Jock Callander
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William Darren "Jock" Callander (born April 23, 1961 in Regina
, Saskatchewan
) is a former professional
ice hockey
player.
, Jock Callander replaced a small NHL
career with a historic one in the IHL. Never drafted, he had brief stops with St. Louis, Pittsburgh
, and Tampa
, but with the Muskegon/Cleveland Lumberjacks
he was sensational, breaking the all-time points mark during the 1999–2000 season when he registered his 1,383rd career point, breaking the record of Len Thornson
.
Callander started slowly in junior with Regina
, but in his last two seasons he produced staggering totals of 146 goals and 343 points, leading the league in 1981–82. Nonetheless, he was never drafted by an NHL team, signing with St. Louis as a free agent, though never playing for the Blues. Instead, he had to settle for a start in the CHL and IHL, where he spent the first five pro years of his career. He signed with Pittsburgh, and over the next three years split his time between the Penguins and the IHL.
The highlight of his NHL time came in 1991–92. After playing the whole year with Muskegon, he came up to the Penguins for the playoffs, appearing in a dozen games en route to the Stanley Cup
. At the 1992 Victory Celebration for the Pittsburgh Penguins at Three Rivers Stadium
, Jock lost his watch to a fan who had inadvertently grabbed it while slapping hands. Over the summer, though, he became a free agent and Pittsburgh did not sign him—he went to Tampa Bay. Callander played eight games with the Lightning and most of the next eight years back in the IHL with Cleveland.
For much of his time in the IHL he was paired with best friend Dave Michayluk
, another journeyman NHLer who became the IHLs all-time leading scorer, in large measure thanks to the passing of Callander. They lived near each other in Avon Lake
, Ohio
, their wives are best friends, and they played together for almost their entire IHL careers.
Jock Callander retired from hockey following the 1999–2000 season and became an assistant coach for Cleveland in 2000–01 before joining the Houston Aeros
the following year.
In 2007, Callander returned to Cleveland to become an analyst for Lake Erie Monsters
TV broadcasts.
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
) is a former professional
Professional
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ice hockey
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.
Career
The younger brother of DrewDrew Callander
Leonard Andrew Callander is a retired former professional ice hockey centre who spents parts of four seasons in the National Hockey League in the late 1970s....
, Jock Callander replaced a small 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...
career with a historic one in the IHL. Never drafted, he had brief stops with St. Louis, Pittsburgh
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...
, and Tampa
Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the...
, but with the Muskegon/Cleveland Lumberjacks
Cleveland Lumberjacks
The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:...
he was sensational, breaking the all-time points mark during the 1999–2000 season when he registered his 1,383rd career point, breaking the record of Len Thornson
Len Thornson
Len Thornson is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.Thornson spent his entire professional hockey career in the International Hockey League , mostly with the Fort Wayne Komets. He also spent part of one season with the Indianapolis Chiefs and the Huntington Hornets...
.
Callander started slowly in junior with Regina
Regina Pats
The Regina Pats are a junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League. The Pats are based out of Regina, Saskatchewan and the Brandt Centre is their home arena.-History:...
, but in his last two seasons he produced staggering totals of 146 goals and 343 points, leading the league in 1981–82. Nonetheless, he was never drafted by an NHL team, signing with St. Louis as a free agent, though never playing for the Blues. Instead, he had to settle for a start in the CHL and IHL, where he spent the first five pro years of his career. He signed with Pittsburgh, and over the next three years split his time between the Penguins and the IHL.
The highlight of his NHL time came in 1991–92. After playing the whole year with Muskegon, he came up to the Penguins for the playoffs, appearing in a dozen games en route to the Stanley Cup
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
. At the 1992 Victory Celebration for the Pittsburgh Penguins at Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium
Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...
, Jock lost his watch to a fan who had inadvertently grabbed it while slapping hands. Over the summer, though, he became a free agent and Pittsburgh did not sign him—he went to Tampa Bay. Callander played eight games with the Lightning and most of the next eight years back in the IHL with Cleveland.
For much of his time in the IHL he was paired with best friend Dave Michayluk
Dave Michayluk
David Michayluk is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 21 games in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins...
, another journeyman NHLer who became the IHLs all-time leading scorer, in large measure thanks to the passing of Callander. They lived near each other in Avon Lake
Avon Lake, Ohio
Avon Lake is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The population was 18,145 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Avon Lake is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, their wives are best friends, and they played together for almost their entire IHL careers.
Jock Callander retired from hockey following the 1999–2000 season and became an assistant coach for Cleveland in 2000–01 before joining the Houston Aeros
Houston Aeros
The Houston Aeros are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. The team plays in Houston, Texas, at the Toyota Center. They are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Minnesota Wild.- History :...
the following year.
In 2007, Callander returned to Cleveland to become an analyst for Lake Erie Monsters
Lake Erie Monsters
The Lake Erie Monsters are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They began play in the 2007–08 AHL season at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio...
TV broadcasts.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 1978–79 | Regina Blues Regina Blues The Regina Blues were a Tier-II Junior "A" team based out of Regina, Saskatchewan. They used to play out of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.-History:... |
SJHL Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior A ice hockey league under Hockey Canada, a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years of age or younger, the SJHL's 12 teams play in two divisions: the Bauer and Sherwood conferences... |
42 | 44 | 42 | 86 | 24 | |||||||
| 1978–79 | Regina Pats Regina Pats The Regina Pats are a junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League. The Pats are based out of Regina, Saskatchewan and the Brandt Centre is their home arena.-History:... |
WHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada... |
19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1979–80 | Regina Pats | WHL | 39 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 1980–81 | Regina Pats | WHL | 72 | 67 | 86 | 153 | 37 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 1981–82 | Regina Pats | WHL | 71 | 79 | 111 | 190 | 59 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 37 | ||
| 1982–83 | Salt Lake Golden Eagles Salt Lake Golden Eagles The Salt Lake Golden Eagles were a minor professional hockey team based in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1969 to 1994.They played in the Western Hockey League from 1969 to 1974, the Central Hockey League from 1974 to 1984 and the International Hockey League from 1984 to 1994... |
CHL | 68 | 20 | 27 | 47 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1983–84 | Montana Magic Montana Magic The Montana Magic were a short-lived ice hockey franchise, founded in 1983, that competed for one season in the now defunct Central Hockey League, based in North America.... |
CHL | 72 | 27 | 32 | 59 | 69 | |||||||
| 1983–84 | Toledo Goaldiggers Toledo Goaldiggers The Toledo Goaldiggers was an International Hockey League franchise that played in Toledo, Ohio from 1974 to 1986. Prior to the Goaldiggers, the city's hockey team was the Toledo Blades, which played under that name from its founding in 1963 until 1970, when it changed its name to the Toledo... |
IHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1984–85 | Muskegon Mohawks Muskegon Mohawks The Muskegon Mohawks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League from 1965 to 1984. Muskegon were Turner Cup champions in 1968.... |
IHL | 82 | 39 | 68 | 107 | 86 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 33 | ||
| 1985–86 | Muskegon Lumberjacks Muskegon Lumberjacks The Muskegon Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Muskegon, Michigan.-Facts:-Season-by-Season record:Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses/Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in... |
IHL | 82 | 39 | 72 | 111 | 121 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 12 | ||
| 1986–87 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 82 | 54 | 82 | 136 | 110 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 23 | ||
| 1987–88 | 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... |
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... |
41 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 45 | |||||||
| 1987–88 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 31 | 20 | 36 | 56 | 49 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | ||
| 1988–89 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1988–89 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 48 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 40 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 30 | ||
| 1989–90 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 49 | |||||||
| 1989–90 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 46 | 29 | 49 | 78 | 118 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 54 | ||
| 1990–91 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 30 | 14 | 20 | 34 | 102 | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Muskegon Lumberjacks | IHL | 81 | 42 | 70 | 112 | 160 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 13 | ||
| 1991–92 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . They have one Stanley Cup championship in their history, in 2003–04. They are often referred to as the... |
NHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 1992–93 | Atlanta Knights | IHL | 69 | 34 | 50 | 84 | 172 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 25 | ||
| 1993–94 | Cleveland Lumberjacks Cleveland Lumberjacks The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:The Cleveland Lumberjacks were an International Hockey League team based in Cleveland, Ohio.-Facts:... |
IHL | 81 | 31 | 70 | 101 | 126 | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 61 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 90 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1995–96 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 81 | 42 | 53 | 95 | 150 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1996–97 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 61 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 56 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 10 | ||
| 1997–98 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 72 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 105 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 81 | 28 | 26 | 54 | 121 | |||||||
| 1999–00 | Cleveland Lumberjacks | IHL | 64 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 5 years | Totals | NHL | 109 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 116 | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 12 | ||
Awards
- IHL First All-Star Team (1987, 1992)
- Leo P. Lamoureux Memorial TrophyLeo P. Lamoureux Memorial TrophyThe Leo P. Lamoureax Memorial Trophy was awarded annually to the International Hockey League's leading point scorer. The trophy was donated by Melvin T. Ross, the manager of the Indiana State Fair Coliseum, in memoriam of Leo Lamoureux, coach of the Indianapolis Chiefs, who died during the...
(Leading Scorer - IHL) (1987) (tied with Jeff PyleJeff Pyle (ice hockey)Jeff Pyle is an American former ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of the Texas Stars in the American Hockey League....
) - James Gatschene Memorial TrophyJames Gatschene Memorial TrophyThe James Gatschene Memorial Trophy was awarded annually to the International Hockey League player selected as most valuable through his display of outstanding playing ability and sportsmanlike conduct over the course of the regular season, as chosen by the league coaches.The trophy was first...
(MVP - IHL) (1987) (co-winner - Jeff Pyle) - Became IHL's all-time leading scorer (1383 points) in game vs. CincinnatiCincinnati CyclonesThe Cincinnati Cyclones are a professional hockey team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The team is a member of the ECHL. Founded in 1990, the team first played their games in the Cincinnati Gardens and now play at U.S. Bank Arena....
(IHL), February 23, 2000. - 1992 Stanley CupStanley CupThe Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...
Championship (PittsburghPittsburgh PenguinsThe 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...
)