Jim Hargreaves Explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:195
Birth Date:May 2, 1950
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Death Place:Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Career Start:1970
Career End:1976
Draft:16th overall
Draft Year:1970
Draft Team:Vancouver Canucks
Played For:Vancouver Canucks
Winnipeg Jets (WHA)
Indianapolis Racers (WHA)
San Diego Mariners (WHA)

James Albert Hargreaves (May 2, 1950 – June 30, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. Hargreaves played junior hockey with the Winnipeg Jets of the Western Canada Hockey League, and was selected in the second round of the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League. He played 66 games for the Canucks over the next three years, splitting time with their minor league affiliates in the American Hockey League and Western Hockey League. In 1973 he moved to the World Hockey Association (WHA), signing with the professional Winnipeg Jets. After one year in Winnipeg Hargreaves briefly joined the Indianapolis Racers before finishing his career with the San Diego Mariners, finishing with 174 games in the WHA. He retired from hockey in 1976. He died in 2020 at the age of 70.[1]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1966–67Winnipeg MonarchsMJHL
1968–69Winnipeg JetsWCHL56 10 19 29 107
1969–70Winnipeg JetsWCHL55 10 34 44 176
1970–71Vancouver CanucksNHL7 0 1 1 33
1970–71Rochester AmericansAHL42 1 10 11 109
1971–72Rochester AmericansAHL61 3 10 13 127
1972–73Vancouver CanucksNHL59 1 6 7 72
1972–73Seattle TotemsWHL17 1 11 12 43
1973–74Winnipeg JetsWHA53 1 4 5 50
1974–75Indianapolis RacersWHA37 2 5 7 30
1974–75San Diego MarinersWHA41 8 10 18 4510 1 0 1 6
1975–76San Diego MarinersWHA43 1 1 2 265 0 0 0 2
WHA totals174 12 20 32 15115 1 0 1 8
NHL totals66 1 7 8 105

Awards

Notes and References

  1. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/port-alberni-bc/james-hargreaves-9246668 Jim Hargreaves' obituary