Jim Johannson

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United StatesUnited States  Jim Johannson Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 10, 1964
place of birth Rochester , Minnesota , USA
date of death January 21, 2018
Place of death Colorado Springs , Colorado , USA
size 188 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1982 , 7th lap, 130th position
Hartford Whalers
Career stations
1981-1982 Rochester Mayo High School
1982-1986 Wisconsin Badgers
1986-1987 EV Landsberg
1987-1989 Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1989-1992 Indianapolis Ice
1992-1994 Milwaukee Admirals

James "Jim" Johannson (born March 10, 1964 in Rochester , Minnesota , † January 21, 2018 in Colorado Springs , Colorado ) was an American ice hockey player and official. He took part as a player in two Olympic Winter Games and one World Championship and worked for USA Hockey for almost 20 years as a team and general manager at World Championship and Olympic Winter Games.

Career

Johannson spent his junior career after graduating from high school at the University of Wisconsin – Madison . Already after high school he was selected in the seventh round in the seventh round of the 1982 NHL Entry Draft by the Hartford Whalers from the National Hockey League , but never got a professional contract there. In Madison he played from 1982 to 1986 for the university team Wisconsin Badgers in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In 1983 he won the national college championship with the team by beating Harvard University 6-2 in the final . After graduating, he went to Germany for a year, where he played for EV Landsberg in the 2nd Bundesliga .

In 1987 he returned to North America and played the next seven years in the International Hockey League for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , with whom he won the Turner Cup in 1988 , Indianapolis Ice , with which he repeated this success in 1990, and the Milwaukee Admirals . In 1991 he was honored by the IHL with the Ironman Award for completing all of his team's games. In 1994 he ended his career after he had only been used in about a third of the Admirals' games last season.

International

Johannson represented his home country at the Junior World Championships in 1983 and 1984 . For the men's selection , the striker played for the first time as part of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary . He had further appearances at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville and the World Championships in Czechoslovakia that year . He did not win a medal.

Functionary career

After the end of his playing career, he was first coach of the Twin City Vulcans in the United States Hockey League and then became their general manager. In 2000 he went to the US Ice Hockey Federation , where he was initially "Manager of international activities and US Olympic Committee relations". Since 2003 was "Director of Hockey Operations". He was responsible for the US teams at many tournaments as a team or general manager, including the selection of the respective players. The performance improvements of the Americans in the junior division with four world championship titles in the last 14 years are also attributed to his leadership.

Johannson died suddenly and unexpectedly on January 21, 2018, a few weeks before he was supposed to accompany the US teams to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , at the age of 53 years of heart failure. For 2018 he was posthumously honored with the Lester Patrick Trophy for his services to ice hockey in the United States.

Achievements and Awards

IHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 7th 374 119 160 279 418
Playoffs 5 58 13 26th 39 88

family

Johannson's father, Ken, was also an American national player and took part in the 1962 World Cup. His brother John played in Wisconsin with Jim on the university team and took part in the 1982 Junior World Championship . Johannson was married and had a daughter.

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personal data
SURNAME Johannson, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johannson, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , Minnesota , United States
DATE OF DEATH January 21, 2018
Place of death Colorado Springs , Colorado , United States