| Jaden Schwartz | |
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Schwartz as a member of Team Canada at the 2012 World Junior Championships |
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| Born | June 25, 1992 Melfort, SK, CAN |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb) |
| Position | Winger |
| Shoots | Left |
| NHL team (P) Cur. team |
St. Louis Blues Colorado College (WCHA) |
| National team | Canada |
| NHL Draft | 14th overall, 2010 St. Louis Blues |
| Playing career | TBA–present |
Jaden Schwartz (born June 25, 1992) is a Canadian ice hockey player for the Colorado College Tigers of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (NCAA Division I).[1] He was selected 14th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.[2]
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Schwartz played minor hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. As a bantam, Schwartz helped Notre Dame to win the Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, he also played at the midget level, helping the Hounds to a victory at the 2007 Mac's AAA midget hockey tournament. Schwartz and Notre Dame played at the Mac's Tournament again in 2008. Schwartz was named the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League Top Forward for the 2007–08 season, after leading the league in scoring.[3] While playing Midget AAA at the school, he scored 39 goals and added 72 assists in 44 games, to break team scoring records previously held by Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards.[1]
Schwartz began his hockey career playing junior ice hockey for his hometown Notre Dame Hounds in the Canadian Junior A Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. During the 2008–09 season with the Hounds, Schwartz finished fifth in league scoring with 34 goals and 42 assists in 46 games.[4] At the end of the season, he was named the SJHL's Rookie of the Year.[5] Schwartz transferred to the Tri-City Storm of the American Tier I Jr. A United States Hockey League. Schwartz captured the 2009–10 USHL scoring title with 83 points in 60 games.[1] He was also named to the league's First All-Star Team and was awarded Top Offensive Player honours.[1]
On January 22, 2008, Schwartz committed to play NCAA Division I college ice hockey at Colorado College of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) for the 2010–11 season.[1]
| Medal record | ||
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Competitor for Canada | ||
| World Junior Championships | ||
| Silver | 2011 USA | |
| Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament | ||
| Gold | 2009 Czech Republic | |
Schwartz represents Canada internationally. His first experience with Hockey Canada came while representing Team West at the World Junior A Challenge in 2008, capturing a silver medal and the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge in 2009, with a fourth place finish. Schwartz helped Canada capture a gold medal at the 2009 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament.[3] Schwartz scored a goal and added an assist in the gold medal game.[6] He was selected to represent Canada at the 2011 World Junior Championships. In his second game of the tournament, against the Czech Republic, Schwartz suffered a fractured ankle and was sidelined for the rest of the tournament.[7] He was selected the next year to Team Canada for the 2012 World Junior Championships in Edmonton and Calgary and named team captain.[8]
Schwartz was born in Melfort, Saskatchewan,[1] to Rick and Carol Schwartz. He has an older brother Rylan who also plays hockey at Colorado College, and had an older sister Mandi who played hockey with the Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey until she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2008.[9] Despite trying to find a donor for Mandi, and in the process, raising awareness of bone marrow and stem cell transplants,[9] Mandi died in April 2011 following a third relapse of the cancer.[10][11]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2008–09 | Notre Dame Hounds | SJHL | 46 | 34 | 42 | 76 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Tri-City Storm | USHL | 60 | 33 | 50 | 83 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | Colorado College | WCHA | 30 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NCAA totals | 30 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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| 2011 | Canada | WJC | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded by David Rundblad |
St. Louis Blues first round draft pick 2010 |
Succeeded by Vladimir Tarasenko |