What's to be said about good old Jimmy? This guy is what got me thinking about playing goalie. This 52 year young goalie was born May 31, 1957 in Easton Massachusetts. He played at Boston University and led Boston to the championship in 1978. He was the NCAA all star in 1979 and was inducted to the schools hall of fame in 1989. In 1980 Jim played goalie for the US team in the olypmics (which was his mom's dream). In the "miracle on the ice" game against the Soviets Criag deflected 36 of 39 shots. After the game (which they won in an upset) a flag was put around his shoulders while he was looking for his dad and the flag is now in the sports museum of America in NY. Jim was drafted by the Atlanta flames in 1977 but didn't play for them until after the olympic break in 1980. In the 1980-1981 season he played
for the Boston Bruins. He played for the national team for the 1981 Canada cup but missed the tournament because of an injury. He spent the next sason with the Erie blades (a minor league team). In 1983 he played for the US again but this time it was in the IIHF pool B tournment in which he was named goaltender of the tournment. The Minnesota North Stars signed him to a free agent contract and he played in 1984 beofre retiring from hockey. He is now in high demand as a motivational speaker, spokesperson, marketing and sales strategist. Jim was also a sales and marketing ezecutive and strat
egist. He is the president for a promotions and marketing firm called gold medal strategies. Jim was played by Steve Guttenburg in a 1981 made for T.V. movie. He was also played by Eddie Cahill in the 2004 film
Miracle. Eddie also played in
Friends and
CSI:New York. Today we have a few people who play like him or have made "Craig like plays". The boys who play like Craig include (but not limited to) Danny Turple, Craig Kallawski, Ondrej Pavelec, and Kari L. (when he is not hurt). Danny can sympothise with Jim about being moved around lot. All the boys named have the fluid butterfly, dive for the puck style Jim had. I was told that I should mention that in a recent game Johan Hedberg, also known as Moose, made a save that was pretty spectacular and there for Jim like. Jim was an amazing goalie and I wish so much that I could have seen him play. I also wish that I could meet him. Thanks Jimmy for inspiring the country when we needed it the most.
What's to be said about good old Jimmy? This guy is what got me thinking about playing goalie. This 52 year young goalie was born May 31, 1957 in Easton Massachusetts. He played at Boston University and led Boston to the championship in 1978. He was the NCAA all star in 1979 and was inducted to the schools hall of fame in 1989. In 1980 Jim played goalie for the US team in the olypmics (which was his mom's dream). In the "miracle on the ice" game against the Soviets Criag deflected 36 of 39 shots. After the game (which they won in an upset) a flag was put around his shoulders while he was looking for his dad and the flag is now in the sports museum of America in NY. Jim was drafted by the Atlanta flames in 1977 but didn't play for them until after the olympic break in 1980. In the 1980-1981 season he played
for the Boston Bruins. He played for the national team for the 1981 Canada cup but missed the tournament because of an injury. He spent the next sason with the Erie blades (a minor league team). In 1983 he played for the US again but this time it was in the IIHF pool B tournment in which he was named goaltender of the tournment. The Minnesota North Stars signed him to a free agent contract and he played in 1984 beofre retiring from hockey. He is now in high demand as a motivational speaker, spokesperson, marketing and sales strategist. Jim was also a sales and marketing ezecutive and strat
egist. He is the president for a promotions and marketing firm called gold medal strategies. Jim was played by Steve Guttenburg in a 1981 made for T.V. movie. He was also played by Eddie Cahill in the 2004 film Miracle. Eddie also played in Friends and CSI:New York. Today we have a few people who play like him or have made "Craig like plays". The boys who play like Craig include (but not limited to) Danny Turple, Craig Kallawski, Ondrej Pavelec, and Kari L. (when he is not hurt). Danny can sympothise with Jim about being moved around lot. All the boys named have the fluid butterfly, dive for the puck style Jim had. I was told that I should mention that in a recent game Johan Hedberg, also known as Moose, made a save that was pretty spectacular and there for Jim like. Jim was an amazing goalie and I wish so much that I could have seen him play. I also wish that I could meet him. Thanks Jimmy for inspiring the country when we needed it the most.
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