Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada
About Jeff Jackson (ice hockey, born 1965)
- Jeff Jackson (born April 24, 1965 in Chatham, Ontario and raised in Dresden, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League.
- He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, and Chicago Blackhawks.
- Prior to playing in the NHL, Jeff played for Canada's World Junior Under 20 team which won a gold medal at the 1985 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland. After retirement in 1993, Jeff attended Law School at The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
- Upon graduating, he accepted a position at Heenan Blaikie Law firm where he would practise sports and entertainment law.
- In June 2006, after eight years practicing law at Heenan Blaikie, he was hired by the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL as their Director of Hockey Administration.
- On August 24, 2007, Jackson was promoted to Assistant General Manager and Director of Hockey Operations of the Leafs, working alongside then General Manager John Ferguson, Jr..
- When Ferguson was fired by the Leafs on January 22, 2008, Jackson remained as the team's Assistant General Manager under Cliff Fletcher, who replaced Ferguson.
- On September 12, 2008, Jackson was appointed the new General Manager and Governor of the Toronto Marlies, the American Hockey League farm club of the Maple Leafs.
- He also maintained his role as Assistant GM and Director of Hockey Operations of the Maple Leafs.
- Eighteen months after Brian Burke became the team's GM and President, Jackson left his position with the Leafs in March 2010 to pursue other opportunities.
- Jeff has appeared as a guest speaker and lecturer at numerous universities and conferences, including Harvard Law School and Osgood Hall law school.
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