Jim Montgomery

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CanadaCanada  Jim Montgomery Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 30, 1969
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 77 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1988-1989 Pembroke Lumber Kings
1989-1993 University of Maine
1993-1994 St. Louis Blues
1994-1995 Montréal Canadiens
1995-1996 Philadelphia Flyers
1996-1997 Cologne Sharks
1997-1999 Philadelphia Phantoms
1999-2000 Manitoba mosses
2000-2001 San Jose Sharks
2001-2003 Utah grizzlies
2003-2004 Salawat Yulayev Ufa
2004-2005 Missouri River Otters

James Peter "Jim" Montgomery (born June 30, 1969 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach . During his active career he played for the St. Louis Blues , Montréal Canadiens , Philadelphia Flyers , San Jose Sharks and Dallas Stars in the National Hockey League (NHL), the Kölner Haie in the German Ice Hockey League and Salawat Julajew Ufa in the Russian Super League . From May 2018 to December 2019, he last served as the head coach of the Dallas Stars in the NHL.

Career

Montgomery first played for four years from 1989 to 1993 at the University of Maine in the Hockey East Division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . After he had already been appointed to the Second All-Star Team of Hockey East in the 1990/91 and 1991/92 seasons, he was in the 1992/93 season when he won his team with 95 points from 45 games to win the national Championship led, showered with awards, including being named Most Valuable Player of the final championship tournament.

Despite its outstanding performance was center of any franchise of the National Hockey League drafted been, which meant that Montgomery for 1993/94 season as a free agent by the St. Louis Blues was signed. They used him in 67 games in his rookie season , in which he scored 20 points. It should also be the most successful NHL season of his career. As a result, the Canadian played until the end of the 1995/96 game year after transfer deals for the Montréal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers , but was only used sporadically in the NHL and mostly played with the farm teams in the minor leagues .

Therefore, he moved to Europe in the summer of 1996 and played for the Kölner Haie in the DEL in the 1996/97 season , where he scored 47 points in 50 games.

Already for the 1997/98 season Montgomery returned to North America, but was initially only with the Philadelphia Phantoms in the American Hockey League , the farm team of the Philadelphia Flyers, who held the transfer rights to his person, on the ice. It was not until the summer of 2000 that he moved to the San Jose Sharks as a free agent , who used him sporadically in the NHL as the Dallas Stars did in the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons .

After his last appearances in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, Montgomery went back to Europe for the 2003/04 season. This time he signed a contract with Salawat Julajew Ufa in the Russian Super League . His last stop was in the 2004/05 season, the Missouri River Otters from the United Hockey League , before he ended his active career after 122 NHL games and 34 points.

He then worked as an assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame in the 2005/06 season before moving to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , also in the role of assistant coach . He was then head coach of the Dubuque Fighting Saints from the United States Hockey League (USHL) between 2010 and 2013 , before he held the same position at the University of Denver from 2013 to 2018 . In May 2018 he was introduced as the new head coach of the Dallas Stars from the NHL, where he succeeded Ken Hitchcock . Montgomery became one of the few coaches who move directly from college to the NHL.

After almost a year and a half with the stars, Montgomery was surprisingly fired in December 2019. Unprofessional conduct was given as the reason, but details were not known for the time being. His successor on an interim basis was his previous assistant, Rick Bowness . For about a month, Montgomery publicly announced that he was suffering from an alcohol addiction and was now receiving addiction medical treatment. He described his release as appropriate and a "wake-up call".

Achievements and Awards

  • 1991 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
  • 1992 Hockey East Second All-Star Team
  • 1993 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 1993 NCAA East Second All-American Team
  • 1993 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 1993 NCAA Championship Tournament MVP

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 6th 122 9 25th 34 80
Playoffs 2 8th 1 0 1 2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Former Stars coach Jim Montgomery checks into rehab for alcohol abuse, says it was 'appropriate call' to fire him. dallasnews.com, January 3, 2020, accessed January 4, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Montgomery, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Montgomery, James Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec