| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Right |
| Played For: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 4 |
| Weight Lb: | 210 |
| Birth Date: | 27 January 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Ntl Team: | United States |
| Draft: | 33rd overall |
| Draft Team: | Minnesota North Stars |
| Draft Year: | 1981 |
| Career Start: | 1984 |
| Career End: | 1988 |
Thomas William Hirsch (born January 27, 1963) is an American retired professional ice hockey player, who played 31 games in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1988 for the Minnesota North Stars. He was also a member of the American national team at the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Canada Cup and 1982 World Championships. His career was ended by persistent shoulder injury problems. Tom's daughter Casey played forward and was the captain of the Maple Grove Senior High School Girls Hockey Team her senior year. She also played for the Syracuse University Orange, Women's Hockey Team starting fall of 2011.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1978–79 | Camden High School (as Patrick Henry High School) | HS-MN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Camden High School | HS-MN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Camden High School | HS-MN | 23 | 42 | 35 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 36 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 37 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | United States National Team | Intl | 56 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1984–85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 31 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | United States | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1984 | United States | OLY | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1984 | United States | CC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Senior totals | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||