Jeff Toms

Jeff Toms
Date of birth	4th June 1974
place of birth	Swift Current , Saskatchewan
size	195 cm
Weight	96 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 9th lap, 210th position New Jersey Devils
Career stations
1991-1994	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1994-1996	Atlanta Knights
1996-1997	Tampa Bay Lightning
1997-2000	Washington Capitals
2000-2001	New York Islanders
2001-2002	New York Rangers
2002-2003	San Antonio Rampage
2003	Severstal Cherepovets
2003-2004	EHC Basel
2004-2006	HC Ambrì-Piotta
2006-2009	SCL Tigers
2009-2011	Genève-Servette HC

Jeff Toms (born June 4, 1974 in Swift Current , Saskatchewan ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . He played in the National League A for the EHC Basel , HC Ambrì-Piotta , the SCL Tigers and the Genève-Servette HC . He played in the position of striker, Toms ended his career in 2011.

Toms was drafted by the New Jersey Devils on lap nine in 1992 at position 210 . He has played in the NHL for the Tampa Bay Lightning , Washington Capitals , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers .

Career

Jeff Toms played as a junior for Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League . He was active from 1991 to 1994 for the team with which Toms won the 1992 OHL championship, the J. Ross Robertson Cup , and the 1993 Memorial Cup . During this time he was selected in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils in the ninth round at position 210, but before his debut in the National Hockey League he was transferred to the Tampa Bay Lightning . In the 1995/96 season he had his first NHL appearance for the Lightning, the rest of the season he played with the Atlanta Knights in the International Hockey League . A season later he came to 34 NHL games for the Tampa Bay Lightning, with Jeff Toms listed two goals, eight assists and ten penalty minutes in his statistics. In autumn 1997, it committed the Washington Capitals from the waiver . There Toms was used regularly, but did not make his breakthrough as a regular player.

For the 2000/01 season he moved to the New York Islanders as a free agent . Other NHL stations for Toms until 2003 were the New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers . When he got no new NHL contract, Toms moved to Russia for the 2003/04 season to Severstal Tscherepowez . He finished the same season at EHC Basel in National League A , with which he was relegated to National League B at the end of the season. For the next six years he also played in Switzerland, three seasons each with HC Ambrì-Piotta and the SCL Tigers . From 2009 to 2011, there were two seasons at Genève-Servette HC under coach Chris McSorley before Jeff Toms ended his career.

Achievements and Awards

• 1992 J. Ross Robertson Cup win with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
• 1993 Memorial Cup win with Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1991/92	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		35	9	5	14th	0		16	0	1	1	2
1992/93	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		60	16	23	39	20th		16	4th	4th	8th	7th
1993/94	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds	OHL		64	52	45	97	19th		14th	11	4th	15th	2
1994/95	Atlanta Knights	IHL		40	7th	8th	15th	10		4th	0	0	0	4th
1995/96	Atlanta Knights	IHL		68	16	18th	34	18th		1	0	0	0	0
1995/96	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		37	11	16	27	8th		4th	1	2	3	0
1996/97	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		34	2	8th	10	10		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		13	1	2	3	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Washington Capitals	NHL		33	3	4th	7th	8th		1	0	0	0	0
1998/99	Portland Pirates	AHL		20th	3	7th	10	8th		-	-	-	-	-
1998/99	Washington Capitals	NHL		21st	1	5	6th	2		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Portland Pirates	AHL		33	16	21st	37	16		4th	1	1	2	2
1999/00	Washington Capitals	NHL		20th	1	2	3	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Springfield Falcons	AHL		5	6th	5	11	0		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		12	4th	9	13	2		5	6th	0	6th	2
2000/01	New York Islanders	NHL		39	2	4th	6th	10		-	-	-	-	-
2000/01	New York Rangers	NHL		15th	1	1	2	0		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		9	6th	6th	12	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	New York Rangers	NHL		38	7th	4th	11	10		-	-	-	-	-
2001/02	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		14th	2	1	3	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		64	30th	33	63	28		1	0	0	0	0
2002/03	Florida panthers	NHL		8th	2	2	4th	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	EHC Basel	NLA		25th	14th	11	25th	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Severstal Cherepovets	Super league		14th	0	2	2	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2004/05	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		38	21st	27	48	26th		5	1	1	2	0
2005/06	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NLA		40	11	29	40	46		7th	4th	5	9	6th
2006/07	SCL Tigers	NLA		33	13	20th	33	38
2007/08	SCL Tigers	NLA		40	20th	40	60	36
2008/09	SCL Tigers	NLA		23	16	16	32	41
2009/10	Genève-Servette HC	NLA		40	8th	28	36	44		18th	5	12	17th	14th
2010/11	Genève-Servette HC	NLA		43	12	24	36	24		6th	1	5	6th	8th
NHL overall				236	22nd	33	55	59		1	0	0	0	0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ saultstar.com, Tough goodbye for Toms ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 12, 2011