Jason Strudwick
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| Position | Defence |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg/16 st 1 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
New York Rangers New York Islanders Vancouver Canucks Chicago Blackhawks |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | July 17, 1975 , Edmonton, AB, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 63rd overall, 1994 New York Islanders |
| Pro career | 1996 – present |
Jason Strudwick (born July 17, 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently who currently plays for the New York Rangers. He is a cousin of fellow NHL players Scott and Rob Niedermayer.
Strudwick was drafted in the 3rd round, 63rd overall by the New York Islanders in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. He played his first NHL game with the Islanders against the Hartford Whalers on March 30, 1996. In 1998 he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Gino Odjick, and after compiling 338 penalty minutes for the Canucks he signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks in the summer of 2002.
Turning again to free agency, he signed with the Rangers after the 2004–05 NHL lockout.
Strudwick started the 2006 / 2007 season with HC Lugano in Switzerland before signing a contract on March 19, 2007 with the Rangers. Because he signed with the team after the trade deadline, he was not eligible to participate in the playoffs. The Rangers organization has asked him to keep a blog of his thoughts during the team's playoff run. The blog is posted on the official Rangers website.
In July 2007 he signed a 1 year contract with the Rangers to return for the 2007–08 NHL season. He recently scored the game-winning, overtime goal vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins on November 17, 2007, his first goal and point of the season.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1993–94 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 61 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 118 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||
| 1994–95 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 72 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 183 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 39 | ||
| 1995–96 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 60 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 119 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1996–97 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 80 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 198 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 39 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 87 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | New York Islanders | NHL | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1997–98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1998–99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 65 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 114 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999–00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 63 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 64 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2000–01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 60 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 44 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 96 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2002–03 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 48 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 87 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2003–04 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 54 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2005–06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 65 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | HC Lugano | NLA | 34 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2006–07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 52 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL Totals | 488 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 678 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
