James Latos

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1966)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Right wing

| played_for = New York Rangers

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 200

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|1|4}}

| birth_place = Wakaw, Saskatchewan, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1987

| career_end = 1997

}}

James "Jim" Latos (born January 4, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1988–89 season, on March 1, 1989 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 1997 was spent in the minor leagues. After his playing career, Latos became a coach, and spent two seasons from 2001 to 2003 coaching the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

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

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1982–83

| Prince Albert Mintos U18

| SMAAAHL

| 28

11182920

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1983–84

| Humboldt Broncos

| SJHL

| 53

121527131

| —

1984–85

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 62

9918120

| 3

1120
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Saskatoon Blades

| WHL

| 40

4711111

| —

1985–86

| Portland Winterhawks

| WHL

| 21

671380

| 9

11232
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1985–86

| Portland Winterhawks

| M-Cup

| —

| 3

0006
1986–87

| Portland Winterhawks

| WHL

| 69

271845210

| 20

53856
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1987–88

| Colorado Rangers

| IHL

| 38

11122398

| —

1988–89

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1988–89

| Denver Rangers

| IHL

| 37

7512157

| 4

00017
1989–90

| Flint Spirits

| IHL

| 71

121527244

| 4

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1990–91

| Kansas City Blades

| IHL

| 61

141428187

| —

1991–92

| St. Thomas Wildcats

| CoHL

| 27

7132062

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1991–92

| Knoxville Cherokees

| ECHL

| 10

52724

| —

1991–92

| Muskegon Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 27

44854

| 6

01110
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1992–93

| Cleveland Lumberjacks

| IHL

| 1

0000

| —

1992–93

| Muskegon Fury

| CoHL

| 59

102434163

| 7

2024
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1993–94

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 63

193453227

| 11

45927
1994–95

| Lee Valley Lions

| BD1

| 12

1151632

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Wichita Thunder

| CHL

| 55

132336167

| 11

25744
1995–96

| Louisiana IceGators

| ECHL

| 8

21330

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Louisiana IceGators

| ECHL

| 32

4711150

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! 236 !! 48 !! 50 !! 98 !! 740

! 14 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 31

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

See also