Jason Akeson

Jason Akeson
Born (1990-06-03) June 3, 1990
Orleans, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
AHL team
Former teams
Binghamton Senators
Philadelphia Flyers
Admiral Vladivostok
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2011present

Jason Akeson (born June 3, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He is currently playing for the Binghamton Senators of the American Hockey League (AHL). He has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers.

Playing career

Junior

Akeson played junior hockey for the Cumberland Grads of the CJHL from 2006-08. He had a total of 114 points in 88 games for them. In 2007-08 Akeson played 13 games for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League. He had a total of 2 points (assists). Akeson returned to the Rangers in 2008-09 to play in his first full OHL season. Despite the Rangers finishing last in the Central Division, Akeson still had a successful season. He scored 64 points in 56 games. He was named to the league's Second All-Rookie team. In the 2009-10 season Akeson had 80 points while playing on a line with Jeff Skinner and Jeremy Morin in 56 regular season games. He scored an additional 19 points in 20 playoff games. In 2010-11 Akeson tied for first overall in points with Tyler Toffoli with 108 points. He was first overall in the league in assists, with 84. Akeson was named the league's Most Gentlemanly Player, recording only 23 penalty minutes. He was also awarded the OHL's Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy as the league's top over age player.

Professional

Akeson was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers to a three-year entry-level contract on March 2, 2011.[1] He spent most of his first two professional seasons with the Adirondack Phantoms of the American Hockey League, leading the team in point scoring both seasons. He made his NHL debut on April 27, 2013 in the Flyers season finale against the Ottawa Senators (of the rookie's hometown) in which he also banked his first NHL goal on netminder Craig Anderson, which was also his first NHL career shot.[2] He spent the 2013-14 regular season with Adirondack, but was called up for the Flyers' final regular season game. He was then added to the postseason roster, where he netted two goals in a seven-game first round loss to the New York Rangers.

On July 1, 2015, Akeson signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Buffalo Sabres.[3] He began the 2015–16 season with affiliate, the Rochester Americans. After 52 games with the Americans, he was traded by the Sabres in a seven player deal to the Ottawa Senators on February 27, 2016. He was immediately re-assigned to AHL affiliate, the Binghamton Senators for the remainders of the year. [4]

As a free agent from the Senators, Akeson opted to continue his career abroad, agreeing to a one-year deal with Russian club, Admiral Vladivostok on September 20, 2016.[5] After 17 games with Vladivostok, Akeson left Admiral and returned to the Senators for the rest of the 2016–17 season.

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2006–07Cumberland GradsCJHL5417365340
2007–08Cumberland GradsCJHL3418436114
2007–08Kitchener RangersOHL130224160110
2008–09Kitchener RangersOHL5620446416
2009–10Kitchener RangersOHL6524568024208111914
2010–11Kitchener RangersOHL6724841082373690
2011–12Adirondack PhantomsAHL7614415526
2012–13Trenton TitansECHL1428107
2012–13Adirondack PhantomsAHL6220335327
2012–13Philadelphia FlyersNHL11010
2013–14Adirondack PhantomsAHL7024406442
2013–14Philadelphia FlyersNHL1011072134
2014–15Philadelphia FlyersNHL130008
2014–15Lehigh Valley PhantomsAHL5723305325
2015–16Rochester AmericansAHL528223018
2015–16Binghamton SenatorsAHL21517220
2016–17Admiral VladivostokKHL171452
2016–17Binghamton SenatorsAHL5720315122
NHL totals15112872134

Awards and honours

References

  1. "Flyers Sign Two to Entry-Level Contracts". Philadelphia Flyers. March 2, 2011. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  2. Erin Nicks (April 27, 2013). "Senators fail to climb Eastern standings with loss". NHL.com. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. "Sabres sign Akeson, Donovan to one-year deals". Buffalo Sabres. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. "Sabres acquire four from Senators". Buffalo Sabres. 2016-02-27. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
  5. "Admirals sign deal with Canadian Akeson" (in Russian). Kontinental Hockey League. 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
  6. "OHL Announces Four Annual Award Winners". March 21, 2011.
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