Jim Kyte

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Jim Kyte (born March 21, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey defenceman who was renowned for his strong, reliable defensive play and complete lack of scoring prowess. He recorded a mere 66 points in 598 career National Hockey League games for the Winnipeg Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Ottawa Senators and San Jose Sharks. In his most productive season, 1988-89, he scored three goals and added nine assists for twelve points in seventy-four games. He retired in 1997.

Kyte made history by being the first deaf NHL player.

Kyte was an inspiration to deaf and hearing-impaired hockey players throughout his pro career, because he was the NHL's only player who wore hearing aids during games and the first legally deaf player to play in the NHL. To protect his hearing aids, Kyte wore a helmet that had special flaps covering the center of his ears. Born with a hereditary hearing deficiency that caused degeneration of his audio nerve, Kyte began slowly losing his hearing as a 3-year-old. Throughout his career Kyte was very active in charitable causes involving hearing impairment. He learned sign language even though it wasn't necessary for him to communicate, and during off-seasons in his early NHL career, he worked with deaf and hearing-impaired children at a special camp run by Stan Mikita in Chicago. He also ran his own summer hockey school for deaf and hearing-impaired kids in Toronto. He eventually opened the Jim Kyte Hockey School for the Hearing Impaired in Ottawa, a business which he continued to run after his retirement.

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[edit] Minor Hockey Career

BEFORE THE DRAFT

Last Team: Cornwall (OHL)

Birthplace: Ottawa, Ontario (Canada)

Hometown: Ottawa, Ontario

PRE-DRAFT STATISTICS

   Year     Team      League   GP   G   A   TP   PIM 
  1979-80  Hawkesbury  COJHL   --   --  --  --   -- 
  1980-81  Hawkesbury  COJHL   42   2   24  26   133 
  1981-82  Cornwall     OHL    52   4   13  17   148

PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS

Miscellaneous: Rated in The Hockey News draft preview issue as No. 8 overall prospect and No. 4 OHL prospect for the 1982 NHL draft. ... Missed part of 1979-80 season with broken left wrist, an injury suffered in March 1980. ... Was Cornwall's first-round pick, No. 12 overall, in 1981 OHL priority selection.

[edit] NHL career

Debut: December 29, 1982 (Winnipeg at Los Angeles)

Numbers: 6 (Winnipeg); 3 (Pitt.); 4 (Calgary); 2 (Ottawa); 2 (S.J.)

Stanley Cup: Never won. Playing Status: Retired 1998

CAREER NHL STATISTICS

  Years             Teams           GP   G  A   TP  PIM 
 1982-1996  WIN, PIT, CGY, OTT, SJ 598  17  49  66  1,342

CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS

  Years            Teams                 GP  G  A TP PIM 
1984-1995    Winnipeg, Calgary, San Jose 42  0  6  6  94

NHL AWARDS AND HONORS

Winnipeg Penalty-Minutes Leader: 1986-87 (162)

Winnipeg Playoffs PIM Leader: 1986 (12, tie), 1987 (36)

1990-91: Played one regular-season game for Pittsburgh team that went on to win Stanley Cup, but was traded away before playoffs.

1992-93: Played on Ottawa Senators expansion team.

Miscellaneous: Missed parts of 1987-88 season with neck strain, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's Jan. 13, 1988, game at Vancouver, and with strained lower back, an injury suffered in Winnipeg's Jan. 30, 1988, game at Philadelphia. ... Missed remainder of 1987-88 season and entire 1988 playoffs with stress fracture in lower back, suffered during Winnipeg's Feb. 12, 1988, game vs. Buffalo. ... Missed part of 1988-89 season with sprained shoulder, an injury suffered during Winnipeg's March 18, 1989, game at Toronto. ... Was Winnipeg's nominee for 1988-89 King Clancy Award. ... Signed with San Jose as Group III unrestricted free agent on March 31, 1995. ... Missed start of 1991-92 season with broken bone in left hand, suffered in Calgary's training camp in September 1991. ... Missed remainder of 1991-92 season with broken right ankle, suffered in Calgary's Jan. 27, 1992, game vs. Chicago. ... Missed part of 1995-96 season with knee injury, suffered in San Jose's Oct. 7, 1995, season-opener vs. Chicago. NON-NHL CAREER Post-Draft Teams: Cornwall (OHL); Muskegon (IHL); Salt Lake (IHL); New Haven (AHL); Las Vegas (IHL); Kansas City (IHL)

NON-NHL AWARDS AND HONORS

Las Vegas Captain: 1993-94 and 1994-95

1993-94: Played on IHL regular-season champion (Las Vegas).

Miscellaneous: Shared home with Jets teammate Dave Ellett during his playing days in Winnipeg from 1984 to 1989. ... Did not play first minor-league game until demoted to Muskegon (IHL) by Pittsburgh during 1990-91 season. ... Forced to retire in summer of 1998 due to a concussion suffered in a 1997 off-season automobile accident. He was unable to play during the 1997-98 season and chose not to keep pursuing comeback. He continued to suffer post-concussion syndrome for many years after his retirement. ... Was active in charitable causes during playing days, including work with Special Olympics, Canadian Hearing Society, the Manitoba Society of Disabilities, the Manitoba Learning Foundation and the RCMP Drug Program. ... Became active in Oldtimers' charity hockey after his retirement, playing for Ottawa Senators Alumni team. ... Was a columnist for the Ottawa Citizen newspaper after his retirement, authoring weekly "Point Man" column. Personal: Full name is James G. Kyte. ... Son of former Canadian college track star Dr. John Kyte, who was named St. Francis Xavier's athlete of the half-century and became a dentist after college. ... Brother of Canadian national track team member Anyslee Kyte.

Trades Winnipeg traded Kyte, Andrew McBain and Randy Gilhen to Pittsburgh in exchange for Randy Cunneyworth, Rick Tabaracci and Dave McLlwain on June 17, 1989.

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