Jaime Sifers

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Jaime Sifers Lake Erie.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Sifers with the Lake Erie Monsters in 2016

| position = Defense

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 200

| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Minnesota Wild
Adler Mannheim

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|18}}

| birth_place = Stratford, Connecticut, USA

| career_start = 2006

| career_end = 2019

| draft = Undrafted

}}

James T. Sifers (born January 18, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played most notably in the American Hockey League (AHL). He enjoyed brief stints in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota Wild.

Playing career

Undrafted, Sifers played collegiate hockey with the University of Vermont in the Hockey East prior to making his professional debut at the end of the 2005–06 season with the Toronto Marlies of the AHL.{{cite web |title=Marlies sign Corey and Sifers |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/marlies-sign-corey-and-sifers/n-3280130 |website=OurSports Central |access-date=September 7, 2024 |date=March 15, 2006}}

On July 28, 2006, Sifers signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{cite web |title=Sifers inks deal with Maple Leafs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/203403078/ |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Burlington Free Press |access-date=September 7, 2024 |page=22 |date=July 29, 2006}} In 2008–09, his third season within the Maple Leafs organization, Sifers would make his NHL debut with Maple Leafs, playing in 23 games while registering 2 assists.

On July 8, 2009, Sifers signed a one-year contract with the Minnesota Wild organization.{{cite web |url=http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=486109|title=Wild signs defensmen Fraser and Sifers | publisher =Minnesota Wild | date = 2009-07-08 | accessdate = 2010-05-16}} After making the opening night roster for the Wild to start the 2009–10 season,{{cite web |url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=500607|title=NHL announces opening night rosters for 2009-10 | publisher =NHL | date = 2009-10-01 | accessdate = 2010-05-16}} Sifers played the majority of the year with AHL affiliate, the Houston Aeros. Sifers would play 14 games collectively throughout the season with the Wild.

On July 2, 2010, Sifers signed a one-year contract with the Atlanta Thrashers organization. He was assigned to their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves for the entirety of the 2010–11 season.

On May 26, 2011, Sifers left the NHL and signed a one-year contract with German club, Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga.{{cite web| url = http://www.adler-mannheim.de/topstories.php?dnr=2887 | title = Eagles take Jaime Sifers on contract | publisher = Adler Mannheim | date = 2011-05-26 | accessdate = 2011-05-26 | language = German}}

After three seasons in Germany, Sifers opted to return to North America, signing a one-year deal as a free agent with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL on July 3, 2014.{{cite web | url = http://www.falconsahl.com/news/news/?article_id=328 | title = Falcons sign Sifers, Gagnon and Wetmore | publisher = Springfield Falcons | date = 2014-07-03 | accessdate = 2014-07-03 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140714144638/http://www.falconsahl.com/news/news/?article_id=328 | archivedate = 2014-07-14 }} Playing with the affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets, Sifers appeared in every game for the Falcons on the blueline, contributing with 22 points in the 2014–15 season. On July 2, 2015, Sifers was signed by the Blue Jackets, to a two-year, two-way contract as a free agent.{{cite web| url = http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=773636 | title = Blue Jackets sign Jaime Sifers to two-year, two-way contract | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | date = 2015-07-02 | accessdate = 2015-07-02}}

Following the completion of his two-year deal with the Blue Jackets, Sifers left the Cleveland Monsters as a free agent. He agreed to continue his career in the AHL, signing a two-year deal with the Utica Comets, an affiliate to the Vancouver Canucks, on July 13, 2017.{{cite web| url = http://www.uticacomets.com/news/detail/comets-sign-defenseman-jaime-sifers | title = Comets sign defenseman Jamie Sifers | publisher = Utica Comets | date = 2017-07-13 | accessdate = 2017-07-13}}

Upon the conclusion of his contract with the Comets at the end of the 2018-19 regular season, Sifers opted to conclude his 13 year professional career, announcing his retirement on April 15, 2019.{{cite web | url = https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Sifers-proud-to-end-his-career-as-a-Comet-508625091.html | title = Sifers proud to end his career as a Comet | publisher = WKTV.com | date = 2019-04-15 | accessdate = 2019-04-15 | archive-date = 2019-04-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416070439/https://www.wktv.com/content/news/Sifers-proud-to-end-his-career-as-a-Comet-508625091.html | url-status = dead }}

Career statistics

File:Alex Broadhurst (25708678707).jpg victory with the Lake Erie Monsters.]]

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! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

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| 2002–03

| University of Vermont

| ECAC

| 34

| 4

| 14

| 18

| 66

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| University of Vermont

| ECAC

| 35

| 4

| 14

| 18

| 93

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2004–05

| University of Vermont

| ECAC

| 36

| 4

| 12

| 16

| 57

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| University of Vermont

| HE

| 38

| 3

| 15

| 18

| 60

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2005–06

| Toronto Marlies

| AHL

| 2

| 0

| 2

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Toronto Marlies

| AHL

| 80

| 7

| 18

| 25

| 75

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2007–08

| Toronto Marlies

| AHL

| 80

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 57

| 19

| 2

| 3

| 5

| 6

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Toronto Marlies

| AHL

| 43

| 4

| 16

| 20

| 47

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 4

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| 2008–09

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 23

| 0

| 2

| 18

| —

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| 2009–10

| Minnesota Wild

| NHL

| 14

| 0

| 6

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2009–10

| Houston Aeros

| AHL

| 54

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 58

| —

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Chicago Wolves

| AHL

| 68

| 4

| 18

| 22

| 66

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2011–12

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 52

| 5

| 19

| 24

| 59

| 14

| 0

| 3

| 8

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 52

| 1

| 14

| 15

| 64

| 6

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 2013–14

| Adler Mannheim

| DEL

| 50

| 3

| 21

| 24

| 62

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 0

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Springfield Falcons

| AHL

| 76

| 3

| 19

| 22

| 82

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2015–16

| Lake Erie Monsters

| AHL

| 67

| 5

| 14

| 19

| 86

| 14

| 0

| 5

| 10

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Cleveland Monsters

| AHL

| 74

| 6

| 14

| 20

| 74

| —

ALIGN="center"

| 2017–18

| Utica Comets

| AHL

| 37

| 0

| 5

| 44

| 5

| 0

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| 2018–19

| Utica Comets

| AHL

| 70

| 4

| 10

| 14

| 51

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 37

! 0

! 2

! 24

! —

Awards and honors

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! Awards

! Year

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| colspan="3" | College

All-ECAC Hockey Rookie Team

| 2002–03

All-ECAC Hockey Second Team

| 2004–05

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| colspan="3" | AHL

Calder Cup (Lake Erie Monsters)

| 2016

| {{cite web | url = http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=885753 | title = Bjorkstrand's OT goal clinches Monsters' first-ever Calder Cup championship | publisher = Columbus Blue Jackets | first = Tony | last = Brown | date = June 12, 2016 | accessdate = June 12, 2016}}