Jimmy Mann (ice hockey)

James Edward Mann (born April 17, 1959) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 293 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He makes regular appearances with a program for charity, called Oldtimers Hockey Challenge.

Jimmy Mann
Born (1959-04-17) April 17, 1959
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 Winnipeg Jets
Quebec Nordiques
Pittsburgh Penguins
NHL Draft 19th overall, 1979
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19791989

Career

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] He was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round of 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 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 faceoff, 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 GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1975–76 Laval National QMJHL 658917107
1976–77 Laval National QMJHL 602219
1976–77 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 63121224186 1714570
1977–78 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 67275481277 7391214
1978–79 Sherbrooke Castors QMJHL 65354782260 1214122683
1979–80 Winnipeg Jets NHL 72358287
1980–81 Winnipeg Jets NHL 37336105
1980–81 Tulsa Oilers CHL 264711175 500021
1981–82 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3732579 30007
1982–83 Winnipeg Jets NHL 4001173 10000
1983–84 Sherbrooke Jets AHL 2063994
1983–84 Winnipeg Jets NHL 1601154
1983–84 Quebec Nordiques NHL 2211242 300022
1984–85 Quebec Nordiques NHL 2504454 1300041
1984–85 Fredericton Express AHL 1344897
1985–86 Quebec Nordiques NHL 35033148 200019
1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 900053
1987–88 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 1002261
1988–89 Indianapolis Ice IHL 3851015275
NHL totals 293102030895 2200089

Awards

Transactions

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. 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.
Preceded by
Miles Zaharko
Winnipeg Jets first round draft pick
1979
Succeeded by
Dave Babych


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