| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| Played For: | Detroit Red Wings Los Angeles Sharks Phoenix Roadrunners |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1962 |
| Career End: | 1978 |
James Lawrence Niekamp (March 11, 1946 – October 10, 2022) was an American professional ice hockey player who played 383 games in the World Hockey Association and 29 games in the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1977. Niekamp played for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Sharks and Phoenix Roadrunners.
Niekamp lived in the Phoenix area and was the color commentator for the radio broadcasts of Phoenix RoadRunners home games. He died on October 10, 2022, at the age of 76.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1964–65 | Saint-Jerome Alouettes | QJAHL | 33 | 10 | 31 | 41 | — | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 38 | ||
| 1965–66 | Saint-Jerome Alouettes | QJAHL | 32 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 135 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | ||
| 1965–66 | Hamilton Red Wings | OHA | 11 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Toledo Blades | IHL | 66 | 6 | 24 | 30 | 163 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1967–68 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 49 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||
| 1968–69 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 63 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 47 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 46 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Tidewater Wings | AHL | 65 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 216 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Los Angeles Sharks | WHA | 78 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 155 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1973–74 | Los Angeles Sharks | WHA | 76 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 95 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 71 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1975–76 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 79 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHA | 79 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Phoenix Roadrunners | PHL | 23 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 383 | 16 | 96 | 112 | 484 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| NHL totals | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||