• 2 Swiss Scoring Championships For Ontario Hockey League Grad

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  Sep 7
  Ontario Hockey League graduate Lee Jinman was chosen to the 1993-94 CHL All-Rookie Team after a very impressive first season with the North Bay Centennials. Jinman scored 31 goals and added 66 assists for 97 points while playing the full 66 games for the Centennials.

  He exploded for 18 goals and 37 points in 18 playoff games to lead North Bay in those two categories. His 37 points were second only to Kevin Brown of the Detroit Junior Red Wings who had 40. The Centennials beat out the Junior Red Wings in seven games to win the Robertson Cup as the Ontario Hockey League playoff Champions. North Bay would go winless at the Memorial Cup tournament.

  Jinman played three seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1995-96. He played with the Centennials until midway through his final season when he was ironically traded to that same Detroit franchise that he’d help take down in the 1994 playoffs. The team had since changed its name to the Junior Whalers.

  Lee’s offense peaked in 1994-95 when he scored 39 goals and added 65 assists for 104 points with North Bay. The total was good enough for tenth position in the Ontario Hockey League scoring race.

  Jinman was drafted by the Dallas Stars in the second round of the 1994 NHL draft, 46th overall. Lee has never played a game in the NHL. In the five seasons from 1996-97 to 2000-01, he played on eleven different teams over three leagues (IHL, AHL, ECHL). His best point production in North America came in his first season while playing for the Michigan K-Wings, contributing 57 points over 81 games as a pro hockey rookie.

  Since 2001-02, Lee has played in Europe and has become something of a scoring machine. In 2002-03, he led the British Ice Hockey Super League (BISL) in points while playing for the Nottingham Panthers and was named to the all-star team. He has twice led the the Swiss National League B in total points, 2005-06 (103) and 2008-09 (77). In 2007-08 with Sierre of the National-B, he was fifth in the league with 89 points. This past season, his 67 points with Sierre of the National-B was good enough for eighth in the league.

  A regular call-up for playoff action in the Swiss National-A League, Jinman was part of championship winning HC Davos team in 2008-09, contributing 10 points in 15 playoff games.

  Along the way, Lee has played in Sweden’s Elitserien with Timrå and EC Salzburg of Austria’s Erste Bank Eishockey Liga. Jinman will be suiting up for Sierre again this upcoming season in the National League B.

  You can check out Lee Jinman’s profile on the HC Sierre official website by clicking here and picking his name from the player list.
  Tagged as: detroit junior whalers, hc sierre, lee jinman, memorial cup, north bay centennials, Ontario Hockey League, robertson cup, swiss-b, Switzerland
  
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