Fast Facts On #15 Jock Callander

October 20, 2009 - International Hockey League 2 (IHL 2)
Muskegon Lumberjacks News Release


--RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST DOMINANT CENTER FOR THE MIGHTY LUMBERJACKS TEAMS OF THE IHL IN THE 1980'S AND EARLY '90'S.

--IN HIS 18-YEAR PRO CAREER, PLAYED ALL BUT 80 OF HIS 1,054 IHL GAMES WITH THE LUMBERJACKS.

--PLAYED ON A RECORD 6-CONSECUTIVE LUMBERJACKS DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS, THREE CONSECUTIVE HUBER TROPHY TITLE TEAMS AND TWO TURNER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP CLUBS.

--SIX TOP 10 FINISHES IN THE IHL SCORING RACE.

--TWO FIRST TEAM ALL-STAR BERTHS.

--NUMBER ONE ALL-TIME IN IHL CAREER GAMES WITH 1,054.

--NUMBER THREE ALL-TIME IN CAREER GOALS WITH 554.

--NUMBER TWO ALL-TIME IN IHL CAREER ASSISTS WITH 848.

--NUMBER ONE ALL-TIME IN POINTS WITH 1,402.

--IN IHL TURNER CUP PLAYOFFS HISTORY; NUMBER ONE ALL-TIME IN GOALS AND TOTAL POINTS.

--BIRTHPLACE: REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN

--LAST 2-YEARS OF MAJOR JR. 'A' HOCKEY WITH THE REGINA PATS: 153-POINTS IN 72-GAMES & 190-POINTS IN 71-GAMES

--SCORED OVER 100-POINTS IN HIS FIRST 3-LUMBERJACKS SEASONS.

--LED THE LUMBERJACKS TO MUSKEGON'S FIRST IHL TURNER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP IN 18-YEARS IN 1986.

--NAMED THE 1986 TURNER CUP MVP AND WAS LEAGUE'S LEADING SCORER IN POST SEASON.

--IN 1987, WON THE IHL SCORING CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 136-POINTS, INCLUDING 54-GOALS.

--ALSO IN 1987 WON THE IHL MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD.

--IN SEPTEMBER 1987, SIGNED 3-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE NHL PITTSBURGH PENGUINS.

--IN HIS FIRST NHL GAME WITH PITTSBURGH, SCORED HIS FIRST EVER NHL GOAL.

--IN 23-GAMES THAT SEASON WITH PITTSBURGH AVERAGED OVER A POINT A GAME.

--IN 1989, LED THE LUMBERJACKS TO ANOTHER TURNER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP.

--IN 1989, ENJOYED HIS FOURTH OVER 100-POINTS SEASON.

--IN 1992, CALLED UP TO PITTSBURGH AND PLAYED FOR THE PENGUINS SECOND CONSECUTIVE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM, EARNING HIS OWN STANLEY CUP RING.

--IN 1993-94, ACHIEVED HIS FIFTH AND LAST OVER 100-POINTS SEASON.

--THE GREATEST POINT SCORER IN IHL HISTORY WITH 1,402 POINTS.



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