Jim Roberts (ice hockey player, 1940)

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CanadaCanada  Jim Roberts Ice hockey player
Jim Roberts
Date of birth April 9, 1940
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death October 23, 2015
Place of death St. Louis , Missouri , USA
size 178 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1958-1960 Peterborough TPT's
1960-1961 Royaux de Montréal
1961-1963 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1963-1964 Omaha Knights
1964-1967 Canadiens de Montréal
1967-1971 St. Louis Blues
1971-1977 Canadiens de Montréal
1977-1988 St. Louis Blues
CanadaCanada  Jim Roberts
Coaching stations
1979-1984 Buffalo Sabers (assistant coach)
1984-1987 Pittsburgh Penguins (assistant coach)
1988-1991 Springfield Indians
1991-1992 Hartford Whalers
1994-1996 Worcester IceCats
1996-2002 St. Louis Blues (assistant coach)

James Wilfred "Jimmy" Roberts (born April 9, 1940 in Toronto , Ontario ; † October 23, 2015 in St. Louis , Missouri , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who during his active career between 1958 and 1978, among other things Has played 1159 games for the Canadiens de Montréal and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . With the Canadiens he won the Stanley Cup five times in the course of his career . In addition, after his active career, Roberts worked as a trainer between 1979 and 2002 and was mainly responsible for the Buffalo Sabers , Hartford Whalers and St. Louis Blues. With the Springfield Indians from the American Hockey League , he won the Calder Cup twice in the early 1990s .

Career

Roberts spent his junior years with the Peterborough TPT’s in the Ontario Hockey Association between 1958 and 1960 . With the so-called Petes he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup in the 1958/59 season and at the end of the season also played with the team in the prestigious Memorial Cup . At the end of the 1959/60 season, the striker moved to the professional field and was initially active in the Eastern Professional Hockey League . There he ran for the Royaux de Montréal and Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the following four years . In the 1962/63 season he also played a first game for the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League.

About the Barons and As de Québec from the AHL and the Omaha Knights from the Central Professional Hockey League , the attacker recommended himself for the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League. There he was at the beginning of the 1964/65 season , in which he also took part in his first of three NHL All-Star Games , a regular player. He had already stood on the ice for the Canadiens for the first time in the preseason. Roberts was initially active for Montréal until the end of the 1966/67 season and at that time had already won two Stanley Cups with the team. Through the NHL Expansion Draft in 1967 , the Canadian came to the St. Louis Blues , where he was reunited with his former junior coach Scotty Bowman . Roberts was the first player to be signed by St. Louis. In the Blues, the winger quickly became a leading player and was the third team captain in franchise history at the start of the 1971/72 season . In the course of the game year he was transferred from the Blues back to Montréal in December 1971. Bowman was now head coach there after leaving St. Louis in the summer of 1971. In exchange for Roberts, the Canadiens gave Phil Roberto to St. Louis.

Under head coach Scotty Bowman, the Canadiens were the most successful team of the 1970s. Roberts won three more Stanley Cups with the team until 1977, before he played again for the St. Louis Blues for the 1977/78 season. In exchange for a third-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 , he returned to his old place of work. After the season he ended his active career at the age of 38.

Subsequently, Roberts pursued a career as a coach. For the 1979/80 season he was committed by the Buffalo Sabers from the NHL. There he worked until the 1982/83 season as an assistant coach under Scotty Bowman, before he inherited this on an interim basis during the season . For the 1983/84 season , Roberts then moved back to the second line behind Bowman. Between 1984 and 1987, the Canadian worked under Bob Berry as an assistant to the Pittsburgh Penguins . After a year break he received his first post as head coach with the Springfield Indians from the American Hockey League for the 1988/89 season . He won the Calder Cup twice with the Indians in 1990 and 1991 and was also awarded the Louis AR Pieri Memorial Award as the best coach in the league at the end of the 1989/90 season . His achievements finally brought him to the 1991/92 season his first job as head coach with the Hartford Whalers in the NHL. Although he reached the play-offs with the team , his contract was not renewed.

Roberts then paused a year before he was hired in the 1994/95 season in personal union of head coach and general manager for two years at the Worcester IceCats from the AHL. But he could not repeat the successes he had celebrated with the Indians at the beginning of the decade. At the beginning of the 1996/97 season , the ex-player was again active as an assistant coach - this time for the following six years with the St. Louis Blues under head coach Joel Quenneville . He replaced this in the 1996/97 season for nine games. After the 2001/02 game year , Roberts retired completely from ice hockey at the age of 62.

He died on October 23, 2015 in his adopted home of St. Louis from a recently diagnosed cancer at the age of 75.

Achievements and Awards

As a player

  • 1970 NHL All-Star Game
  • 1973 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal
  • 1976 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal
  • 1977 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal

As a trainer

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1958/59 Peterborough TPT's OHA Jr. 54 2 8th 10 34 19th 0 0 0 2
1959 Peterborough TPT's Memorial Cup 12 2 1 3 2
1959/60 Peterborough TPT's OHA Jr. 48 6th 21st 27 55 12 2 7th 9 18th
1959/60 Royaux de Montréal EPHL - - - - - 4th 0 0 0 4th
1960/61 Royaux de Montréal EPHL 51 7th 18th 25th 55 - - - - -
1961/62 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL 67 11 28 39 42 13 3 0 3 18th
1962/63 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL 72 2 27 29 78 3 0 0 0 10
1962/63 Cleveland Barons AHL - - - - - 1 0 0 0 2
1963/64 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 15th 0 1 1 2 7th 0 1 1 14th
1963/64 Cleveland Barons AHL 9 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1963/64 As de Québec AHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1963/64 Omaha Knights CPHL 46 18th 19th 37 47 - - - - -
1964/65 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 3 10 13 40 13 0 0 0 30th
1965/66 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 5 5 10 20th 10 1 1 2 10
1966/67 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 63 3 0 3 16 4th 1 0 1 0
1967/68 St. Louis Blues NHL 74 14th 23 37 66 18th 4th 1 5 20th
1968/69 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 14th 19th 33 81 12 1 4th 5 10
1969/70 St. Louis Blues NHL 76 13 17th 30th 51 16 2 3 5 29
1970/71 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 13 18th 31 77 6th 2 1 3 11
1971/72 St. Louis Blues NHL 26th 5 7th 12 4th - - - - -
1971/72 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 51 7th 15th 22nd 53 6th 1 0 1 0
1972/73 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 77 14th 18th 32 28 17th 0 2 2 22nd
1973/74 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 67 8th 16 24 39 6th 0 0 0 4th
1974/75 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 79 5 13 18th 52 11 2 2 4th 2
1975/76 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 74 13 8th 21st 7th 13 3 1 4th 2
1976/77 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 45 5 14th 19th 18th 14th 3 0 3 6th
1977/78 St. Louis Blues NHL 75 4th 10 14th 39 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 102 8th 29 37 89 31 2 7th 9 20th
EPHL overall 190 20th 73 93 175 20th 3 0 3 32
CPHL total 46 18th 19th 37 47 - - - - -
AHL total 11 1 3 4th 6th 1 0 0 0 2
NHL overall 1006 126 194 320 621 153 20th 16 81 120

( 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 )

NHL coaching statistics

Regular season Play-offs Remarks
season team Sp S. N U Pt Sp S. N result
1981/82 Buffalo Sabers 45 21st 16 8th (50) 4th 1 3 Loss in the division semi-finals replaced Scotty Bowman later in the season
1991/92 Hartford Whalers 80 26th 41 13 65 7th 3 4th Loss in the division semi-finals
1996/97 St. Louis Blues 9 3 3 3 (9) 6th 2 4th Conference quarterfinals lost replaced Joel Quenneville over the course of the season
total 134 50 60 24 124 17th 6th 11

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

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personal data
SURNAME Roberts, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roberts, James Wilfred; Roberts, Jimmy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 2015
Place of death St. Louis , Missouri , USA