Jay Bouwmeester

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Position	Defenseman
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 212 lb (96 kg)
NHL Team	Florida Panthers
Nationality	Canada
Born	September 27, 1983, Edmonton, AB, CAN
NHL Draft	3rd overall, 2002 Florida Panthers
Pro Career	2002 – present

Jason "Jay" Bouwmeester (born September 27, 1983 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a defenseman currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the NHL.

Bouwmeester was drafted third overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Panthers later that year.

Bouwmeester played for Team Canada in the 2003 Men's World Hockey Championship in Finland and helped the team go on to win the gold medal. He was also named to the 2004 World Championship team that won the gold medal again.

In September of 2004 Bouwmeester played for Team Canada at the World Cup of Hockey. Canada won the tournament.

On February 8, 2006, Hockey Canada announced Bouwmeester would be added to the 2006 Olympic lineup in place of injured defenceman Scott Niedermayer.

[edit] Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998-99	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		8	2	1	3	2		-	-	-	-	-
1999-00	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		64	13	21	34	26		-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		61	14	39	53	44		-	-	-	-	-
2001-02	Medicine Hat Tigers	WHL		61	11	50	61	42		-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Florida Panthers	NHL		82	4	12	16	14		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		2	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2003-04	Florida Panthers	NHL		61	2	18	20	30		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	San Antonio Rampage	AHL		64	4	13	17	50		-	-	-	-	-
2004-05	Chicago Wolves	AHL		18	6	3	9	12		18	0	0	0	14
2005-06	Florida Panthers	NHL		82	5	41	46	79		-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals				225	11	71	82	123		0	0	0	0	0

[edit] External links

• Jay Bouwmeester's statistics at tsn.ca