Tom Hirsch
Thomas William Hirsch (born January 27, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a retired professional ice hockey player, who played 31 games in the National Hockey League between 1984 and 1988 for the Minnesota North Stars. He was also a member of the United States national hockey team in the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Canada Cup and 1982 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments. His career was ended by persistent shoulder injury problems. Tom's daughter Casey played forward and was the captain of the Maple Grove Senior High School Girls Hockey Team her senior year. She also played for the Syracuse University Orange, Women's Hockey Team starting fall of 2011.[1]
Career statistics[]
Regular season and playoffs[]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1978–79 | Patrick Henry High School | HSMN | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1979–80 | Patrick Henry High School | HSMN | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
1980–81 | Patrick Henry High School | HSMN | 23 | 42 | 35 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1981–82 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 36 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1982–83 | University of Minnesota | WCHA | 37 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | United States National Team | Intl | 56 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 72 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1983–84 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
1984–85 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1984–85 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1987–88 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 31 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
International[]
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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1982 | United States | WC | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
1984 | United States | OG | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
1984 | United States | CC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
References[]
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Hirsch's hockeydraftcentral bio
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American men's ice hockey defensemen
- Sportspeople from Minneapolis
- Ice hockey players at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey players
- Minnesota North Stars draft picks
- Minnesota North Stars players
- Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
- Springfield Indians players
- Ice hockey people from Minnesota
- American ice hockey defenseman stubs