Jeff Hamilton (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
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team = Carolina Hurricanes
prospect_team = Chicago Wolves
prospect_league = AHL
former_teams = New York Islanders
Chicago Blackhawks
league = NHL
position = Centre/Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 180
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date|1977|9|4|mf=y
birth_place = Dayton, OH, U.S.
draft = undrafted
draft_year =
draft_team =
career_start = 2004
nickname = Hammer

Jeff Hamilton (born September 4, 1977 in Dayton, Ohio) is a professional ice hockey forward who plays for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League. [ [http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/hamilton-signs-with-ahls-wolves Hamilton signs with AHL's Wolves] ] He spent his high school career playing for Avon Old Farms and his college career playing for Yale University where he tallied 80 goals and 174 points in 127 contests. [http://www.newyorkislanders.com/team/prospectBio.asp?id=37] In 2001 he signed with Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Elite League and played there for one season before being signed by the New York Islanders. He played with their AHL affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers for two seasons before signing with the Hartford Wolf Pack, also of the AHL, in 2004. In 2005 he started the season playing with AK Bars Kazan of the Russian Superleague, but left after playing only eight games, was re-signed by the Islanders and sent back to the Sound Tigers. In the summer of 2006, he signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks. After scoring a career high 18 goals and 39 points, he signed as a free agent with the Carolina Hurricanes on July 1, 2007.

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