Ak Bars Kazan New York Islanders
2006-2007	Chicago Blackhawks
2007-2008	Carolina Hurricanes
2008-2009	Chicago Wolves
2009	Toronto Maple Leafs
2009-2010	HC Lugano
2010-2011	HIFK Helsinki

Jeffrey Hamilton (born September 4, 1977 in Englewood , Ohio ) is an American ice hockey player who last played for the HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga .

Career

Jeff Hamilton began his career as a hockey player on the Yale University team , where he was active from 1996 to 2001. He then moved to Kärpät Oulu from the Finnish SM-liiga for one season . In August 2002, Hamilton returned to North America , where he signed a contract with the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League as a free agent . After two years in which the attacker only played once for New York in the NHL and was almost exclusively on the ice for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , he moved to the AHL before the 2004/05 season. Club Hartford Wolf Pack .

In the 2005/06 season, Hamilton played for the second time in his career in Europe, where he played for Ak Bars Kazan from the Russian Super League , before he ended the season at his ex-club, the New York Islanders. From 2006 to 2008, Hamilton played for one season each with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Carolina Hurricanes before joining the Chicago Wolves from the AHL before the 2008-09 season . On March 5, 2009, the player was bought out of his contract in Chicago by the Toronto Maple Leafs franchise . From August 5, 2009 he was in the National League A at HC Lugano for the 2009/10 season under contract. In the summer of 2010 he completed a training camp at Atlant Mytishchi , but did not get a contract with the KHL. In October 2010 he was hired by the HIFK Helsinki .

International

For the USA , Hamilton took part in the 2004 World Cup, where he won the bronze medal with the team.

Achievements and Awards

1997 ECAC All-Rookie Team 1998 NCAA East Second All-American Team 1998 ECAC First All-Star Team 1999 NCAA East All-American Team 1999 ECAC First All-Star Team 2001 NCAA East First All-American Team

2001 ECAC First All-Star Team 2004 AHL All-Star Classic 2004 AHL First All-Star Team 2004 Willie Marshall Award 2004 bronze medal at the world championship

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	5	157	32	45	77	44
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2009/10 season)

Web links

• Jeff Hamilton at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jeff Hamilton at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jeff Hamilton at eliteprospects.com (English)