Jim Johnson (ice hockey player, 1962)

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Johnson coached the Edmonton Oilers (2015)

Johnson coached the Edmonton Oilers (2015)
Date of birth August 9, 1962
place of birth New Hope , Minnesota , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1980-1981 St. Paul Vulcans
1981-1985 University of Minnesota Duluth
1985-1990 Pittsburgh Penguins
1990-1993 Minnesota North Stars
1993-1994 Dallas Stars
1994-1996 Washington Capitals
1996-1998 Phoenix Coyotes

Jim Johnson (born August 9, 1962 in New Hope , Minnesota ) is a retired American ice hockey player and current coach . During his professional career, which lasted from 1985 to 1998, the defender played over 800 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins , Minnesota North Stars , Dallas Stars , Washington Capitals and Phoenix Coyotes . With the national team of the USA he won the silver medal at the Canada Cup in 1991 . From June 2015 to April 2018, Johnson served as an assistant coach with the Edmonton Oilers .

Career

As a player

Jim Johnson played in his youth for the St. Paul Vulcans in the United States Hockey League , before he attended the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1981 to 1985 . There he completed a degree in communication science and ran parallel for their ice hockey team, the Bulldogs . With the team he won the championship of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association in 1984 and 1985 , but was not considered in any NHL entry draft . Only after participating in the 1985 World Cup did the defender receive numerous offers from the National Hockey League (NHL) and subsequently joined the Pittsburgh Penguins in June 1985 .

In Pittsburgh, Johnson quickly established himself as a defensively oriented defender and achieved his best personal statistics in the 1986/87 season with 30 scorer points in 80 games. After a little more than five years and over 450 completed NHL games, the Penguins gave him in December 1990, along with Chris Dahlquist, to the Minnesota North Stars and received Larry Murphy and Peter Taglianetti in return . In his home town of Minnesota, Johnson was only active for two seasons until the franchise moved to Dallas in 1993 and henceforth traded as Dallas Stars . The stars, however, transferred the American to the Washington Capitals in March 1994 , which in return sent Alan May and a seven-round right to vote in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft to Dallas. In Washington, the defender played two full seasons before his expiring contract was not renewed after the 1995/96 season.

As a result, Johnson signed a contract with the Phoenix Coyotes as a free agent in July 1996 . In their jersey he suffered a head injury in November 1997, due to which he no longer played an NHL game and finally declared his active career over in July 1998. In total, he had achieved 207 points scorer in 880 games.

International

On an international level, Johnson represented the US national team at the 1985 , 1986 , 1987 and 1990 World Championships , with the selection missing the medal ranks. At the 1991 Canada Cup , however, the defender won the silver medal with Team USA .

As a trainer

After his career, Johnson settled in the greater Phoenix area, where he mainly worked as a coach in the junior sector, so he founded his own training program and designed a website for training methods in junior ice hockey with other former NHL players. During this time he also worked as an assistant coach at the USA Hockey National Team Development Program and in the same position on an interim basis for the Phoenix Coyotes. He later worked for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2008 to 2010 in various functions, including managing their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Norfolk Admirals , temporarily as head coach. After a one-year hiatus and a short period in the coaching staff of HC Lugano , he was introduced as the new assistant coach of the Washington Capitals in November 2011 .

Johnson then moved to the 2012/13 season in the same role at the San Jose Sharks , where he was henceforth working under Todd McLellan . After three years in San Jose, the coaching staff was fired in April 2015 and only hired for two months by the Edmonton Oilers , so Johnson continued to work with McLellan (and Jay Woodcroft ). After the 2017/18 season, all assistant coaches in Edmonton were relieved of their duties.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1980/81 St. Paul Vulcans USHL 48 7th 25th 32 92 6th 3 1 4th 8th
1981/82 University of Minnesota Duluth NCAA 40 0 10 10 62
1982/83 University of Minnesota Duluth NCAA 44 3 18th 21st 118
1983/84 University of Minnesota Duluth NCAA 43 3 13 16 116
1984/85 University of Minnesota Duluth NCAA 47 7th 29 36 106
1985/86 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 3 26th 29 +12 115 - - - - - -
1986/87 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 5 25th 30th -4 116 - - - - - -
1987/88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 55 1 12 13 -4 87 - - - - - -
1988/89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 2 14th 16 +7 163 11 0 5 5 +7 44
1989/90 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 3 13 16 -20 154 - - - - - -
1990/91 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 24 0 5 5 -3 23 - - - - - -
1990/91 Minnesota North Stars NHL 44 1 9 10 +9 100 14th 0 1 1 +8 52
1991/92 Minnesota North Stars NHL 71 4th 10 14th +11 102 7th 1 3 4th -2 18th
1992/93 Minnesota North Stars NHL 79 3 20th 23 +9 105 - - - - - -
1993/94 Dallas Stars NHL 53 0 7th 7th –6 51 - - - - - -
1993/94 Washington Capitals NHL 8th 0 0 0 -1 12 - - - - - -
1994/95 Washington Capitals NHL 47 0 13 13 +6 43 7th 0 2 2 +3 8th
1995/96 Washington Capitals NHL 66 2 4th 6th -3 34 6th 0 0 0 -2 6th
1996/97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 55 3 7th 10 +5 74 6th 0 0 0 ± 0 4th
1997/98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 16 2 1 3 ± 0 18th - - - - - -
NCAA overall 174 13 70 83 402
NHL overall 829 29 166 195 +16 1197 51 1 11 12 +14 132

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1985 United States WM 4th Place 9 0 1 1 22nd
1986 United States WM 6th place 9 0 0 0 12
1987 United States WM 7th place 10 0 0 0 28
1990 United States WM 5th place 10 0 5 5 16
1991 United States Canada Cup Silver medal 8th 0 0 0 20th
Men overall 46 0 6th 6th 98

( 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 )

Personal

Johnson is married with two children. His son Derik Johnson is also a professional ice hockey player, but has only played in minor leagues so far .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kathleen McQuillan-Hofmann: Jim Johnson: Coaching the Coaches. umn.edu, accessed September 8, 2017 .
  2. ^ Brian McNally: How new assistant coach Jim Johnson landed in Washington. washingtonexaminer.com, November 30, 2011, accessed September 8, 2017 .
  3. ^ Oilers add Jay Woodcroft and Jim Johnson to Coaching Staff. nhl.com, June 26, 2015, accessed September 8, 2017 (Romansh).
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH New Hope , Minnesota , United States