Jamie Johnson (ice hockey)
Jamie Johnson | |||
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Born |
Port Franks, Ontario, Canada | January 23, 1982||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Iowa Stars Bridgeport Sound Tigers Albany River Rats TPS Rochester Americans Grand Rapids Griffins Dinamo Riga Hershey Bears Kölner Haie Vienna Capitals Herning Blue Fox | ||
NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
Playing career | 2003–2017 |
Jamie Johnson (born January 23, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He last played for Herning Blue Fox of the Danish Metal Ligaen. Following his retirement in the spring of 2017, Johnson became an assistant coach for the UOIT Ridgebacks of the OUA for the 2017-18 season.[1] He also the co-owner and director of the skating skills clinic Scary Skate.
Undrafted, Johnson played major junior hockey with the Sarnia Sting and the Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League. Johnson made his professional debut in the ECHL with the Louisiana IceGators in the 2003–04 season.
On July 6, 2010, Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Detroit Red Wings.[2]
On July 18, 2012 after a strong season in the American Hockey League with the Grand Rapids Griffins, Johnson signaled his intent to return to Europe in signing a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League.
References
- ^ https://goridgebacks.com/coaches.aspx?rc=407&path=mhockey
- ^ National Hockey League (2010). The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. Triumph Books. p. 304. ISBN 978-1-60078-422-4.
External links
- Jamie Johnson career statistics at EliteProspects.com
- Jamie Johnson career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Albany River Rats players
- Augusta Lynx players
- Bridgeport Sound Tigers players
- Dinamo Riga players
- Grand Rapids Griffins players
- Hershey Bears players
- Iowa Stars players
- Kölner Haie players
- Louisiana IceGators (ECHL) players
- Oshawa Generals players
- Rochester Americans players
- Sarnia Sting players
- HC TPS players
- Vienna Capitals players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Austria
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Latvia
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Finland
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1980s births stubs