Jason Arnott

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Position Centre
Shoots Right
Nickname(s) The Hammer, Arn-y
Height
Weight		 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
220 lb (100 kg/15 st 10 lb)
NHL Team
F. teams		 Nashville Predators
Dallas Stars
New Jersey Devils
Edmonton Oilers
Nationality Flag of Canada Canada
Born October 11, 1974 (1974-10-11) (age 33),
Collingwood, ON, CAN
NHL Draft 7th overall, 1993
Edmonton Oilers
Pro career 1993 – present

Jason William Arnott (born October 11, 1974 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey center and team captain of the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League.

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[edit] Playing career

Jason Arnott was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round (7th overall) on June 26 1993, following an impressive tenure with the Oshawa Generals in the OHL. In 1993–94, as a rookie, Arnott played 78 games as a left winger, scored 68 points and was the runner-up to future teammate Martin Brodeur for the Calder Memorial Trophy for rookie of the year. On January 4, 1998, Arnott was traded to the New Jersey Devils along with Bryan Muir for Valeri Zelepukin and Bill Guerin. As a member of the A Line on the New Jersey Devils with Patrik Eliáš and Petr Sýkora he led the team to the 2000 Stanley Cup championship, scoring the Cup-winning goal in double overtime of game six against the Dallas Stars. On March 19, 2002 he was traded to the Dallas Stars with Randy McKay for Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner.

In 2005–06 Arnott had a career high 76 points for Dallas and scoring 32 goals, the most since his rookie season in which he had 33. He also set a career high of 44 assists. In the offseason, he signed a five year contract for $22.5 million with the Nashville Predators.

There is an arena in Wasaga Beach that honors Jason and is home of the Wasaga Stars.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1989–90 Stayner Jr C 34 21 31 52 12 - - - - -
1990–91 Lindsay Jr B 42 17 44 61 10 8 9 8 17 6
1991–92 Oshawa OHL 57 9 15 24 12 - - - - -
1992–93 Oshawa OHL 46 51 47 98 74 13 9 9 18 20
1993–94 Edmonton NHL 78 33 35 68 104 - - - - -
1994–95 Edmonton NHL 42 15 22 37 128 - - - - -
1995–96 Edmonton NHL 64 28 31 59 87 - - - - -
1996–97 Edmonton NHL 67 19 38 57 92 12 3 6 9 18
1997–98 Edm/New Jersey NHL 70 10 23 33 99 5 0 2 2 0
1998–99 New Jersey NHL 74 27 27 54 79 7 2 2 4 4
1999–2000 New Jersey NHL 76 22 34 56 51 23 8 12 20 18
2000–01 New Jersey NHL 54 21 34 55 75 23 8 7 15 16
2001–02 NJ/Dallas NHL 73 25 20 45 65 - - - - -
2002–03 Dallas NHL 72 23 24 47 51 11 3 2 5 6
2003–04 Dallas NHL 73 21 36 57 66 5 1 1 2 2
2005–06 Dallas NHL 81 32 44 76 102 5 0 3 3 4
2006–07 Nashville NHL 68 27 27 54 48 6 2 1 3 2
OHL Totals 113 50 72 122 86 13 9 9 18 20
NHL Totals 892 303 395 698 1047 96 27 36 63 70

Stats as of Apr 20, 2007

[edit] International play

Played for Canada in:

  • 1994 World Championships

Reserve for Canada in:

[edit] External links

Preceded by
Kimmo Timonen		 Nashville Predators captains
2007 – present		 Incumbent
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