Jamie Huscroft (born January 9, 1967 in Creston, British Columbia) is a retired Canadianice hockeydefenseman. January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Creston ( Lat. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Defenceman (defenseman in American English) is a hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily defence. ...
Originally drafted by the New Jersey Devils in the 1985 NHL Draft, Huscroft also played for the Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vancouver Canucks, Phoenix Coyotes, and Washington Capitals. The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in the Continental Airlines Arena of the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta. ... The Tampa Bay Lightning is a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. ... The Vancouver Canucks are a professional National Hockey League (NHL) ice hockey team based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... The Phoenix Coyotes are a professional ice hockey team based in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. ... The Washington Capitals are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C.. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). ...
Defenseman JamieHuscroft was among the toughest blue liners in the entire Western Hockey League when he was drafted by the New Jersey Devils.
Huscroft played 57 games for the Lightning over the next season and a half before he packed his bag again, this time to join the Vancouver Canucks.
Huscroft played just seven games with the big team while spending most of his time in the organization providing veteran leadership to their American Hockey League farm club, the Portland Pirates.