Jim Fox (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Jim Fox Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 18, 1960
place of birth Coniston , Ontario , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1980 , 1st round, 10th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1975-1977 North Bay Trappers
1977-1980 Ottawa 67's
1980-1989 Los Angeles Kings

James Charles "Jim" Fox (born May 18, 1960 in Coniston , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , official and sports commentator , who in the course of his active career between 1975 and 1989, among other things, 600 games for the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the position of right winger . Fox, who worked as a sports commentator for a long time after his active career, celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the bronze medal at the 1986 World Cup .

Career

Fox first played during his junior years between 1975 and 1977 in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL) with the North Bay Trappers . Meanwhile, he came in the 1975/76 season for the first time in the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL) for the Sudbury Wolves to use. At the beginning of the 1977/78 season, the right winger was finally on the ice with the Ottawa 67’s in the OMJHL and was part of their squad for the next three years, which were extremely successful for him. In his rookie season he already collected 127 points and was appointed to the league's Third All-Star Team. The following year he let 108 points follow before he amassed 166 points in his third and final season. He was the league's top scorer that year and received the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy . As the best right wing attacker on points, he also received the Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy . In addition, the almost 20-year-old was awarded the Red Tilson Trophy as Most Valuable Player and was appointed to the First All-Star Team of the OMJHL. His achievements eventually led to the fact that he was selected in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft in tenth overall position by the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

In the following season, Fox was part of the Los Angeles Kings squad and played 71 games in which he scored 42 times. In the following four seasons, the Canadian increased his points count continuously to 68, 72 and finally 86 points in the 1984/85 season . In three of the four years he scored 30 or more hits. From the 1985/86 game year , numerous injuries forced Fox over and over again that he missed games. In the 1985/86 season, he only made 39 missions due to a back and hip injury. Fox also scored regularly in the following two years, but could not continue his best NHL year. Due to a serious knee injury, Fox missed the end of the 1987/88 season , most of the 1988 Stanley Cup playoffs and the entire 1988/89 season . The injury resulted in three operations. For the 1989/90 season , the striker finally returned to the Kings squad. However, he was put on the waiver list after eleven missions in November 1989 . Three days later he ended his active career at the end of November due to chronic knee problems.

As a result, Fox remained loyal to the Los Angeles Kings as he was named Director of Community and Player Relations after retiring . He had already held the post during his convalescence in the 1988/89 season. Eventually he stayed in this position until 1994 and after a change of post until 1996 in the service of the club. Since the beginning of the 1990/91 season, he had been commenting on the Los Angeles Kings games on television as an analyst . In this role he worked until the end of the 2006/07 game year . He also had a cameo in the 1999 film " Mystery - New York: A Game for Honor " .

International

On an international level, Fox represented his home country Canada with the U20 national team at the 1980 Junior World Cup in the Finnish capital Helsinki and with the senior team at the 1986 World Cup in Moscow . The striker won the bronze medal with the national selection in 1986. He contributed five scorer points in ten tournament games to win the medal . At the Junior World Championship in 1980, the Canadians missed a medal win with fifth place.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1975/76 North Bay Trappers OPJHL 44 30th 45 75 16 - - - - -
1975/76 Sudbury Wolves OMJHL - - - - - 4th 3 3 6th 0
1976/77 North Bay Trappers OPJHL 38 44 64 108 4th 19th 13 25th 38
1977/78 Ottawa 67's OMJHL 59 44 83 127 12 13 7th 14th 21st 0
1978/79 Ottawa 67's OMJHL 53 37 66 103 4th 4th 2 1 3 2
1979/80 Ottawa 67's OMJHL 52 65 101 166 30th 11 6th 14th 20th 2
1980/81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 71 18th 24 42 8th 4th 0 1 1 0
1981/82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 30th 38 68 23 9 1 4th 5 0
1982/83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 28 40 68 8th - - - - -
1983/84 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 30th 42 72 26th - - - - -
1984/85 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 30th 53 83 10 3 0 1 1 0
1985/86 Los Angeles Kings NHL 39 14th 17th 31 2 - - - - -
1986/87 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 19th 42 61 48 5 3 2 5 0
1987/88 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 16 35 51 18th 1 0 0 0 0
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL not played due to knee injury
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
OPJHL total 82 74 109 183 20th 19th 13 25th 38
OMJHL overall 164 146 250 396 46 32 18th 32 50 4th
NHL overall 578 186 293 479 143 22nd 4th 8th 12 0

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1980 Canada June World Cup 5th place 5 3 2 5 0
1986 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 10 3 2 5 4th
Juniors overall 5 3 2 5 0
Men overall 10 3 2 5 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Fox, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fox, James Charles (full name); Fox, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, official and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Coniston , Ontario , Canada