Michael Jay Hartman (born February 7, 1967) is an American former professional

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player who played in 397 games in the

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(NHL) for 13 seasons the

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Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

, and

New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its ho ...

. He was drafted in the seventh round, 131st overall, by the Sabres in the

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. Hartman played Canadian

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with the

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and

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of the

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, where he compiled 102 points and 473 penalty minutes in 138 games. Hartman represented the United States at the

1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships The 1987 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (''1987 WJHC'') was the 11th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship and was held in Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). Finland captured its ...

and appeared for the Sabres later that same year, as he amassed six points in 17

(NHL) games. In 1994, he was originally left off the Stanley Cup along with teammate Ed Olczyk because they did not play the 41 regular season games or 1 game in the finals. Rangers protested saying Hartman and Olczyk had missed time due injuries, and should be on the Stanley Cup. NHL agreed and later added their names. In 1995 he was inducted into the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. On April 29, 2012 Hartman was inducted into the

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in a ceremony in Commack, N.Y.

Biography

Hartman was born in

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, and is Jewish. As a youth, he played in the 1980

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with a

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team from Detroit. He graduated from

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. He began his career in 1983–84 playing for the

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in the

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, then in 1984–85 and 1985–86 for the

in the

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and also in 1985–86 for the

of the OHL. Hartman split the following season between Buffalo and their AHL affiliate, the

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, before becoming a full-time NHL'er in 1988–89. That season, Hartman racked up a career-high 316 penalty minutes and added 8 goals. The 1989–90 season proved to be Hartman's best statistically, as he scored a career-high 11 goals and 10 assists and led the Sabres in penalty minutes for the second straight year with 211. At the beginning of the 1991–92 season, after three full seasons with the Sabres, Hartman was part of a five player swap with the

. The Sabres traded Hartman, forward

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and

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to the Jets in exchange for forward

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, defenceman Gord Donnelly and the Jets' fifth round pick in the

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(

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). Hartman accounted for eight points and 264 penalty minutes in his only year with the Jets, who left him unprotected in the

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that followed the season. Hartman was leading the Lightning with 154 penalty minutes. At the trade deadline that season, Hartman was traded to the

for forward

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. He played 3 games at the season of the Rangers. Injuries would limit the number of games Mike played in the next two season. He only played 35 games as in 1993-94, and 1 game for Rangers in 1994-95. He scored 1 goal, 1 assist and amassing 80 penalty minutes for the Rangers. For his NHL career, Hartman scored 43 goals, added 35 assists and had 1388 penalty minutes in 397 regular season contests. In 1995, Hartman moved to the IHL's

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, where he scored 24 points in 77 games. Hartman played four of his last five professional seasons with the

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of the

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, retiring after the 2003–04 season. The exception was the 1998–99 season, which he spent with

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of Germany's

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. That season, Hartman also played three games for

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's qualifying squad which won a berth in the

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. He competed on Team USA in hockey at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Israel, which won a silver medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards and achievements

* Stanley Cup Champion 1993-94

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, Mike 1967 births American men's ice hockey left wingers Belleville Bulls players Buffalo Sabres players Charlotte Checkers (1993–2010) players Detroit Vipers players Hershey Bears players Ice hockey players from Detroit Jewish ice hockey players Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States Competitors at the 1997 Maccabiah Games Kölner Haie players Living people New York Rangers players North Bay Centennials players Orlando Solar Bears (IHL) players Rochester Americans players Stanley Cup champions Tampa Bay Lightning players Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players