Jim Lorentz

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CanadaCanada  Jim Lorentz Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 1, 1947
place of birth Waterloo , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Batman
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1964-1967 Niagara Falls Flyers
1967-1969 Oklahoma City Blazers
1969-1970 Boston Bruins
1970-1971 St. Louis Blues
1971-1972 New York Rangers
1972-1988 Buffalo Sabers

James Peter "Jim" Lorentz Junior (born May 1, 1947 in Waterloo , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator who played 713 games for the Boston Bruins , St. Louis Blues , New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabers have contested in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of the center . Lorentz, who was awarded the NHL Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award in 1977, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Boston Bruins by winning the Stanley Cup in 1970 .

Career

Lorentz spent a very successful junior period between 1964 and 1967 with the Niagara Falls Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). In his rookie season , the striker and the team won the double of the OHA's J. Ross Robertson Cup and the prestigious Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League . In the 24 elimination games of the OHA playoffs and the Memorial Cup tournament, he contributed as many scorer points to the title wins. After a weaker second year in the league, Lorentz recommended himself with 113 points in 61 missions in the 1966/67 season for a sustainable professional career.

In the summer of 1967, the 20-year-old moved to the professional field as a member of the Boston Bruins from the National Hockey League (NHL). He came in the following two seasons, initially exclusively with Boston's farm team , the Oklahoma City Blazers , in the Central (Professional) Hockey League (CHL) to use. In his first year in what was then the CPHL, the league newcomer was able to collect 83 points in 70 games. He finished second in the scorer ranking behind Ron Ward and was named CPHL Rookie of the Year and was appointed to the First All-Star Team. In the following year he improved again by 18 points, with which he - in addition to being reelected to the First All-Star Team - also secured the CHL Leading Top Scorer Award and the CHL Most Valuable Player Award . At the end of the season 1968/69 he was finally rewarded for his performance in the CHL with his NHL debut in the jersey of the Boston Bruins, for which he played eleven games that season. At the beginning of the 1969/70 season , the young talent was then a regular player in the fourth attack row in the squad of the Bruins. With them he won at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1970 by a 4-0 in the final series against the St. Louis Blues the trophy of the same name .

Despite the success, the Bruins parted ways with Lorentz just a few weeks later and transferred him to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a first-round suffrage in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft . In the Blues, the Canadian managed to become a regular player, but with 40 points in 76 games, he did not meet the expectations placed on him. After he had prepared only one goal in his first twelve missions at the beginning of the 1971/72 season , he was transferred to the New York Rangers in November 1971 together with Gene Carr and Wayne Connelly , which in turn was Jack Egers , André Dupont and Mike Murphy to St. Louis. Lorentz only wore the Rangers' jersey seven times over the next two, before being sent to another franchise again. This time the Buffalo Sabers secured his services for a second round suffrage in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft .

The Canadian finally found a sporting home in Buffalo and was active there for a total of six and a half seasons until the end of the 1977/78 season . During this period he developed into a constant point collector who set up a career record with 70 points scorer in the 1974/75 season . He also contributed to the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1975 , in the course of which the Sabers reached the final series of the Stanley Cup, another ten points. In 1977, the 30-year-old was awarded the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award for his social and community engagement . A year later, the center forward ended his active career after his offensive yield had dropped sharply in previous years. He then worked for 27 years as a commentator on the live broadcasts of the Sabers games. In 2011, he was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame for services to ice hockey in and around the city of Buffalo .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1964/65 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 43 7th 14th 21st 20th 11 5 6th 11 16
1965 Niagara Falls Flyers Memorial Cup 13 5 8th 13 14th
1965/66 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 38 11 22nd 33 47 4th 1 2 3 4th
1966/67 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 48 33 59 92 79 13 4th 17th 21st 10
1967/68 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 70 33 50 83 105 7th 1 1 2 10
1968/69 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 56 33 68 101 67 12 9 16 25th 17th
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 11 1 3 4th 6th - - - - -
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 68 7th 16 23 30th 11 1 0 1 4th
1970/71 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 19th 21st 40 34 6th 0 1 1 4th
1971/72 St. Louis Blues NHL 12 0 1 1 12 - - - - -
1971/72 New York Rangers NHL 7th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1971/72 Buffalo Sabers NHL 33 10 14th 24 12 - - - - -
1972/73 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 27 35 62 30th 6th 0 3 3 2
1973/74 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 23 31 54 28 - - - - -
1974/75 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 25th 45 70 18th 16 6th 4th 10 6th
1975/76 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 17th 24 41 18th 9 1 2 3 6th
1976/77 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 23 33 56 8th 6th 4th 0 4th 8th
1977/78 Buffalo Sabers NHL 70 9 15th 24 12 - - - - -
OHA total 129 51 95 146 146 28 10 25th 35 30th
CPHL / CHL total 126 66 118 184 172 19th 10 17th 27 27
NHL overall 659 161 238 399 208 54 12 10 22nd 30th

( 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 Lorentz, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorentz, James Peter junior (full name); Batman (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and sports commentator
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Waterloo , Ontario , Canada