Canadian ice hockey player and scout

James Donald Hislop (born January 20, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward and current pro scout for the Minnesota Wild.

Contents

• 1 Playing career
• 2 Post-playing career
• 3 Awards and honors
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Playing career

Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Hislop played junior hockey in Tier II Ontario Hockey *ociation play.

Hislop attended the University of New Hampshire under legendary coach Charlie Holt. In Hislop's sop*re year with the Wildcats in 1974, he led the ECAC in *ists with 35 en route to the conference *le, leading to him being drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 8th round of the 1974 NHL amateur draft. He followed that performance up with two 66-point seasons, winning conference First All-Star honours in 1975 and 1976 and being named to the NCAA First Team All-American squad in 1976. He finished his collegiate career with 77 goals and 132 *ists for 209 points, the leading scorer in Wildcat history to that time, and is currently 4th all-time.

After spending half a season in the minor leagues with the Hampton Gulls, Hislop was signed by the Cincinnati Stingers of the World Hockey *ociation in 1977. He played three seasons with the Stingers, his best year coming in 1979, when he scored 30 goals and 40 *ists for 70 points, chipping in six points in three playoff games.

When the Stingers folded in the WHA-NHL merger, in 1979, Hislop's rights were acquired by the Winnipeg Jets, who traded him a few days later to the Quebec Nordiques for defenseman Barry Melrose. He was the only player to play in all 80 games for the Nordiques during their inaugural season in the NHL, scoring 19 goals. In 1980, he had the good fortune of being inserted as the right winger on a line with brothers Peter Stastny and Anton Stastny, and after a short period of adaptation, the three clicked beautifully together as Hislop scored 41 points in 50 games. With Réal Cloutier, another right-winger, back from an injury and the Nordiques weak in goal, he was traded midway through the season to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Dan Bouchard; it proved to be his best year in the NHL with a combined 25 goals and 31 *ists for 56 points. He played the remainder of his career with the Flames, settling into being a solid two-way player who almost never missed a game and serving two full seasons before an eye injury sustained in a game against the New York Islanders on December 1, 1983 forced his retirement.

Hislop finished his NHL career with 75 goals and 103 *ists for 178 points in 345 games, adding 61 goals and 102 *ists for 163 points in the WHA.

Post-playing career

He joined the Flames front office immediately upon his retirement, as an *istant coach, but left hockey for four years until becoming the head coach for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles of the International Hockey League for two seasons starting in 1989. After that, Hislop returned to the Flames, working as a scout and spending three more seasons as an *istant coach until his final retirement in 2004.

Awards and honors

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or:The Internet Hockey Database