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James Hamblin (ice hockey)

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Other uses|James Hamblin (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| position = Left Wing

| shoots=Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 185

| league = NHL

| team = Edmonton Oilers

| prospect_league = AHL

| prospect_team = Bakersfield Condors

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|27}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| career_start = 2020

| career_end =

| draft = Undrafted

| draft_year =

| draft_team =

}}

James Hamblin (born April 27, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Bakersfield Condors in the American Hockey League (AHL) as a prospect to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Hamblin played four seasons for the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Hockey League (WHL), serving as the team's captain from 2017 through 2020.

On April 30, 2020, Hamblin signed a two-year contract with the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL).{{cite web |title=HAMBLIN SIGNS TWO-YEAR AHL DEAL |url=https://www.bakersfieldcondors.com/news/condors-sign-james-hamblin-to-two-year-deal/ |website=Bakersfield Condors |access-date=April 30, 2020}} He spent part of the 2020–21 season on loan with Östersunds IK of Hockeyettan due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Östersunds IK sharpens the offensive with North American duo |url=https://www.hockeyettan.se/2020/09/22/ostersunds-ik-vassar-offensiven-med-nordamerikansk-duo/ |website=Hockeyettan |access-date=September 22, 2020}} Hamblin recorded 25 points in 23 games before returning to North America to play for the Condors. In 38 games for the club, he scored seven goals and eight assists for 15 points.

On March 2, 2022, Hamblin signed a one-year contract with the Condors' National Hockey League (NHL) affiliate, the Edmonton Oilers.{{cite web |title=RELEASE: Oilers sign Samorukov, Desharnais, Hamblin |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/news/release-oilers-sign-samorukov-desharnais-hamblin-331376106 |website=Edmonton Oilers |access-date=March 2, 2022}} On November 28, 2022, Hamblin skated in his first career NHL game in a 4–3 win over the Florida Panthers.{{cite web |title=Draisaitl nets OT winner to lift Oilers past slumping Panthers for 4-3 victory |url=https://cfjctoday.com/2022/11/28/draisaitl-nets-ot-winner-to-lift-oilers-past-slumping-panthers-for-4-3-victory/ |website=CFJC Today Kamloops |access-date=November 28, 2022}}

On November 18, 2023, Hamblin recorded his first career goal, scoring against Jonas Johansson in a 6–4 loss against the Tampa Bay Lightning. In his reaction to the goal, Hamblin pointed upwards and stated "that's for you, mom," dedicating the milestone to his late mother Gina, who passed away from cancer in September 2017.{{cite web |last1=O'Leary |first1=Dan |title=Oilers' Hamblin honors late mother after first NHL goal |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/topic/short-shifts/hamblin-first-nhl-goal-tribute-late-mother |website=National Hockey League |access-date=November 18, 2023}}

Personal

Hamblin was born and raised in Edmonton, and played minor hockey at the South Side Athletic Club (SSAC), including one season of overlap on the SSAC Lions of the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League with future Edmonton Oiler teammates Tyler Benson and Stuart Skinner,{{cite web |title=The South Siders |first=Liam |last=Horrobin |date=2022-11-29 |website=oilersnation.com |url=https://oilersnation.com/news/three-edmonton-oilers-from-south-side-athletics-club |access-date=2023-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202121936/https://oilersnation.com/news/three-edmonton-oilers-from-south-side-athletics-club |archive-date=2023-02-02 |url-status=live}} before being drafted into the Western Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/3947547/2022/11/29/oilers-james-hamblin-debut/|title=Hamblin's Oilers debut a bittersweet milestone for family|first=Daniel|last=Nugent-Bowman|website=The Athletic}}

He is the son of Tim and Gina Hamblin. His father was a physical education teacher at Leduc Composite High School, just south of Edmonton. His mother, Gina, died of cancer in September 2017.{{cite web |last1=Matheson |first1=Jim |title=Local kid Hamblin cracks Oilers lineup with sweat equity |url=https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/local-kid-hamblin-cracks-oilers-lineup-with-sweat-equity |website=Edmonton Sun |access-date=November 28, 2022}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="98" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2012–13

| SSAC Lions

| AMBHL

| 33

8101829

| 11

84126
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2013–14

| SSAC Lions

| AMBHL

| 31

32306250

| 8

661212
2014–15

| SSAC Athletics

| AMHL

| 34

10132318

| 4

2460
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| WHL

| 54

21314

| —

————
2016–17

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| WHL

| 69

23244732

| 11

2350
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| WHL

| 70

21436430

| —

————
2018–19

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| WHL

| 67

33447718

| 6

5276
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Medicine Hat Tigers

| WHL

| 63

36569235

| —

————
2020–21 HockeyEttan season|2020–21

| Östersunds IK

| Div.1

| 22

12132510

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2020–21

| Bakersfield Condors

| AHL

| 38

78152

| 6

0112
2021–22

| Bakersfield Condors

| AHL

| 64

21143528

| 5

1120
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2022–23

| Bakersfield Condors

| AHL

| 52

10182814

| 2

1010
2022–23

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 10

0002

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2023–24

| Bakersfield Condors

| AHL

| 13

4488

| —

————
2023–24

| Edmonton Oilers

| NHL

| 31

2130

| —

————
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3"|NHL totals

! 41 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 2

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2015

| Canada White

| U17

| {{gold1}}

| 6

5162
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="4" |Junior totals

! 6 !! 5 !! 1 !! 6 !! 2

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

!

ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" |WHL

East First All-Star Team

| 2020

| {{cite web| url = https://medicinehatnews.com/sports/local-sports/2020/04/08/hamblin-named-first-team-all-star/ | publisher = Medicine Hat News | date = April 8, 2020 | accessdate = December 15, 2022 | title = Hamblin named first-team All-Star }}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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Category:1999 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century Canadian sportsmen

Category:Bakersfield Condors players

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards

Category:Edmonton Oilers players

Category:Ice hockey people from Edmonton

Category:Medicine Hat Tigers players

Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players