Mike Hartman

Mike Hartman
Born (1967-02-07) February 7, 1967 (age 57)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Buffalo Sabres
Winnipeg Jets
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Rangers
Kölner Haie
National team  United States
NHL draft 131st overall, 1986
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1986–2008
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  United States
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal – second place 1997 Israel Ice hockey

Michael Jay Hartman (born February 7, 1967) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played in 397 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 13 seasons the Buffalo Sabres, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and New York Rangers.[1][2] He was drafted in the seventh round, 131st overall, by the Sabres in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft.

Hartman played Canadian junior hockey with the Belleville Bulls and North Bay Centennials of the Ontario Hockey League, where he compiled 102 points and 473 penalty minutes in 138 games. Hartman represented the United States at the 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and appeared for the Sabres later that same year, as he amassed six points in 17 National Hockey League (NHL) games.[3] In 1994, he was originally left off the Stanley Cup along with teammate Ed Olczyk because they did not play the 41 regular season games or 1 game in the finals. Rangers protested saying Hartman and Olczyk had missed time due injuries, and should be on the Stanley Cup. NHL agreed and later added their names.

In 1995 he was inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[2] On April 29, 2012 Hartman was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in a ceremony in Commack, N.Y.[4]

Biography

Hartman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and is Jewish.[1][5] As a youth, he played in the 1980 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Detroit.[6] He graduated from West Bloomfield High School.[7]

He began his career in 1983–84 playing for the North York Rangers in the OJHL, then in 1984–85 and 1985–86 for the Belleville Bulls in the OHL and also in 1985–86 for the North Bay Centennials of the OHL.

Hartman split the following season between Buffalo and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, before becoming a full-time NHL'er in 1988–89. That season, Hartman racked up a career-high 316 penalty minutes and added 8 goals. The 1989–90 season proved to be Hartman's best statistically, as he scored a career-high 11 goals and 10 assists and led the Sabres in penalty minutes for the second straight year with 211.[3]

At the beginning of the 1991–92 season, after three full seasons with the Sabres, Hartman was part of a five player swap with the Winnipeg Jets. The Sabres traded Hartman, forward Darrin Shannon and defenceman Dean Kennedy to the Jets in exchange for forward Dave McLlwain, defenceman Gord Donnelly and the Jets' fifth round pick in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft (Yuri Khmylev). Hartman accounted for eight points and 264 penalty minutes in his only year with the Jets, who left him unprotected in the expansion draft that followed the season.[3]

Hartman was leading the Lightning with 154 penalty minutes. At the trade deadline that season, Hartman was traded to the New York Rangers for forward Randy Gilhen. He played 3 games at the season of the Rangers. Injuries would limit the number of games Mike played in the next two season. He only played 35 games as in 1993-94, and 1 game for Rangers in 1994-95. He scored 1 goal, 1 assist and amassing 80 penalty minutes for the Rangers. For his NHL career, Hartman scored 43 goals, added 35 assists and had 1388 penalty minutes in 397 regular season contests.[3]

In 1995, Hartman moved to the IHL's Orlando Solar Bears, where he scored 24 points in 77 games. Hartman played four of his last five professional seasons with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL, retiring after the 2003–04 season. The exception was the 1998–99 season, which he spent with Kölner Haie of Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga. That season, Hartman also played three games for USA Hockey's qualifying squad which won a berth in the World Championships.[3]

He competed on Team USA in hockey at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, which won a silver medal.[8][9]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1983–84 North York Rangers OJHL 37 17 26 43 141 — — — — —
1984–85 Belleville Bulls OHL 49 13 12 25 119 10 0 1 1 9
1985–86 Belleville Bulls OHL 4 2 1 3 5 — — — — —
1985–86 North Bay Centennials OHL 53 19 16 35 205 10 2 4 6 34
1986–87 North Bay Centennials OHL 32 15 24 39 144 19 7 8 15 88
1986–87 Buffalo Sabres NHL 17 3 3 6 69 — — — — —
1987–88 Rochester Americans AHL 57 13 14 27 283 4 1 0 1 22
1987–88 Buffalo Sabres NHL 18 3 1 4 90 6 0 0 0 35
1988–89 Buffalo Sabres NHL 70 8 9 17 316 5 0 0 0 34
1989–90 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 11 10 21 211 6 0 0 0 18
1990–91 Buffalo Sabres NHL 60 9 3 12 204 2 0 0 0 17
1991–92 Winnipeg Jets NHL 75 4 4 8 264 2 0 0 0 2
1992–93 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 58 4 4 8 154 — — — — —
1992–93 New York Rangers NHL 3 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
1993–94 New York Rangers NHL 35 1 1 2 70 — — — — —
1994–95 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1994–95 Detroit Vipers IHL 6 1 0 1 52 0 0 0 0
1995–96 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 77 14 10 24 243 21 2 2 4 31
1996–97 Hershey Bears AHL 42 5 8 13 116 1 0 0 0 0
1997–98 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 53 30 18 48 79 7 4 0 4 11
1998–99 Kölner Haie DEL 43 6 3 9 156 — — — — —
2000–01 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 16 1 2 3 21 — — — — —
2002–03 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 4 1 3 4 7 — — — — —
2003–04 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 36 6 4 10 13 — — — — —
NHL totals 397 43 35 78 1388 21 0 0 0 106

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1987 United States WJC 6 2 0 2 9
Junior totals 6 2 0 2 9

Awards and achievements

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Horvitz, Peter S. (April 3, 2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. SP Books. ISBN 9781561719075 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Past Inductees – Michigan Jewish Sports".
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mike Hartman player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 2, 2010.
  4. ^ "...to Be Honored by Jewish Hall of Fame". New York Times. 26 April 2012. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  5. ^ Wechsler, Bob (August 3, 2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
  7. ^ "Looking Back: Jews & Hockey — Detroit Jewish News". 28 January 2021.
  8. ^ "January 1997". Jewish Post.
  9. ^ "July 31, 1997 — Jewish Historical Society of New Jersey Archives". New Jersey Jewish News.