Jay Mazur

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Jay Mazur
Born (1965-01-22) January 22, 1965 (age 56)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Vancouver Canucks
NHL Draft 230th overall, 1983
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 1987–2001

Jay Mazur (born January 22, 1965) is a Canadian-born American retired ice hockey forward. He played 47 games in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks between 1988 and 1992, spending the rest of his career in the minor leagues before retiring in 2001.

Personal life[]

Mazur was born in Hamilton, Ontario and raised in Akron, Ohio. Mazur's father was a petroleum engineer who spent time in both the US and Canada. Mazur was elected by the Vancouver Canucks in the 12th round of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft from Breck HS in Minnesota. Mazur then spent four years at the University of Maine, where he earned a degree in physical education.

Playing career[]

Mazur turned pro in 1987 and signed with the Canucks. His first three pro seasons were spent primarily with the Canucks' IHL farm teams where he was a productive scorer, although he did manage to earn two callups and gain six games of NHL experience. While his size (6'1" 210 lbs) and scoring touch were attractive to a small Canuck team, he needed time in the IHL to work on his skating, which was marginal by NHL standards.

Mazur had a strong training camp in 1990 to crack Vancouver's NHL squad full-time. Unfortunately, though, his season was curtailed by two major injuries which limited him to only 36 games. However, he was productive in his limited action, finishing with 11 goals and 18 points. He also played in all 6 playoff games in Vancouver's opening-round loss to the Los Angeles Kings.

Mazur was again on the Canucks' roster to start the 1991–92 season, although he was seeing limited action as a depth player. Following the team's signing of Russian superstar forward Pavel Bure a month into the season on October 31, Mazur was the odd man out and was reassigned to the AHL.

He spent three more years in Vancouver's farm system before finally parting ways with the Canucks in 1994. He then became something of a hockey nomad, playing for 8 different pro teams in 5 different minor-pro leagues, as well as brief stops in Italy and Germany, before retiring in 2001.

Post-playing career[]

Following his retirement he returned to Maine, where he currently coaches high-school hockey at Scarborough High School and was a Gym Teacher at Scarborough Middle School.[1]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1982–83 Breck School HS-MN — — — — — — — — — —
1983–84 University of Maine ECAC 34 14 9 23 14 — — — — —
1984–85 University of Maine ECAC 31 0 6 6 20 — — — — —
1985–86 University of Maine ECAC 34 5 7 12 18 — — — — —
1986–87 University of Maine ECAC 39 16 10 26 61 3 1 2 3 4
1987–88 Flint Spirits IHL 43 17 11 28 36 — — — — —
1987–88 Fredericton Express AHL 31 14 6 20 28 15 4 2 6 38
1988–89 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 73 33 31 64 86 11 6 5 11 2
1988–89 Vancouver Canucks NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1989–90 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 70 20 27 47 63 6 3 0 3 6
1989–90 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1990–91 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 7 2 3 5 21 — — — — —
1990–91 Vancouver Canucks NHL 36 11 7 18 14 6 0 1 1 8
1991–92 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 56 17 20 37 49 5 2 3 5 0
1991–92 Vancouver Canucks NHL 5 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1992–93 Hamilton Canucks AHL 59 21 17 38 30 — — — — —
1993–94 Hamilton Canucks AHL 78 40 55 95 40 4 2 2 4 4
1994–95 Detroit Vipers IHL 64 23 27 50 64 1 0 1 1 2
1995–96 Tallahassee Tiger Sharks ECHL 10 7 8 15 6 — — — — —
1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 16 5 2 7 16 — — — — —
1995–96 Portland Pirates AHL 38 11 7 18 39 19 3 7 10 19
1996–97 Alps 13 2 4 6 23 — — — — —
EV Duisburg GER-2 38 28 26 54 34 — — — — —
1997–98 Pee Dee Pride ECHL 69 25 33 58 55 8 2 6 8 2
1998–99 Alexandria Warthogs WPHL 61 22 53 75 12 — — — — —
1999–00 Alexandria Warthogs WPHL 47 21 34 55 27 — — — — —
2000–01 Mohawk Valley Prowlers UHL 43 15 45 60 12 — — — — —
2000–01 New Haven Knights UHL 21 8 15 23 10 — — — — —
AHL totals 222 91 87 178 153 38 9 11 20 61
IHL totals 313 112 119 231 319 23 11 9 20 10
NHL totals 47 11 7 18 20 6 0 1 1 8

References[]

  1. ^ Ever the motivator, and still the coach Archived 2012-04-04 at the Wayback Machine Portland Press Herald, February 25, 2009

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