Tim Watters

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CanadaCanada  Tim Watters Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 25, 1959
place of birth Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1979 , 6th lap, 124th position
Winnipeg Jets
Career stations
1975-1976 Merritt Centennials
1976-1977 Kamloops Braves
1977 Kamloops Chiefs
1977-1979 Michigan Technological University
1979-1980 Hockey Canada
1980-1981 Michigan Technological University
1981-1988 Winnipeg Jets
1988-1995 Los Angeles Kings

Timothy John "Tim" Watters (born July 25, 1959 in Kamloops , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 823 games for the Winnipeg Jets and Los Angeles Kings in the course of his active career between 1975 and 1995 of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the position of defender . Watters took part in the Olympic Winter Games with the Canadian national team in 1980 and 1988 and won the bronze medal with her at the 1983 World Cup .

Career

Watters spent an eventful junior career, which he began in the 1975/76 season with the Merritt Centennials in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) and continued in the following season with league rivals Kamloops Braves . In addition, the defender played a few games in the higher-level Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) with the Kamloops Chiefs this season . The 18-year-old then moved to the United States in the summer of 1977, where he began studying at Michigan Technological University . In parallel, Watters ran for the university team in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). After his second year he interrupted his studies, however, because he was recruited by the Canadian ice hockey association Hockey Canada and subsequently took part in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , USA . For the 1980/81 season he then returned to Michigan Tech and completed another season there with the university team. At the end of the season he was appointed to numerous all-star teams at the WCHA and NCAA.

For the 1981/82 season, the defender finally moved to the professional field at the age of 22. The Winnipeg Jets from the National Hockey League (NHL), which had already selected him in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft in the sixth round in 124th place, provided him with a contract. Watters quickly developed into a regular player and went on the ice in the jersey of the Jets until the end of the 1987/88 season . The seven years were only interrupted by the renewed assignment to the Canadian Ice Hockey Federation due to participation in the 1988 Winter Olympics . Before the start of the 1988/89 season Watters moved as a free agent to the Los Angeles Kings . There he was regularly deployed until the end of the 1994 season. After he had only completed one game for the Kings in the lockout- shortened NHL game year 1994/95 and was mainly used for the farm team Phoenix Roadrunners in the International Hockey League (IHL), Watters ended his active career at the age of 36.

After his career, Watters moved behind the gang and was active in the 1995/96 season as an assistant coach for the Boston Bruins under head coach Steve Kasper . He then returned to his alma mater and looked after the Michigan Tech Huskies ice hockey team for four years between 1996 and 2000 , albeit with moderate success.

International

For his country Watters denied with the Canadian national team , the Olympic Winter Games in the years 1980 in the US Lake Placid and 1988 in the Canadian Calgary . The Olympic selection placed sixth and fourth outside the medal ranks. The defender scored three times in 14 missions.

Between the two Olympic ice hockey tournaments , Watters was also used at the 1983 World Cup in the Federal Republic of Germany . He completed ten games and won the bronze medal with the maple leaves at the end of the tournament.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1981 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1981 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1981 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1975/76 Merritt Centennials BCJHL
1976/77 Kamloops Braves BCJHL 60 10 38 48 - - - - -
1976/77 Kamloops Chiefs WCHL 15th 3 0 3 29 2 0 0 0 0
1977/78 Michigan Technological University NCAA 37 1 15th 16 47
1978/79 Michigan Technological University NCAA 38 6th 21st 27 48
1979/80 Hockey Canada International 56 8th 21st 29 43
1980/81 Michigan Technological University NCAA 43 12 38 50 36
1981/82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 69 2 22nd 24 97 4th 0 1 1 8th
1981/82 Tulsa Oilers CHL 5 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1982/83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 77 5 18th 23 98 3 0 0 0 2
1983/84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 74 3 20th 23 169 3 1 0 1 2
1984/85 Winnipeg Jets NHL 63 2 20th 22nd 74 8th 0 1 1 16
1985/86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 56 6th 8th 14th 97 - - - - -
1986/87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 63 3 13 16 119 10 0 0 0 21st
1987/88 Winnipeg Jets NHL 36 0 0 0 106 4th 0 0 0 4th
1987/88 Hockey Canada International 10 0 3 3 2
1988/89 Los Angeles Kings NHL 76 3 18th 21st 168 11 0 1 1 6th
1989/90 Los Angeles Kings NHL 62 1 10 11 92 4th 0 0 0 6th
1990/91 Los Angeles Kings NHL 45 0 4th 4th 92 7th 0 0 0 12
1991/92 Los Angeles Kings NHL 37 0 7th 7th 92 6th 0 0 0 8th
1991/92 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 5 0 3 3 6th - - - - -
1992/93 Los Angeles Kings NHL 22nd 0 2 2 18th 22nd 0 2 2 30th
1992/93 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 31 3 3 6th 43 - - - - -
1993/94 Los Angeles Kings NHL 60 1 9 10 67 - - - - -
1994/95 Los Angeles Kings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1994/95 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 36 1 8th 9 58 7th 0 1 1 10
NCAA overall 118 19th 74 93 131
International overall 66 8th 24 32 45
IHL total 72 4th 14th 18th 107 7th 0 1 1 10
NHL overall 741 26th 151 177 1289 82 1 5 6th 115

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1980 Canada Olympia 6th place 6th 1 1 2 0
1983 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 10 0 0 0 8th
1988 Canada Olympia 4th Place 8th 0 1 1 2
Men overall 24 1 2 3 10

( 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 Watters, Tim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watters, Timothy John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Kamloops , British Columbia , Canada