Jason Pominville
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| Position | Right Wing |
| Shoots | Right |
| Nickname(s) | Pommers, J-Pom, Ping, Pom-Pom |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 178 lb (81 kg/12 st 10 lb) |
| NHL Team | Buffalo Sabres |
| Nationality |  Canada & United States |
| Born | November 30, 1982 , Repentigny, QC, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 55th overall, 2001 Buffalo Sabres |
| Pro career | 2002 – present |
Jason John[1]Pominville (born November 30, 1982 in Repentigny, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey right wing who currently is the captain and plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL.
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[edit] Playing career
Pominville played his junior hockey for the Shawinigan Cataractes of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.
Pominville was drafted 55th overall in the second round by the Sabres in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He became a facet in the Sabre line-up in the 2005-06 season, tallying 18 goals in 57 games as #29. In the 2006 playoffs, he recorded a hat trick in Game 2 of the first round against the Philadelphia Flyers. Later in the Sabres' playoff run, he scored the series-clinching goal in the second round against the Ottawa Senators, a shorthanded effort in overtime of Game 5. It marked the first time in NHL history that a playoff series was decided by an overtime shorthanded goal. Buffalo announcer Rick Jeanneret marked this occasion with a call that is now famous in Buffalo hockey lore:
"Oh, now do you believe? Now do you believe? These guys are good, scary good!"
The following year, he improved his point totals to 68, two short of 100 NHL points, later exceeded in 2007-08.
In the 2008 NHL season Pominville, after two respectable seasons, made a name for himself. After the All Star break Pominville exploded with 40 points in the regular season making him a threatening sniper to all opponents.
In 2008, Pominville was named captain for the month of March for the Buffalo Sabres.
Since Pominville has dual citizenship, he was eligible to play for either the United States or Canada in international tournaments. He chose to represent the United States for the first time at the 2008 World Championships (scoring five points in seven games)[2]. He is a dual citizen as a result of his mother being American, as in the cases of Brett Hull, Adam Deadmarsh and Brady Murray, and was raised in the U.S., near Buffalo.
On April 24, 2008, Pominville was one of three finalists nominated for the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy. This is his first nomination.[3]
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998-99 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999-00 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 60 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2000-01 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 71 | 46 | 67 | 113 | 24 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 2001-02 | Shawinigan Cataractes | QMJHL | 66 | 57 | 64 | 121 | 32 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002-03 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 73 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2003-04 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 66 | 34 | 30 | 64 | 30 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 6 | ||
| 2003-04 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2004-05 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 82 | 30 | 38 | 68 | 43 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 18 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005-06 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 57 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 2006-07 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 30 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2007-08 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 82 | 27 | 53 | 80 | 20 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 222 | 79 | 99 | 178 | 72 | 34 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 8 | ||||
[edit] International play
Played for the United States in:
[edit] International statistics
| Year | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | WC | ||||||
| Senior Int'l Totals | |||||||
| Preceded by Jochen Hecht |
Buffalo Sabres captains March & April 2008 |
Succeeded by TBD |
[edit] References
Vogl, John. "Sabres' Pominville is go-to guy for fans, media, teammates", The Buffalo News, 2008-03-21. Retrieved on 2008-03-21.
