| Position: | Left wing |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 180 |
| Played For: | St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings Pittsburgh Penguins |
| Birth Date: | 1945 11, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1968 |
| Career End: | 1975 |
James Arthur Shires (born November 15, 1945) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey winger who played 56 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1970 and 1973. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1968 to 1975, was spent in the minor leagues. He played college hockey for the University of Denver.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1963–64 | Edmonton Oil Kings | CAHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | University of Denver | WCHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | University of Denver | WCHA | 26 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | University of Denver | WCHA | 30 | 8 | 19 | 27 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | University of Denver | WCHA | 34 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 20 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Amarillo Wranglers | CHL | 34 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 69 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 20 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 48 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 97 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1971–72 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 42 | 18 | 27 | 45 | 82 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | ||
| 1972–73 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 32 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | San Diego Gulls | WHL | 68 | 26 | 34 | 60 | 44 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 21 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| CHL totals | 160 | 39 | 63 | 102 | 205 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | ||||
| WHL totals | 162 | 56 | 70 | 126 | 177 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | ||||
| NHL totals | 56 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||