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| 1980 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Jim Wiemer
Selected in fourth round
No.
83 overall by Buffalo Sabres
Born January 9, 1961
 | Position:
Left Wing / Defense
Height: 6-4 Weight:
200
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Peterborough (OMJHL)
Birthplace: Sudbury, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown:
Sudbury, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1977-78 |
Sudbury | Ont. AAA |
90 | 50 |
50 | 100 |
175 | | 1978-79 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
61 | 15 |
12 | 27 |
50 | | 1979-80 |
Peterborough | OMJHL |
53 | 17 |
32 | 49 |
63 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup: 1979 (Peterborough)
World Junior Championships: 1980 (fifth place)
Miscellaneous: Was Peterborough's fourth pick in 1978 OMJHL midget draft.
... Played left wing for most of his major-junior career. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 20, 1983 (Buffalo at Boston)
(playoff game)
Numbers: 19 (Buffalo); 24, 6
(N.Y. Rangers); 23, 32 (Edmonton);
2 (Los Angeles); 30, 36 (Boston)
Stanley Cup: 1988.
Playing Status: Retired 1995 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1983-1993 | BUF, NYR, EDM, LA, BOS |
325 | 29 |
72 | 101 |
378 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS |
| Years | Teams |
GP | G |
A | TP | PIM |
| 1983-1993 | BUF, NYR, EDM, LA, BOS |
62 | 5 |
8 | 13 |
63 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1990 (Boston)
N.Y. Rangers Records: Fastest goal from the start of a game (9 seconds
on March 27, 1985, at Buffalo, shares record)
1987-88: Played on Edmonton team that won Stanley Cup. His name
was engraved on the Cup because he appeared in playoffs, but he did not play
in any Stanley Cup Finals games vs. Boston.
Miscellaneous: Made NHL debut in Game 5 of Buffalo's Adams Division finals
series at Boston. ... Made his NHL regular-season debut in Buffalo's Oct. 5,
1983, game vs. Hartford, which was also Buffalo's 1983-84 season-opener. ...
Missed part of 1983-84 season with charley horse. ... Tied N.Y. Rangers record
for fastest goal from the start of a game when he intercepted a Mike Ramsey
pass and drove a 50-foot slap shot past Bob Sauve just nine seconds into
Rangers' March 27, 1985, game at Buffalo. It was Wiemer's first game back in
Buffalo since being traded over three months earlier. ... Missed part of
1989-90 season with bruised right leg, an injury suffered in November 1989.
... Missed part of 1990-91 season with sprained right knee, an injury suffered
in December 1990. ... Missed parts of 1991-92 season with pulled groin, an
injury suffered during Boston's Jan. 27, 1992, game vs. Minnesota and
re-aggravated during Boston's March 21, 1992 game vs. Edmonton. ... Missed
parts of 1992-93 season with groin injury, suffered in December 1992, with
foot injury, suffered in January 1993, and with broken left foot, an injury
suffered when he slipped off a curb outside his home on Jan. 29, 1993. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Peterborough (OMJHL); Rochester (AHL); New Haven, Nova Scotia/Cape Breton (AHL);
Maine (AHL); Providence (AHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
AHL Calder Cup: 1983
(Rochester)
AHL Shore Award (Outstanding
Defenseman): 1985-86 (N. Haven)
AHL All-Star First Team: 1985-86 (New Haven)
AHL Records: Most career goals by a defenseman (124)
Rochester
Top Defensive Player: 1982-83
1982-83: Played on AHL
regular-season champion (Rochester).
Miscellaneous: Shifted from left
wing to defense by head coach Mike Keenan while playing for Rochester (AHL) during 1982-83 season. He
continued to play defense for the rest of his pro hockey career. ... Played final pro
season in Buffalo organization after signing with Sabres as unrestricted free
agent on Aug. 17, 1994. ... Played on N.Y. Rangers' off-season charity
softball team.
Personal: Nicknamed "Ripper." ...
Full name is James Duncan Wiemer. ... Father of high school hockey player Jake
Wiemer. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Buffalo traded Wiemer and Steve
Patrick to N.Y. Rangers in exchange for Dave Maloney and Chris Renaud on
December 6, 1984. |
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SNAPSHOT '80 | | Total Selected: |
210 | | Forwards: |
122 | | Defense: |
71 | | Goaltenders: |
17 | | Major Junior: |
138 | | Tier II Junior: |
7 | | College Players: |
42 | | High School: |
8 |
| Canadian: |
159 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
35 | | U.S.-Born: |
35 |
| European: |
13 |
| Reached NHL: |
132 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
24 | | Hall of Fame: |
4 |
| All-Star Game: |
17 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
5 |
| Olympians: |
19 |
| Picks Traded: |
25 |
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