Jim Thomson (ice hockey player)

Jim Thomson
Date of birth	December 30, 1965
place of birth	Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size	185 cm
Weight	100 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1984 , 9th lap, 185th position Washington Capitals
Career stations
1982-1985	Toronto Marlboros
1985-1988	Binghamton Whalers
1988-1989	Baltimore Skipjacks Washington Capitals
1989	Hartford Whalers
1989-1990	Utica Devils
1990-1992	Los Angeles Kings
1992	Ottawa Senators
1992-1993	Los Angeles Kings
1993-1994	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim

James B. "Jim" Thomson (born December 30, 1965 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and official who played 116 games for the Washington Capitals , Hartford Whalers , New in the course of his active career between 1983 and 1994 Jersey Devils , Los Angeles Kings , Ottawa Senators and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim played in the National Hockey League on the right winger position . Thomson embodied the Enforcer type of player .

Career

Thomson spent his junior years between 1982 and 1985 with the Toronto Marlboros in the Ontario Hockey League . There he was used as a power forward due to his stature and already collected over 50 scorer points in his second full year of play . Previously, the striker in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft was selected in the ninth round in 185th position by the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League .

After Thomson had made his debut in the American Hockey League at the end of the 1984/85 season in the professional field for Washington's farm team , the Binghamton Whalers , he was in the team's squad from the following season until the summer of 1988. Meanwhile used as an enforcer , the Canadian also celebrated his debut in the NHL for the Capitals during the 1986/87 season . There he only played again in the 1988/89 season , in which he also ran up for Washington's new cooperation partner, the Baltimore Skipjacks . In the course of the game year Thomson was transferred to the Hartford Whalers in March 1989 in exchange for Scot Kleinendorst . His jersey he wore only five times during the rest of the season, however, as it was given to the farm team Binghamton Whalers at the beginning of the 1989/90 season and then given to the New Jersey Devils in exchange for Chris Cichocki at the end of October .

Even in New Jersey, Thomson could not earn a regular place in the NHL and only ran for the same six times. Instead, he continued to play mainly in the AHL with the Utica Devils . His expiring contract was not renewed at the end of the 1989/90 season, and so the 25-year-old joined the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent in the summer of 1990 . In his first year in Los Angeles, the attacker also failed to establish himself in the NHL and thus ran for the New Haven Nighthawks . It was not until the 1991/92 season that he was increasingly in action in Los Angeles and played 45 games in that game year. In order to bind Thomson to them, they had him back in June 1991 together with Randy Gilhen , Charlie Huddy and a four-round vote in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft from the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Todd Elik after Minnesota had him in the 1991 NHL Expansion Draft had chosen.

Despite this personal success, Thomson did not initially stay in Southern California. In the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft , the striker was selected this time by the Ottawa Senators and completed the beginning of the 1992/93 season for the newly formed franchise before the Kings signed him a third time. With Marc Fortier he was exchanged for Bob Kudelski and Shawn McCosh in December 1992 . After he was finally selected in the NHL Expansion Draft in 1993 for the third year in a row - this time by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim  - he played there for six more NHL appearances before ending his career in the summer of 1994 at the age of 29 explained.

After retiring, Thomson served as President of the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League between 2015 and 2018 , for which his son played during that time.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1982/83	Toronto Marlboros	OHL		14th	0	0	0	9		4th	0	1	1	0
1983/84	Toronto Marlboros	OHL		60	10	18th	28	68		9	1	0	1	26th
1984/85	Toronto Marlboros	OHL		63	23	28	51	122		5	3	1	4th	25th
1984/85	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		59	15th	9	24	195		-	-	-	-	-
1986/87	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		57	13	10	23	360		10	0	1	1	40
1986/87	Washington Capitals	NHL		10	0	0	0	35		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		25th	8th	9	17th	64		4th	1	2	3	7th
1988/89	Baltimore Skipjacks	AHL		41	25th	16	41	129		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Washington Capitals	NHL		14th	2	0	2	53		-	-	-	-	-
1988/89	Hartford Whalers	NHL		5	0	0	0	14th		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		8th	1	2	3	30th		-	-	-	-	-
1989/90	Utica Devils	AHL		60	20th	23	43	124		4th	1	0	1	19th
1989/90	New Jersey Devils	NHL		3	0	0	0	31		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		27	5	8th	13	121		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		8th	1	0	1	19th		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL		2	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1991/92	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		45	1	2	3	162		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Ottawa Senators	NHL		15th	0	1	1	41		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Phoenix Roadrunners	IHL		14th	4th	5	9	44		-	-	-	-	-
1992/93	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		9	0	0	0	56		1	0	0	0	0
1993/94	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	NHL		6th	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
OHL total				137	33	46	79	199		18th	4th	2	6th	51
AHL total				281	87	77	164	1025		18th	2	3	5	66
IHL total				16	5	5	10	44		-	-	-	-	-
NHL overall				115	4th	3	7th	416		1	0	0	0	0

( 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 )

Web links

• Jim Thomson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jim Thomson at eliteprospects.com (English)