Jim Cunningham | |
Position: | Left wing |
Played For: | Philadelphia Flyers |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 185 |
Birth Date: | August 15, 1956 |
Birth Place: | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
Death Place: | Shoreview, Minnesota, U.S. |
Draft: | Undrafted |
Career Start: | 1977 |
Career End: | 1984 |
James John Cunningham (August 15, 1956 – April 29, 2011) was an American professional ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1977–78 season, on February 28, 1978 against the Boston Bruins. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1977 to 1984, was spent in the minor leagues.
Cunningham was struck and killed by a train on April 29, 2011, in Shoreview, Minnesota.[1]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1973–74 | St. Paul Vulcans | MidJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | St. Paul Vulcans | MidJHL | 57 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 183 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1975–76 | St. Paul Vulcans | MidJHL | 47 | 16 | 58 | 74 | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Michigan State University | WCHA | 34 | 11 | 25 | 36 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Michigan State University | WCHA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 48 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 106 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 | ||
1977–78 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 78 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 223 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
1979–80 | Cincinnati Stingers | CHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 51 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 179 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1979–80 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | ||
1980–81 | Maine Mariners | AHL | 44 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 144 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | Toledo Goaldiggers | IHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |