Tim Hunter (ice hockey player)
Date of birth | September 10, 1960 |
place of birth | Calgary , Alberta , Canada |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 92 kg |
position | Defender / Right Wing |
Shot hand | Right |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1979 , 3rd round, 54th position Atlanta Flames |
Career stations | |
1977-1988 | Kamloops Chiefs |
1978-1980 | Seattle Breakers |
1980-1981 | Birmingham Bulls |
1981-1982 | Oklahoma City Stars |
1982-1992 | Calgary Flames |
1992-1993 | Nordiques de Québec |
1993-1996 | Vancouver Canucks |
1996-1997 | San Jose Sharks |
Timothy Robert "Tim" Hunter (born September 10, 1960 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 947 games for the Calgary Flames , Nordiques de Québec , Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks has played in the National Hockey League on the position of fullback and right winger . Hunter celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Calgary Flames by winning the Stanley Cup in 1989 .
Following his playing career, he worked as assistant coach for the Washington Capitals , San Jose Sharks and Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL between 1997 and 2013 . Hunter has been head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League since 2014 and has been coach of the Canadian U20 national team since 2018 .
Career
Player career
Hunter first played in 1977 in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) before he moved to the Seattle Breakers in the Western Canada Hockey League , the forerunner of the Western Hockey League, for the 1978/79 season. After he had been selected in the third round of the NHL Entry Draft in 1979 in 54th position by the Atlanta Flames , he played until the 1981/82 season in various lower class leagues. Only during the season, when the Flames had moved from Atlanta to Calgary , he ran for the first time in two games for the Calgary Flames and stayed there until the end of the 1991/92 season . During his time in Calgary he won the Stanley Cup with the team in 1989 , and in the 1984/85 season he had his most productive game year with 22 points in 71 games.
Due to the NHL Expansion Draft in 1992 , the Canadian had to switch to the Tampa Bay Lightning , who transferred him to the Nordiques de Québec only a day later . The Nordiques put the right winger on the waiver list in February of the 1992/93 season , from where the Vancouver Canucks , with whom he again reached the Stanley Cup final in 1994, selected. There his contract ran out at the end of the 1995/96 season and Hunter signed as a free agent a contract with the San Jose Sharks , where he played his last season. With a total of 3,142 penalty minutes, Hunter is the eighth most player in NHL history.
Coaching career
Coaching stations | |
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1997-2002 | Washington Capitals (assistant coach) |
2002-2008 | San Jose Sharks (Assistant Coach) |
2008-2011 | Toronto Maple Leafs (Assistant Coach) |
2012-2013 | Washington Capitals (assistant coach) |
since 2014 |
Moose Jaw Warriors Hockey Canada |
For the 1997/98 season Hunter began his career as an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals , where he worked under head coach Ron Wilson . After the 2001/02 season , Hunter's contract, like Wilson's, was not renewed. After Wilson began a new engagement with the San Jose Sharks on December 5, 2002, Hunter was appointed assistant coach of the team on December 6, 2002. There he worked with the team's attackers until 2008, before Ron Wilson was dismissed at the end of the season. After Wilson had accepted the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs a little later and Hunter initially remained in the organization of the Sharks, the Maple Leafs signed him in July 2008. In Toronto Hunter was active as an assistant coach under Ron Wilson in the three following seasons. In June 2011, the Leafs announced that he and Keith Acton would be discontinued and replaced by the duo Greg Cronin and Scott Gordon .
After he was assistant coach of the Washington Capitals under Adam Oates for another year in the 2012/13 season , he switched to the junior division and has been head coach of the Moose Jaw Warriors in the Western Hockey League since 2014 . In addition, he was entrusted with the supervision of the Canadian U18 selection at the U18 Junior World Championship 2015 and won the bronze medal with the team in the title fights in Switzerland. Since 2018 he has been promoted to head coach of the Canadian U20 national team in the Hockey Canada Association , where he had been an assistant since 2016.
Together with Rob Zettler , he was the first professional sports trainer to receive a certificate from the Positive Coaching Alliance , an organization that takes care of sports as a character-building measure.
Achievements and Awards
- 1989 Stanley Cup win with the Calgary Flames
- 2015 bronze medal at the U18 Junior World Championship (as a coach)
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1977/78 | Kamloops Chiefs | BCJHL | 51 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 266 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1977/78 | Seattle Breakers | WCHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | Seattle Breakers | WHL | 70 | 8th | 41 | 49 | 300 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1979/80 | Seattle Breakers | WHL | 72 | 14th | 53 | 67 | 311 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | ||
1980/81 | Birmingham Bulls | CHL | 58 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 236 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1980/81 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 17th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 45 | ||
1981/82 | Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 55 | 4th | 12 | 16 | 222 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1981/82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1982/83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 46 | 5 | 12 | 17th | 225 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1982/83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 54 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 70 | ||
1983/84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 43 | 4th | 4th | 8th | 130 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21st | ||
1984/85 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 71 | 11 | 11 | 22nd | 259 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
1985/86 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 66 | 8th | 7th | 15th | 291 | 19th | 0 | 3 | 3 | 108 | ||
1986/87 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 73 | 6th | 15th | 21st | 357 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ||
1987/88 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 68 | 8th | 5 | 13 | 337 | 9 | 4th | 0 | 4th | 32 | ||
1988/89 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 75 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 375 | 19th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 32 | ||
1989/90 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 67 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 279 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4th | ||
1990/91 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 34 | 5 | 2 | 7th | 143 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
1991/92 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 30th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 167 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Nordiques de Québec | NHL | 48 | 5 | 3 | 8th | 94 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1992/93 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 26th | 0 | 4th | 4th | 99 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | ||
1993/94 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 56 | 3 | 4th | 7th | 171 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26th | ||
1994/95 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 34 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 120 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22nd | ||
1995/96 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 60 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1996/97 | San Jose Sharks | NHL | 46 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 135 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
BCJHL total | 51 | 9 | 28 | 37 | 266 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
W (C) HL total | 145 | 23 | 96 | 119 | 615 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | ||||
CHL total | 159 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 683 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
NHL overall | 815 | 62 | 76 | 138 | 3142 | 132 | 5 | 7th | 12 | 426 |
( 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
- Tim Hunter at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tim Hunter at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Tim Hunter at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leafs Appoint Two New Assistant Coaches. Toronto Maple Leafs, June 20, 2011, accessed June 20, 2011 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hunter, Tim |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hunter, Timothy Robert (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 10, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Calgary , Alberta , Canada |