Jim Sandlak

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CanadaCanada  Jim Sandlak Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 12, 1966
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
Nickname the House
size 191 cm
Weight 98 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 1st lap, 4th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1983 Kitchener Rangers
1983-1986 London Knights
1986-1993 Vancouver Canucks
1993-1995 Hartford Whalers
1995-1996 Vancouver Canucks
1997-1998 ERC Ingolstadt

James "Jim" Sandlak junior (born December 12, 1966 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach and current scout who played 582 games for the Vancouver Canucks and Hartford between 1983 and 1998, among other things Whalers has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . Sandlak celebrated his greatest success as an active player by winning the Junior World Championship in 1985 . Since 2008 he has worked as a scout for the Anaheim Ducks from the NHL. His son Carter Sandlak is also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Sandlak, nicknamed "The House" because of his beefy stature , began his junior career in the 1983/84 season with the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League . The striker had already been on the ice in a match for the club in his hometown, the Kitchener Rangers , in the same league last season. Sandlak was initially active for two years for the Knights and was then selected in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft in fourth overall position by the Vancouver Canucks from the National Hockey League .

In the course of the 1985/86 season , the Power Forward came to both the London Knights in the OHL and the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL to use before he could firmly establish himself in the NHL squad for the 1986/87 season . His 36 scorer points brought him to the NHL All-Rookie Team at the end of the season . At the beginning of the season 1987/88 Sandlak first found himself in the farm team in the American Hockey League , the Fredericton Express , but was able to recommend himself again for the Canucks due to the performances there. There he became a fixture in the squad for the next five years and twice reached the 40 point mark. With the start of the 1992/93 season , however, injuries meant that Sandlak repeatedly missed games. The Canadian was then transferred to the Hartford Whalers in May 1993 . The transfer was to compensate for Murray Craven's move two months earlier, in which the Canucks received the player in exchange for a promise of future consideration.

In Hartford, the attacker's injuries continued and in a period of two years he completed only 40 of 132 games in which he collected eight points. The Whalers finally released Sandlak in the summer of 1995, after which he moved back to the Vancouver Canucks as a free agent . There he played during the 1995/96 season for both the farm team Syracuse Crunch in the AHL and the Canucks in the NHL. As he was but again thrown back injuries, and a commitment to the summer of 1996 Buffalo Sabers did not materialize, the 29-year-old initially ended his career and worked in the 1996-97 season as an assistant coach of the Detroit Vipers of the International Hockey League under Head coach Steve Ludzik . With the team he won the Turner Cup at the end of the season .

For the 1997/98 season , the winger returned to the ice after a one-year break and ran for ERC Ingolstadt from the second-class 1st League South . Then he finally ended his active professional career. After a break of several years, Sandlak returned to the 2007/08 season again behind the gang and assisted the Sarnia Sting from the OHL under head coach Dave MacQueen . Since the 2008/09 season he has been an amateur scout for the Anaheim Ducks from the NHL.

International

Sandlak played for his home country at the Junior World Championships in 1985 and 1986 . After winning the gold medal in a rather subordinate role in the team in 1985, to which he contributed a goal in five games, he led the team as team captain the following year . Although the attacker knew how to convince in this position and collected twelve scorer points in seven missions, he was still unable to lead the team to defend their title. The Canadians won silver at the end of the tournament, while Sandlak was named the tournament's best striker.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Kitchener Rangers OHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1983/84 London Knights OHL 68 23 18th 41 143 8th 1 11 12 13
1984/85 London Knights OHL 58 40 24 64 128 8th 3 2 5 14th
1985/86 Vancouver Canucks NHL 23 1 3 4th 10 3 0 1 1 0
1985/86 London Knights OHL 16 7th 13 20th 36 5 2 3 5 24
1986/87 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 15th 21st 36 66 - - - - -
1987/88 Fredericton Express AHL 24 10 15th 25th 47 - - - - -
1987/88 Vancouver Canucks NHL 49 16 15th 31 81 - - - - -
1988/89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 72 20th 20th 40 99 6th 1 1 2 2
1989/90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 70 15th 8th 23 104 - - - - -
1990/91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 7th 6th 13 125 - - - - -
1991/92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 66 16 24 40 176 13 4th 6th 10 22nd
1992/93 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 10 18th 28 122 6th 2 2 4th 4th
1993/94 Hartford Whalers NHL 27 6th 2 8th 32 - - - - -
1994/95 Hartford Whalers NHL 13 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1995/96 Syracuse crunch AHL 12 6th 1 7th 16 - - - - -
1995/96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 33 4th 2 6th 6th 5 0 0 0 2
1996/97 without a contract not played after resignation
1997/98 ERC Ingolstadt 1st League South 18th 6th 9 15th 85 3 0 1 1 2
OHL total 143 70 55 125 307 21st 6th 16 22nd 51
AHL total 36 16 16 32 63 - - - - -
NHL overall 549 110 119 229 821 33 7th 10 17th 30th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1985 Canada June World Cup 1st place, gold 5 1 0 1 6th
1986 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 5 7th 12 16
Juniors overall 12 6th 7th 13 22nd

( 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 Sandlak, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sandlak, James junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario