Jamie Allison

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey defenceman (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| played_for = Calgary Flames
Chicago Blackhawks
Columbus Blue Jackets
Nashville Predators
Florida Panthers

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 220

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|13}}

| birth_place = Lindsay, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 44th overall

| draft_year = 1993

| draft_team = Calgary Flames

| career_start = 1995

| career_end = 2007

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150224234954/http://jamieallison.ca/ JamieAllison.ca]

}}

James E. Allison (born May 13, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for the Calgary Flames. Chicago Blackhawks, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

=Junior=

Allison was drafted 7th overall in the 1991 OHL Priority Draft by the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League.{{cite web|title=1991 OHL Priority Selection|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1991/ohl/91omain.htm|publisher=Hockey Draft Central}} After his rookie season, he was traded to the Detroit Junior Red Wings.{{cite web|url=http://whitbysportshalloffame.com/inductees/39-jamie-allison|title=Jaime Allison Athlete-Hockey|publisher=Whitby Sports Hall of Fame}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He was named team captain for the 1994-95 OHL season and helped lead the team to the win the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL Champions. They advanced to the 1995 Memorial Cup final, where they lost to the Kamloops Blazers.

=Professional=

He was drafted by the Calgary Flames 44th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut with the Calgary Flames in the 1994–95 season. He has since played for Chicago, Columbus, Nashville, and Florida in the NHL.

On December 13, 2005, goaltender Chris Mason was injured during the pre-game warmups, resulting in the Predators having no backup goaltender. As he was scheduled to be a healthy scratch that game, Allison was dressed the backup goaltender, instead.{{cite book|author=Justin B. Bradford|title=Nashville Predators: The Making of Smashville|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pVhyCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT43|date=26 October 2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated|isbn=978-1-62585-367-7}}

In 2006, he was signed by the Ottawa Senators as a free agent and played his final season with the Senators' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate Binghamton Senators. He played in 11 seasons in the NHL, appearing in 372 games, with 7 goals and 23 assists, as well as 639 penalty minutes.

Post-Retirement

In 2007, he was named an assistant coach for the Brampton Battalion of the OHL.{{cite web|title=Allison added to coaching staff|url=https://battalionhockey.com/allison-added-to-coaching-staff|publisher=North Bay Battalion|date=November 13, 2007}}

As of 2024, he is the Youth Hockey Operations Manager at Baptist Health IcePlex, which is the Florida Panthers Training Facility at the FTL War Memorial.{{cite web | url=https://www.ftlwarmemorial.com/about-us | title=About Us | FTL War Memorial }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nhl.com/panthers/team/directory | title=Club Directory | Florida Panthers | Florida Panthers }}

=Regular season and playoffs=

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

! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="101" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

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

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

1991–92

| Windsor Spitfires

| OHL

| 59

481270

| 4

1122
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| 1992–93

| Detroit Jr. Red Wings

| OHL

| 61

0131364

| 15

25723
1993–94

| Detroit Jr. Red Wings

| OHL

| 40

2222469

| 17

291135
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1994–95

| Detroit Jr. Red Wings

| OHL

| 50

11415119

| 18

27935
1994–95

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1995–96

| Saint John Flames

| AHL

| 71

31619223

| 14

0114
1996–97

| Saint John Flames

| AHL

| 46

369139

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1996–97

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 20

00035

| —

1997–98

| Saint John Flames

| AHL

| 16

05549

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1997–98

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 43

3811104

| —

1998–99

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 39

22462

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Saint John Flames

| AHL

| 5

00023

| —

1998–99

| Indianapolis Ice

| IHL

| 3

10110

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1999–00

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 59

134102

| —

2000–01

| Chicago Blackhawks

| NHL

| 44

13453

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2001–02

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 37

02224

| —

2001–02

| Columbus Blue Jackets

| NHL

| 7

00028

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Columbus Blue Jackets

| NHL

| 48

01199

| —

2003–04

| Nashville Predators

| NHL

| 47

03376

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2004–05

Cambridge Hornets

| OHA Sr.

| 5

0334

| —

2005–06

| Nashville Predators

| NHL

| 20

01145

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Florida Panthers

| NHL

| 7

00011

| —

2006–07

| Binghamton Senators

| AHL

| 47

25797

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 372 !! 7 !! 23 !! 30 !! 639

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

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! colspan="3" |AHL totals

!185

!8

!32

!40

!531

!19

!0

!3

!3

!20

References

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