Jim Dorey
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Jim Dorey is a retired former professional ice hockey
player who played over 650 professional games in the National Hockey League
and World Hockey Association
.
Dorey was a defenceman who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs
and New York Rangers
in the NHL. He also had a long career in the WHA playing for New England Whalers, Toronto Toros
and Quebec Nordiques
and played on two Avco World Trophy
winning teams.
Dorey’s NHL debut was a noteworthy one. On October 16, 1968 playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Pittsburgh Penguins
he was to set, what was at the time, the NHL single-game record of 48 penalty minutes. His rugged, aggressive style was to cement him as a Leaf mainstay for the next four seasons. Coveted by the New York Rangers he was traded to New York for Pierre Jarry
in 1971 because Leaf management suspected he might be about to jump to the fledgling WHA. Dorey played just one game with the Rangers before suffering a separated shoulder
. This was to be his last NHL game as that summer he signed with the WHA’s New England Whalers. Dorey went on to be a WHA star for the entire seven seasons of the league’s existence.
After his retirement he coached the Kingston Canadians
(later Kingston Frontenacs
) of the Ontario Hockey League
. He was inducted into the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame
.
Dorey ended his career as an Allstate Insurance
agent in his hometown - he retired in March 2008. More recently, he opened his own Insurance Brokerage in Kingston.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played over 650 professional games in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
and World Hockey Association
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
.
Dorey was a defenceman who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
in the NHL. He also had a long career in the WHA playing for New England Whalers, Toronto Toros
Toronto Toros
The Toronto Toros were an ice hockey team based in Toronto that played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1976.The franchise was awarded to Doug Michel in 1971 to play in the WHA's inaugural 1972–73 season...
and Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
and played on two Avco World Trophy
Avco World Trophy
The Avco World Trophy, also known as the Avco Cup, was the championship trophy of the original World Hockey Association . The trophy's naming rights were sold to the former Avco Corporation , a defense contractor who bought the rights to advertise their consumer finance division...
winning teams.
Dorey’s NHL debut was a noteworthy one. On October 16, 1968 playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The franchise was founded in 1967 as one of the first expansion teams during the league's original...
he was to set, what was at the time, the NHL single-game record of 48 penalty minutes. His rugged, aggressive style was to cement him as a Leaf mainstay for the next four seasons. Coveted by the New York Rangers he was traded to New York for Pierre Jarry
Pierre Jarry
Pierre Joseph Raynald Jarry is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 344 games in the National Hockey League and 18 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings, and Edmonton Oilers.-External...
in 1971 because Leaf management suspected he might be about to jump to the fledgling WHA. Dorey played just one game with the Rangers before suffering a separated shoulder
Separated shoulder
A separated shoulder , is a common injury to the acromioclavicular joint. This is not the same as a shoulder dislocation as that involves a dislocation of the glenohumeral joint...
. This was to be his last NHL game as that summer he signed with the WHA’s New England Whalers. Dorey went on to be a WHA star for the entire seven seasons of the league’s existence.
After his retirement he coached the Kingston Canadians
Kingston Canadians
The Kingston Canadians were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League from 1973 to 1988. The team played home games at the Kingston Memorial Centre in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.-History:...
(later Kingston Frontenacs
Kingston Frontenacs
The Kingston Frontenacs are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The team is coached by Todd Gill and Doug Gilmour is the General Manager. The Frontenacs play home games at the K-Rock Centre, which opened in 2008.Team history predates the OHA,...
) of the Ontario Hockey League
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
. He was inducted into the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame
Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame
The Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes in the region of Kingston, Ontario. In 2008, the Hall moved to the new Kingston Regional Sports and Entertainment Centre, in downtown Kingston.- Inductees :-External links:*...
.
Dorey ended his career as an Allstate Insurance
Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the second-largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held. The company also has personal lines insurance operations in Canada. Allstate was founded in 1931 as part of Sears, Roebuck and Co., and was spun off in 1993...
agent in his hometown - he retired in March 2008. More recently, he opened his own Insurance Brokerage in Kingston.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1963–64 | Niagara Falls Flyers Niagara Falls Flyers ----The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982.... |
OHA Ontario Hockey Association The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the... |
21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | London Nationals London Nationals The London Nationals were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association, who played for three seasons before being renamed to the London Knights. The team played out of the London Gardens in London, Ontario, Canada.-History:... |
OHA | 47 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 168 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | London Nationals | OHA | 48 | 8 | 41 | 49 | 196 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | ||
| 1967–68 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL Western Hockey League (minor pro) The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League... |
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Tulsa Oilers | CPHL Central Professional Hockey League The Central Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated in the United States from 1963 to 1984. Initially named the Central Professional Hockey League, it was owned and operated by the National Hockey League and served as a successor to the Eastern Professional Hockey... |
35 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||
| 1967–68 1967–68 AHL season The 1967–68 AHL season was the 32nd season of the American Hockey League. Eight teams played 72 games each in the schedule. The league played a limited interlocking schedule with the Western Hockey League which was a repeat of the experiment two seasons earlier. The Louis A. R. Pieri Memorial... |
Rochester Americans Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and a top affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
20 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
61 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 200 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | ||
| 1969–70 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 46 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 74 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 198 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 1971–72 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 50 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971-72 | New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the... |
NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1972–73 | New England Whalers | WHA World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926... |
75 | 7 | 56 | 63 | 95 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 41 | ||
| 1973–74 | New England Whalers | WHA | 77 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 134 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 | ||
| 1974–75 | New England Whalers | WHA | 31 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1974–75 | Toronto Toros Toronto Toros The Toronto Toros were an ice hockey team based in Toronto that played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1976.The franchise was awarded to Doug Michel in 1971 to play in the WHA's inaugural 1972–73 season... |
WHA | 43 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 69 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | Toronto Toros | WHA | 74 | 9 | 51 | 60 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League... |
WHA | 73 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 102 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 1977–78 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 26 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 34 | ||
| 1977–78 1977–78 AHL season The 1977–78 AHL season was the 42nd season of the American Hockey League. The season was in jeopardy when the last of the original eight franchises of the "International-American Hockey League", the Rhode Island Reds folded in the offseason, and the AHL was left with five teams... |
Philadelphia Firebirds | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Quebec Nordiques | WHA | 32 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 1980–81 AHL season The 1980–81 AHL season was the 45th season of the American Hockey League. Nine teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The Hershey Bears finished first overall in the regular season... |
New Haven Nighthawks New Haven Nighthawks The New Haven Nighthawks are a former ice hockey team that played in the American Hockey League from 1972 to 1992. They had affiliations with the Minnesota North Stars , New York Islanders , New York Rangers , and Los Angeles Kings... |
AHL | 21 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| OHA totals | 116 | 14 | 61 | 75 | 364 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | ||||
| WHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| CPHL totals | 35 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 81 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | ||||
| AHL totals | 46 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| WHA totals | 431 | 52 | 232 | 284 | 617 | 51 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 131 | ||||
| NHL totals | 232 | 25 | 74 | 99 | 553 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | ||||