Peter Jaks

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SwitzerlandSwitzerland  Peter Jaks Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 4th 1966
place of birth Frýdek-Místek , Czechoslovakia
date of death October 5, 2011
Place of death near Bari , Italy
Size 184 cm
Weight 105 kg
position Right wing
number # 19
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1987 HC Ambrì-Piotta
1987-1989 HC Lugano
1989-1998 HC Ambrì-Piotta
1998-2003 ZSC Lions

Peter Jaks (born May 4, 1966 in Frýdek-Místek Czechoslovakia ; † October 5, 2011 near Bari , Italy ) was a Swiss ice hockey player with Czech roots who played for HC Ambrì-Piotta , HC Lugano , during his active career between 1983 and 2003 and the ZSC Lions in the Swiss National League A played. During this time he scored 487 goals in 809 NLA games, which is a valid NLA record. He also won three Swiss championship titles and played 149 international games for the Swiss national team - including at two Winter Olympics .

After the end of his playing career, Jaks was the sports director of his ex-club HC Ambrì-Piotta between 2003 and 2009 . His younger brother Pauli is a former ice hockey goalkeeper .

Career

After spending his junior years at GDT Bellinzona and HC Ascona , Jaks moved to HC Ambrì-Piotta in the National League B for the 1983/84 season . With the HCAP succeeded at the end of the 1984/85 season promotion to the National League A . After two seasons in the NLA with Ambri, Peter Jaks left the club and joined cantonal rivals HC Lugano . In his first season for HC Lugano he won the Swiss championship title with his new team .

After the 1988/89 season , Jaks returned to Ambrì-Piotta in the Leventina and spent the next nine seasons there. In 1998 he moved to Zurich to the ZSC Lions , where he became Swiss champion two more times in 2000 and 2001. He also won the IIHF Continental Cup with the Lions in 2001 and 2002 . Peter Jaks resigned as an active player in 2003 after 809 games in National League A. In 19 seasons he scored a total of 485 goals and collected a total of 894 points scorer. He holds the records for goals and scorer points in the National League A.

Between 2003 and 2009 Jaks was sports director at HC Ambrì-Piotta and through his contacts with players' agents he ensured that the HCAP was able to repeatedly sign successful foreign players despite a limited budget. After the poor performance of the professional team in the 2008/09 season , Jaks resigned from this post.

Peter Jaks died on October 5, 2011 on the Bari-Foggia railway line “in an incident involving a train”. After portraying the International Ice Hockey Federation , he committed suicide . On October 15, 2011, he was buried in the presence of the HC Ambrì-Piotta team in a cemetery in Bellinzona . He had three children from his marriage to his wife Francesca. In honor of Jaks, his jersey number 19 was banned by HC Ambrì-Piotta, which means that it is no longer given to other players.

International

For Switzerland Jaks took part in two junior world championships in the junior division - the junior B world championship in 1985 and the following year after being promoted to the A group.

For the Swiss senior team, he played at the B World Championships in 1989 , 1990 and 1996 and the A World Championships in 1987 , 1991 and 1998 . At the B World Cup in 1990, he and the team were promoted to the A group. Jaks was also part of the Swiss squad at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and 1992 in Albertville . He also completed qualifying games for the 1998 Winter Olympics in 1997 .

Jaks played a total of 149 international matches for the Swiss senior team.

Achievements and Awards

International

Records

At the time of his death, Peter Jaks held the following National League A records :

record qualification All in all
Most goals 435 487
Most power play goals 109 123
Game-deciding goals 58 66
Goals to tie 10 10
Most of the points 782 893
Most 1st assists 244 -
Most 2nd assists 103 -
Most assists 347 -

Career statistics

qualification Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLB 28 4th 0 4th 2
1984/85 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLB 40 31 19th 50 12
1985/86 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 21st 13 34 8th - - - - -
1986/87 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 39 23 62 23 5 2 2 4th 2
1987/88 HC Lugano NLA 36 38 21st 59 22nd 4th 1 1 2 0
1988/89 HC Lugano NLA 36 28 11 39 20th 10 7th 2 9 11
1989/90 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 28 21st 49 20th 2 0 1 1 14th
1990/91 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 36 35 71 59 4th 2 5 7th 9
1991/92 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 22nd 23 45 42 10 8th 5 13 4th
1992/93 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 26th 12 4th 16 51 9 3 3 6th 4th
1993/94 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 24 18th 42 16 2 1 2 3 0
1994/95 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 32 21st 18th 39 26th 3 0 0 0 2
1995/96 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 36 24 22nd 46 22nd 7th 4th 4th 8th 29
1996/97 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 43 24 30th 54 20th - - - - -
1997/98 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 37 28 15th 43 22nd 14th 4th 9 13 39
1998/99 ZSC Lions NLA 40 25th 26th 51 20th 7th 4th 3 7th 4th
1999/00 ZSC Lions NLA 45 16 21st 37 38 14th 5 4th 9 14th
2000/01 ZSC Lions NLA 41 14th 15th 29 16 16 2 10 12 12
2001/02 ZSC Lions NLA 44 21st 17th 38 53 17th 6th 7th 13 10
2002/03 ZSC Lions NLA 42 14th 14th 28 39 11 3 1 4th 4th
NLB total 68 35 19th 54 14th
NLA total 674 435 347 782 517 135 52 59 111 158

International

Represented Switzerland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1985 Switzerland U20-B-WM 7th 11 8th 19th
1986 Switzerland U20 World Cup 7th 6th 2 8th 2
1987 Switzerland WM 10 3 4th 7th 6th
1988 Switzerland Olympia 6th 2 3 5 4th
1989 Switzerland B-WM 7th 2 2 4th 6th
1990 Switzerland B-WM 7th 2 0 2 0
1991 Switzerland WM 10 0 2 2 4th
1992 Switzerland Olympia 7th 1 0 1 0
1996 Switzerland B-WM 7th 4th 6th 10 2
1997 Switzerland Olympic qualification 4th 0 1 1 0
1998 Switzerland WM 9 2 0 2 0
Juniors overall 14th 17th 10 27
Men overall 67 16 18th 34 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information about Peter Jaks. HC Ambrì-Piotta , accessed December 19, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Benoît Laporte new Ambri trainer. Change from Ingolstadt to Leventina - Peter Jaks is no longer TK boss. NZZ Online , April 14, 2009, accessed October 9, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Peter Jaks found dead in Bari. Ticino police speak of an "incident with a train". NZZ Online , October 6, 2011, accessed on October 7, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Angelo Rocchinotti: Ice hockey legend Peter Jaks identified by the tattoo. Ticino police announce the death of the ex-national player. (No longer available online.) Blick , October 7, 2011, archived from the original ; Retrieved October 7, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Rupen Boyadjian: Peter Jaks is dead. Tages-Anzeiger , October 7, 2011, accessed on October 7, 2011 .
  6. ↑ a b Martin Merk: Peter Jaks takes his life. In: International Ice Hockey Federation , iihf.com. October 7, 2011, accessed May 11, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Marc Ribolla: Fans honor Peter Jaks - No. 19 withdrawn. Today Ambri - Friborg. Blick , October 7, 2011, accessed June 26, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Urs Berger, Martin Merk: Peter Jaks died. hockeyfans.ch, October 6, 2011, accessed December 20, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Jaks, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Frýdek-Místek , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 2011
Place of death near Bari , Italy