Jason Blake (ice hockey)
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| Position | LW/RW |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg/12 st 12 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Born | September 2, 1973 , Moorhead, MN |
| NHL Draft | undrafted |
| Pro career | 1999 – present |
Jason Blake (born September 2, 1973 in Moorhead, Minnesota, U.S.) is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs.
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[edit] Playing career
He played for the Waterloo BlackHawks of the United States Hockey League(USHL).
He was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings in 1999. He was acquired by the New York Islanders in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings in January of 2001. The Islanders sent a conditional pick in 2002 to the Kings for Blake. Jason set career highs in goals, and points during the 2005–06 season with 28, and 57 respectively. He recorded his 40th goal of the 2006–07 season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 5, 2007.
Along with New York Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Mark Parrish, Blake was part of Team U.S. at the Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy in February of 2006. Team USA was led by Peter Laviolette, his former coach with the Islanders.
Blake scored his 99th and 100th career NHL goals against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on October 31, 2006. The milestone 100th goal came on the power play late in the 3rd period.
Blake was named an all-star for the first time in his career during the 2006–07 NHL season. He went on to record 2 assists in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game.
At the end of the 2006–07 season Blake became an unrestricted free agent. He was quoted in Newsday in February 2007 that he would probably test the free agent market if not re-signed by the Islanders prior to the NHL trading deadline.[1] Blake was neither traded nor re-signed before the deadline and on July 1, 2007, Blake was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-year contract worth US $20 million.
In Jason Blakes first year as a Toronto Maple Leaf he played all 82 regular season games and scored 15 goals and register 37 assist for a total of 52 points in the regular season.
On October 8, 2007 Jason Blake announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia a rare, but highly treatable form of cancer. The doctors said he should plan to live a long, healthy life. Jason continued to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rest of the season.[2] He won the Bill Masterton Trophy at the end of the season.[3]
[edit] Accomplishments
- 1994–95: All-Rookie Team (CCHA)
- 1996–97: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
- 1997–98: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
- 1997–98: West Second All-American Team (NCAA)
- 1998–99: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
- 1998–99: Player of the Year (WCHA)
- 1998–99: West First All-American Team (NCAA)
- 2006–07: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
- 2007-08: Won the Masterton Trophy
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994–95 | Ferris State Bulldogs | CCHA | 36 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | North Dakota Fighting Sioux | WCHA | 43 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | North Dakota Fighting Sioux | WCHA | 38 | 24 | 27 | 51 | 62 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | North Dakota Fighting Sioux | WCHA | 38 | 28 | 41 | 69 | 49 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1998–99 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | ||
| 1998–99 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Long Beach Ice Dogs | IHL | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 64 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Lowell Lock Monsters | AHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | New York Islanders | NHL | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 24 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2001–02 | New York Islanders | NHL | 82 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 2002–03 | New York Islanders | NHL | 81 | 25 | 30 | 55 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | New York Islanders | NHL | 75 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2004–05 | HC Lugano | NLA | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | New York Islanders | NHL | 76 | 28 | 29 | 57 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | New York Islanders | NHL | 82 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2007–08 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 82 | 15 | 37 | 52 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 590 | 149 | 189 | 338 | 332 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 19 | ||||
[edit] International play
- 2006 - Played for the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spblake115090042feb11,0,3725196.story?coll=ny-hockey-headlines
- ^ Toronto Maple Leafs - Press Releases: Statement From Jason Blake Regarding Condition - 10/08/2007
- ^ {{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/05/09/masteron-trophy.html | title = Blake, Pisani, Chelios finalists for NHL's Masterton Trophy | publisher = CBC Sports | date = 2008-05-09 | accessdate = 2008-05-09}]
[edit] External links
- Jason Blake's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Jason Blake's U.S. Olympic Team bio
- Jason Blake's NHL player profile
