Jimmy Mann (ice hockey)

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Jimmy Mann
Born (1959-04-17) April 17, 1959 (age 65)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for
NHL Draft
19th overall,
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 1979–1989

James Edward Mann (born April 17, 1959) is a

Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and the Pittsburgh Penguins
. He makes regular appearances with a program for charity, called Oldtimers Hockey Challenge.

Early life

Mann was born in Montreal, Quebec. As a youth, he played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Verdun, Quebec.[1]

Career

Mann was selected by the

1979 NHL Entry Draft
, this pick was the first pick in franchise history. Mann made a reputation for himself as a brawler collecting 287 penalty minutes during his first NHL season.

Mann was suspended for three games and fined $500 for shoving a linesman, Gord Broseker, while trying to resume a fight with defenseman John Gibson in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 9, 1981.[2] During a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 13, 1982 Penguins center Paul Gardner cross-checked Jets winger Doug Smail in the face, resulting in an injury. Before the next face-off, Mann attacked Gardner from behind with two punches that broke Gardner's jaw. Mann eventually received a ten-game suspension and a criminal record with a $500 fine before the courts of Manitoba.[3] Mann missed the entire 1986–87 season recovering from abdominal injury originally suffered in December 1984.

Career statistics

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1975–76
Laval National
QMJHL
65 8 9 17 107
1976–77 Laval National QMJHL 6 0 2 2 19
1976–77 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 63 12 12 24 186 17 1 4 5 70
1977–78 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 67 27 54 81 277 7 3 9 12 14
1978–79 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 65 35 47 82 260 12 14 12 26 83
1979–80 Winnipeg Jets NHL 72 3 5 8 287
1980–81 Winnipeg Jets NHL 37 3 3 6 105
1980–81 Tulsa Oilers CHL 26 4 7 11 175 5 0 0 0 21
1981–82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 37 3 2 5 79 3 0 0 0 7
1982–83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 40 0 1 1 73 1 0 0 0 0
1983–84 Sherbrooke Jets AHL 20 6 3 9 94
1983–84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 16 0 1 1 54
1983–84 Quebec Nordiques NHL 22 1 1 2 42 3 0 0 0 22
1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 25 0 4 4 54 13 0 0 0 41
1984–85 Fredericton Express AHL 13 4 4 8 97
1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 35 0 3 3 148 2 0 0 0 19
1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 9 0 0 0 53
1987–88
Muskegon Lumberjacks
IHL 10 0 2 2 61
1988–89 Indianapolis Ice IHL 38 5 10 15 275
NHL totals 293 10 20 30 895 22 0 0 0 89

Awards

Transactions

  • February 6, 1984 – Traded to the
    1984 NHL Entry Draft
    .
  • June 16, 1987 – Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Penguins.

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  2. ^ "N.H.L. SUSPENDS JETS' MANN - NYTimes.com". NYTimes.com. December 19, 1981.
  3. ^ "Mann Given $500 Fine For Hockey Assault - NYTimes.com". NYTimes.com. May 19, 1982.

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1979
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