Jim Park (ice hockey), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian ice hockey goaltender
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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Jim Park (ice hockey)
- James Park (born June 22, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
- He is the father of current Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPP Lindsey Park.
- Jim is also the creator of a series of instructional tapes for hockey goaltenders entitled "The Puck Stops Here" (1986), where in which he instructs students on the traditional stand-up style and introduces butterfly techniques, which were considered revolutionary at the time.
- Jim also sported an exquisite and formidable mustache and ran his own academy for goaltenders.
- Some of his students went on to have professional careers playing ice hockey. Between 1975 and 1978, Park played three seasons and 54 games with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association (WHA).As a youth, he played in the 1964 and 1965 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Don Mills, and then the Toronto Shopsy's team.
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