James Black (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = James Black
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0
| weight_lb = 185
| played_for = Hartford Whalers
Minnesota North Stars
Dallas Stars
Buffalo Sabres
Chicago Blackhawks
Washington Capitals
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|15|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
| draft = 94th overall
| draft_year = 1989
| draft_team = Hartford Whalers
| career_start = 1989
| career_end = 2005
}}
James Black (born August 15, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, Minnesota North Stars/Dallas Stars, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals from 1989–90 to 2000–01.
Career
Black was drafted 94th overall by the Hartford Whalers in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played 352 career NHL games, scoring 58 goals and 57 assists for 115 points. His best offensive season was the 1998–99 NHL season when he achieved career highs in goals with sixteen, assists with fourteen, and points with thirty.
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="103" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="103" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM | ||||||||
| 1986–87
| Edmonton Knights of Columbus | AMHL | 41 | 36 | 48 | 84 | 58
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1987–88 | WHL | 72 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 50
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89
| Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 71 | 45 | 51 | 96 | 57
| 19 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 28 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1989–90 | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90
| AHL | 80 | 37 | 35 | 72 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1990–91 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91
| AHL | 79 | 35 | 61 | 96 | 34
| 18 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1991–92 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 30 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92
| Springfield Indians | AHL | 47 | 15 | 25 | 40 | 33
| 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1992–93 | NHL | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992–93
| AHL | 63 | 25 | 45 | 70 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | NHL | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94
| NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1993–94 | AHL | 45 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 28
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994–95
| IHL | 78 | 29 | 44 | 73 | 54
| 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1995–96 | NHL | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995–96
| IHL | 67 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 56
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 64 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 20
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997–98
| Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 52 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99 | NHL | 75 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1998–99
| IHL | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1999–00 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 49 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000–01
| Washington Capitals | NHL | 42 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01 | AHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02
| AHL | 29 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03 | EV Zug | NLA | 18 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04
| DEL | 50 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 44
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05 | Italy | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2
| 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! ALIGN="center" | 352 ! ALIGN="center" | 58 ! ALIGN="center" | 57 ! ALIGN="center" | 115 ! ALIGN="center" | 84 ! ALIGN="center" | 13 ! ALIGN="center" | 2 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 3 ! ALIGN="center" | 4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |AHL totals !285 !114 !166 !280 !139 !32 !14 !14 !28 !24 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |IHL totals !213 !92 !139 !231 !150 !10 !1 !6 !7 !4 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |DEL totals !50 !17 !27 !44 !44 !— !— !— !— !— | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |NLA totals !18 !6 !8 !14 !4 !— !— !— !— !— |
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=10118}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Black, James}}
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