Jimmy Waite

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Jimmy Waite
Date of birth 15th April 1969  (age 51)
place of birth Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 82 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 29
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 1st round, 8th position
Chicago Blackhawks
Career stations
1986-1988 Chicoutimi saguenéens
1988-1989 Chicago Blackhawks
1989-1991 Indianapolis Ice
1991-1992 Chicago Blackhawks
1992-1993 Hershey Bears
1993-1994 San Jose Sharks
1994-1997 Indianapolis Ice
1997-1999 Phoenix Coyotes
1999-2001 St. John's Maple Leafs
2001-2002 Mosquitoes eat
2002-2003 Iserlohn Roosters
2003-2009 ERC Ingolstadt
2010 Nuremberg Ice Tigers

Jimmy Dean Waite (born April 15, 1969 , Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who was active for many years in the German Ice Hockey League and International Hockey League .

Career

Waite played for the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in the Canadian Junior League QMJHL when he was selected eighth overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft . After another year in the junior league, in which he made only 16 games due to a broken collarbone , the Canadian finally switched to the organization of the Blackhawks, for which he played his first 11 NHL games in the following years. In the following three years until 1992 he ran mainly for the Indianapolis Ice farm team in the International Hockey League , but also came to some NHL missions. 1993 transferred the Blackhawks Waite in exchange for Neil Wilkinson to the San Jose Sharks , which he left after only one year and 15 missions for Chicago. There the goalkeeper commuted again between IHL and NHL until 1997, where he made the majority of the games for Indianapolis Ice, only five in total for the Blackhawks. In 1997 , the 1.80 m tall French-Canadian moved again and again to lower-class leagues, in this case the American Hockey League for the Springfield Falcons and the IHL for the Utah Grizzlies .

For the 1999/2000 season , Jimmy Waite was hired as a " free agent " by the Toronto Maple Leafs . After two years and 105 games for the St. John's Maple Leafs farm team , however, the goalie moved to Europe, where he hired food from the German ice hockey league with the Moskitos . After the mosquito's license was withdrawn during the season, the goalie switched to local rivals Iserlohn Roosters the next season , with whom he narrowly missed the play-offs . After just one year in the Sauerland, ERC Ingolstadt showed interest in the Canadian goalkeeper and signed Waite for the 2003/04 season . In the 2004/05 season , Waite was well on its way to scooping the most shutouts in a season in the DEL of all time. As early as January 2005, he had eight, the record was nine, but a knee injury and subsequent surgery set him back. Waite was then voted the best goalkeeper in the league by the trade journal “ Ice Hockey NEWS ”, although up until then, Cristobal Huet, a current NHL player, had bridged the lockout in the DEL. In the next three years, too, Waite was a sure source of support for ERC Ingolstadt and was always able to qualify for the play-offs. In the 2008/09 season , the team missed the finals and there was criticism of Waite. Nevertheless, his jersey number 29 was banned from ERC Ingolstadt. For the next year, the ERC signed Dimitri Pätzold as the successor to Waite, so that he left the club after six years. In January 2010 Waite, who was in the meantime without a contract, was signed by the Nürnberg Ice Tigers .

In July 2014, Waite was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a goalkeeper coach. On June 15, 2015, he won the Stanley Cup with the Blackhawks as a member of the coaching team .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Victories Defeats draw Minutes GT Shutouts Sv% GTS
NHL: Regular season 11 106 28 41 12 5253 293 4th .871 3.35
NHL: playoffs 2 6th 0 3 - 211 14th 0 .877 3.98
DEL: main round 7th 298 17326 701 32 2.43
DEL: playoffs 5 33 - 2011 94 3 2.80

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Waite, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waite, Jimmy Dean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada