Jim Pritchard

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (1948–2014)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Jim Pritchard | image = | caption = | image_size = 225px | played_for = '''''WHA'''''<br />Chicago Cougars | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 175 | birth_date = {{birth date|1948|02|14}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | death_date= {{death date and age|2014|04|01|1948|02|14}} | death_place= Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | draft = 3rd overall | draft_year = 1968 | draft_team = Montreal Canadiens | career_start = 1968 | career_end = 1977 }} '''James George Pritchard''' (February 14, 1948 - April 1, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round (3rd overall) of the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1968/68003.html |title=Jim Pritchard |website=HockeyDraftCentral.com}}</ref>

Pritchard played two games with the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association during the 1974–75 season.

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- |1967–68 || |Winnipeg Jets ||WCJHL ||53||30 ||34||64 ||158 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1968–69 ||Houston Apollos ||CHL ||46 ||2 ||6 ||8 ||33 || 3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||11 |- |1969–70 ||Kansas City Blues|| CHL|| 66|| 9 ||26 ||35 ||85 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1969–70 ||Salt Lake Golden Eagles ||WHL ||2 ||0|| 0|| 0 ||0 || — || — || — || — || — |- |1970–71 ||Jacksonville–Clinton|| EHL ||39 ||4 ||12|| 16 ||28 || 5 ||0 ||0 ||0|| 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1970–71||Amarillo Wranglers ||CHL ||7|| 0|| 2 ||2 ||22 || — || — || — || — || — |- |1971–72||Clinton Comets|| EHL|| 75 ||9|| 19 ||28 ||80 ||5 ||2 ||2 ||4 ||4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1972–73||Clinton–Long Island ||EHL ||65 ||9 ||33 ||42 ||65 || 4 ||0 ||2 ||2 ||8 |- |1973–74||Long Island Cougars ||NAHL ||74 ||11 ||45 ||56 ||123 || 16 ||3 ||7 ||10 ||6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1974–75||Long Island Cougars ||NAHL ||69 ||16 ||39|| 55|| 92 ||11 ||0 ||11 ||11|| 7 |- |1974–75 ||Chicago Cougars||WHA|| 2 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1975–76||Erie Blades ||NAHL ||71 ||16 ||54 ||70 ||64 || 5 ||0 ||1 ||1 ||0 |- |1976–77||Erie Blades ||NAHL|| 35|| 3 ||11 ||14|| 10 || — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1976–77||Johnstown Jets ||NAHL ||33 ||1 ||15 ||16 ||24 || 3 ||0 ||0 ||0 ||0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"| WHA totals ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0!!0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !!— |} ==Awards== * WCJHL Second All-Star Team – 1968

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pritchard, Jim}} Category:1948 births Category:2014 deaths Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen Category:Chicago Cougars players Category:Montreal Canadiens draft picks Category:NHL first-round draft picks Category:Ice hockey people from Winnipeg Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen