James Edward Mann (born April 17, 1959) is a

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former professional

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player who played 293 games in the

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. He played for the

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and the

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. He makes regular appearances with a program for charity, called Oldtimers Hockey Challenge.

Career

Mann was born in

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. As a youth, he played in the 1972

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with a

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team from

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Career

Mann was selected by the

in the first round of the

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, this pick was the first pick in franchise history. Mann made a reputation for himself as a brawler collecting 287 penalty minutes during his first NHL season. Mann was suspended for three games and fined $500 for shoving a linesman,

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, while trying to resume a fight with defenseman John Gibson in a game against the

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on December 9, 1981. During a game against the

on January 13, 1982 Penguins center Paul Gardner cross-checked Jets winger

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in the face, resulting in an injury. Before the next

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, Mann attacked Gardner from behind with two punches that broke Gardner's jaw. Mann eventually received a ten-game suspension and a criminal record with a $500 fine before the courts of Manitoba. Mann missed the entire 1986–87 season recovering from abdominal injury originally suffered in December 1984.

Career statistics

Awards

* QMJHL First All-Star Team (1979)

Transactions

*February 6, 1984 – Traded to the

by the

for Quebec's fifth round choice (

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) in

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. *June 16, 1987 – Signed as a free agent by the

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* 1959 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian ice hockey right wingers Fredericton Express players Ice hockey people from Montreal Indianapolis Ice players Laval National players Muskegon Lumberjacks players National Hockey League first-round draft picks Pittsburgh Penguins players Quebec Nordiques players Sherbrooke Jets players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) draft picks Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1950s-stub