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Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965)

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Jeff Jackson
Born (1965-04-24) April 24, 1965 (age 59)
Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
St. Catharines Saints
Newmarket Saints
New York Rangers
Quebec Nordiques
Halifax Citadels
Chicago Blackhawks
Indianapolis Ice
New Haven Nighthawks
National team  Canada
NHL draft 28th overall, 1983
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1981–1992

Jeff Jackson (born April 24, 1965 in Chatham, Ontario and raised in Dresden, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Chicago Blackhawks. Prior to playing in the NHL, Jeff played for Canada's World Junior Under 20 team which won a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

After retirement in 1993, Jeff attended Law School at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Upon graduating, he accepted a position at Heenan Blaikie Law firm where he would practise sports and entertainment law. In June 2006, after eight years practicing law at Heenan Blaikie, he was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL as their Director of Hockey Administration. On August 24, 2007, Jackson was promoted to Assistant General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations of the Leafs, working alongside then General Manager John Ferguson, Jr.. When Ferguson was fired by the Leafs on January 22, 2008, Jackson remained as the team's Assistant General Manager under Cliff Fletcher, who replaced Ferguson. On September 12, 2008, Jackson was appointed the new General Manager and Governor of the Toronto Marlies, the American Hockey League farm club of the Maple Leafs. He also maintained his role as Assistant GM and Director of Hockey Operations of the Maple Leafs. Eighteen months after Brian Burke became the team's GM and President, Jackson left his position with the Leafs in March 2010 to pursue other opportunities. Jeff has appeared as a guest speaker and lecturer at numerous universities and conferences, including Harvard Law School and Osgood Hall law school. [1]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1981–82 Newmarket Flyers OPJHL 45 30 39 69 105
1982–83 Brantford Alexanders OHL 64 18 25 43 63 8 1 1 2 27
1983–84 Brantford Alexanders OHL 58 27 42 69 78 2 0 1 1 0
1984–85 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 17 0 1 1 24
1984–85 Hamilton Steelhawks OHL 20 13 14 27 51 17 8 12 20 26
1985–86 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 1 2 3 2
1985–86 St. Catharines Saints AHL 74 17 28 45 122 13 5 2 7 30
1986–87 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 8 7 15 64
1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 9 5 1 6 15 6 1 1 2 16
1986–87 Newmarket Saints AHL 7 3 6 9 13
1987–88 Quebec Nordiques NHL 68 9 18 27 103
1988–89 Quebec Nordiques NHL 33 4 6 10 28
1989–90 Quebec Nordiques NHL 65 8 12 20 71
1990–91 Quebec Nordiques NHL 10 3 1 4 4
1990–91 Halifax Citadels AHL 25 8 17 25 45
1991–92 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 1 0 0 0 2
1991–92 Indianapolis Ice IHL 18 3 7 10 41
1991–92 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 30 10 14 24 60 5 0 5 5 6
NHL totals 263 38 48 86 313 6 1 1 2 16
AHL totals 136 38 65 103 240 18 5 7 12 36