Jim Slater (ice hockey player)

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Jim Slater
Date of birth December 9, 1982
place of birth Petoskey , Michigan , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st round, 30th position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
1998-2001 Cleveland Barons
2001-2005 Michigan State University
2005-2011 Atlanta Thrashers
2011-2015 Winnipeg Jets
2015-2017 Genève-Servette HC
2017-2019 Friborg-Gottéron

Jim Slater (born December 9, 1982 in Petoskey , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player who was last under contract with Friborg-Gottéron in the Swiss National League . Since 2019 he has been working as a trainer at Michigan State University .

Career

Jim Slater was voted 30th overall by the Atlanta Thrashers during the 2002 NHL Entry Draft in the first round . He had previously played in the North American Hockey League for three years . Then the attacker was active for another three years - until 2005 - for Michigan State University , for which he played since 2001.

In the summer of 2005 Slater was named by the Thrashers in their NHL roster. Although he was in the season opening game Atlantas, he was first given to their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Chicago Wolves . After two points in four games for the Wolves, he was allowed to spend the entire season with the Thrashers. In the following three years he developed into a regular player and reached the playoffs of the National Hockey League for the first time with his team in the 2006/07 season .

Slater stayed with the franchise even after the Thrashers moved to Winnipeg in 2011 and played his 500th NHL game in the 2013-14 season.

After the 2014/15 season, and a total of 10 years in the franchise Thrashers / Jets moved Slater to Europe and signed a one year contract with the option Genève-Servette HC from the National League A . After two years at Servette, Slater moved to Friborg-Gottéron within the NLA in 2017 .

He represented his home country at the 2018 Winter Olympics and finished seventh there with the team that competed without an NHL player.

In September 2019, he retired from his career and became a coach at Michigan State University .

Achievements and Awards

  • 2000 NAHL First All-Star Team
  • 2001 NAHL First All-Star Team
  • 2002 CCHA All- Rookie Team
  • 2003 CCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2004 CCHA First All-Star Team
  • 2004 NCAA West Second All-American Team

NHL statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 10 584 67 71 138 407
Playoffs 2 8th 0 0 0 2

Personal

His father, Bill Slater , is a retired professional American football player who played in the National Football League for the Minnesota Vikings and New England Patriots .

Web links

Commons : Jim Slater  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gottéron obliges Slater and Brust. In: bote.ch. July 21, 2017, accessed October 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ For Jim Slater a circle closes at the end of his career: a new task for ex-Friborg and Servette striker. In: sport.ch. September 4, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Slater, Jim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Petoskey , Michigan