John Tucker (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  John Tucker Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 29, 1964
place of birth Windsor , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 91 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1983 , 2nd lap, 31st position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1981-1984 Kitchener Rangers
1984-1989 Buffalo Sabers
1989-1990 Washington Capitals
1990 Buffalo Sabers
1990-1991 New York Islanders
1991-1992 Asiago Hockey
1992-1996 Tampa Bay Lightning
1996-1997 HC Milano 24
SHC Fassa
1997 Kapfenberger SV
1997-2000 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club

John G. Tucker (born September 29, 1964 in Windsor , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 687 games for the Buffalo Sabers , Washington Capitals , New York Islanders and among others between 1981 and 2000 Tampa Bay Lightning has played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of the center . However, Tucker celebrated his greatest success at the end of his career in the Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL), where he was twice Japanese champion in 1998 and 1999 in the service of the Kokudo Ice Hockey Club and was also recognized as the most valuable player in the league.

Career

Tucker spent a very successful junior time in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) with the Kitchener Rangers between 1981 and 1984 . Already in his rookie season he won the double with the Rangers consisting of the J. Ross Robertson Cup of the OHL and the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). After the striker 48 in his first year points scorer had collected, he improved in his second OHL season on 140 points, which resulted in it in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft in the second round of 31, instead of the Buffalo Sabers from the National Hockey League (NHL) was selected. Tucker stayed another year with the juniors, which he concluded by winning the Red Tilson Trophy as the most valuable player in the league and being elected to the First All-Star Team. This year he had collected 100 points in just 39 missions. In the end he took part in the Memorial Cup a second time with the Rangers.

For the 1984/85 season , the 20-year-old moved to the Sabers organization, to which he belonged for the next six years. In his first year in the league, the attacker had to struggle with various injuries and only played 21 games. The injury misery continued in the following years, so that he completed more than 70 games in just one of the six seasons. With 65 scorer points, this was also his best NHL season. After he had completed only eight games for the Sabers in the 1989/90 season to early January, Tucker was given in exchange for future consideration to the Washington Capitals . For the capital club, the Canadian played in 50 games including the playoffs by the end of the season, before the caps sold the player back to Buffalo, annulling the consideration and thus it was de facto a loan deal. Tucker's return to Buffalo was short-lived, however, as he was transferred again after only 18 games in January 1991. His new club were the New York Islanders , for whom he played the rest of the season.

With the expiry of the contract, Tucker initially did not find a new employer in the NHL in the summer and so he switched to Asiago Hockey in the Italian Serie A1 due to lack of offers . For the Italian club he also played in the Alpine League . In a total of 47 games he scored 108 times and at the end of the season found himself in the First All-Star team of Serie A1. For the 1992/93 season he moved back to the NHL, as he had received a contract offer from the newly founded Tampa Bay Lightning . With the Lightning, Tucker continued his career in the following four years and was considered the unofficial team captain of the franchise for the first three years . With his experience he helped to establish the young team in the league.

After four years, the almost 32-year-old left Lightning after his contract had been paid off by Lightning in July 1996. Tucker returned to Italy again. There he played for SHC Fassa in Serie A1 and HC Milano 24 in the Alpine League. For the following game year, the Canadian initially joined the Alpine League participant Kapfenberger SV in Austria for a short time before moving to Japan. In the service of the Kokudo Ice Hockey Club from the Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL) Tucker celebrated the most successful period of his career. In the first two of a total of three years in the Far East, he won the Japanese championship with the team . In addition, he was elected the most valuable player in the league after his first year, he was also the best template provider and in the race for the crown of the top scorer he only had to give up his compatriot Kelly Glowa with the same points . After the 1999/2000 millennium season , Tucker ended his active career at the age of 35.

After retiring, Tucker worked as a coach at Asiago Hockey in two separate terms . The Canadian had his first engagement in the 2006/07 season , when he replaced Enio Sacilotto during the season. Already at the end of the season he left the club, returned again behind the gang in the 2010/11 season when he replaced John Harrington and led the team to win the Italian championship . In the course of the following game year he was replaced by John Parco . Between 2014 and 2017 he was last responsible for the Buffalo Junior Sabers in the Ontario Junior Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1981/82 Kitchener Rangers OHL 67 16 32 48 32 15th 2 3 5 2
1982 Kitchener Rangers Memorial Cup - - - - - 5 0 0 0 6th
1982/83 Kitchener Rangers OHL 70 60 80 140 33 11 5 9 14th 10
1983/84 Kitchener Rangers OHL 39 40 60 100 25th 12 12 18th 30th 8th
1984 Kitchener Rangers Memorial Cup - - - - - 4th 2 4th 6th 0
1983/84 Buffalo Sabers NHL 21st 12 4th 16 4th 3 1 0 1 0
1984/85 Buffalo Sabers NHL 64 22nd 27 49 21st 5 1 5 6th 0
1985/86 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 31 34 65 39 - - - - -
1986/87 Buffalo Sabers NHL 54 17th 34 51 21st - - - - -
1987/88 Buffalo Sabers NHL 45 19th 19th 38 20th 6th 7th 3 10 18th
1988/89 Buffalo Sabers NHL 60 13 31 44 31 3 0 3 3 0
1989/90 Buffalo Sabers NHL 8th 1 2 3 2 - - - - -
1989/90 Washington Capitals NHL 38 9 19th 28 10 12 1 7th 8th 0
1990/91 Buffalo Sabers NHL 18th 1 3 4th 4th - - - - -
1990/91 New York Islanders NHL 20th 3 4th 7th 4th - - - - -
1991/92 Asiago Hockey Series A1 18th 16 21st 37 6th 11 7th 13 20th 15th
1991/92 Asiago Hockey Alpine League 18th 17th 34 51 4th - - - - -
1992/93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 78 17th 39 56 69 - - - - -
1993/94 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 66 17th 23 40 28 - - - - -
1994/95 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 46 12 13 25th 14th - - - - -
1995/96 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 63 3 7th 10 18th 2 0 0 0 2
1996/97 SHC Fassa Series A1 20th 11 16 27 - - - - -
1996/97 HC Milano 24 Alpine League 30th 12 29 41 88 - - - - -
1997/98 Kapfenberger SV Alpine League 17th 4th 8th 12 - - - - -
1997/98 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club JIHL 39 27 47 74 53 - - - - -
1998/99 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club JIHL 23 21st 20th 41 30th - - - - -
1999/00 Kokudo Ice Hockey Club JIHL 24 14th 22nd 36 4th 6th 3 9 12
OHL total 176 116 172 288 90 38 19th 30th 49 20th
NHL overall 656 177 259 436 285 31 10 18th 28 20th
Series A1 overall 38 27 37 64 11 7th 13 20th 15th
Alpine league overall 65 33 71 104 - - - - -
JIHL overall 86 62 89 151 4th 6th 3 9 12

( 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 Tucker, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tucker, John G. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsor , Ontario , Canada