Jared Aulin

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = 2013-10-05 Jared Aulin 03.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Aulin with Örebro HK in 2013

| position = Centre

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 192

| | played_for = Los Angeles Kings
Örebro HK
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Straubing Tigers
Manchester Storm

| ntl_team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|3|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| career_start = 2002

| career_end = 2021

| draft = 47th overall

| draft_year = 2000

| draft_team = Colorado Avalanche

}}

Jared Aulin (born March 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional hockey centre. He was a second round selection of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2000 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played 17 NHL games for the Los Angeles Kings.

Playing career

=Amateur=

As a youth, Aulin played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Calgary Junior Flames minor ice hockey team.{{cite web |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}

After playing with the Airdrie Extreme in 1997–98, Aulin joined the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League as 16-year-old in 1998–99, netting 26 points in 55 games and a trip to the league finals. After leading the league in points through nine games, he played through an ankle injury which caused his production to dip, finishing with 55 points during the 1999–2000 season (57 games), attracting the attention of the Colorado Avalanche, who drafted Aulin in the second round (47th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.{{cite web | url = https://www.strandedsports.com/post/jared-aulin | title = Jared Aulin talks playing in the NHL, injury setbacks, and reviving his career in Europe | last = Gallo | first = Tyler | website = Stranded Sports | date =January 13, 2021| accessdate=January 25, 2021| archive-date=January 30, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210130051416/https://www.strandedsports.com/post/jared-aulin | url-status = dead }} In the 2000–01 season with the Blazers, Aulin scored a team leading 108 points in 70 games. During this time Aulin's rights were traded by the Avalanche to the Los Angeles Kings in an exchange that saw Rob Blake head to Colorado on March 22, 2001.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-22-sp-28682-story.html|title=Blake, Reinprecht traded to Colorado | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date=February 22, 2001| access-date=November 10, 2008| first=Helene | last=Elliott}}

Before the end of his junior career, Aulin won silver with Team Canada at the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, collecting 9 points in 7 tournament games.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

=Professional=

On June 1, 2002, Aulin signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Kings. Aulin made his professional debut in the following 2002–03 season with Kings affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs. During the season, Aulin also made his NHL debut with the Kings, appearing in 17 games. Aulin scored his only two goals against the Carolina Hurricanes in an 8-2 victory on February 7, 2003.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

In the 2003–04 pre-season with the Kings, Aulin suffered a shoulder injury which required surgery. Aulin remained injured for the majority of the season and was subsequently traded to the Washington Capitals for Anson Carter on March 9, 2004.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=1754367|title=Washington gets injured forward Aulin | publisher =ESPN | date = 2004-03-09 | access-date = 2009-08-01}} Jared made his return from injury with the Capitals' AHL affiliate Portland Pirates to end the season.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

Aulin spent the next two seasons with the Capitals' affiliates without a call-up to the NHL. After not being offered a contract with the Capitals for the 2006–07 season, Aulin signed with the AHL Springfield Falcons on October 7, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=7081 |title=Falcons sign Aulin to PTO |website=AHL |date=2006-10-07 |access-date=2009-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061112073301/http://www.theahl.com/news/league/index.html?article_id=7081 |archive-date=November 12, 2006 }} Jared played in only 13 games with the Falcons before he was released after aggravating his recurring shoulder injury.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

During the summer of 2007, Aulin returned to hockey playing in a non-contact summer league with the TH Pirates in Calgary. While leading the league in scoring, Aulin was knocked unconscious and hospitalised when he was the victim of a two-handed slash to the neck in a game. Aulin pressed charges against the offender, but the incident left him jaded and considering retirement.{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/LosAngeles/2007/07/13/4336712-sun.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717083945/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/NHL/LosAngeles/2007/07/13/4336712-sun.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 17, 2012|title=Stick swinging slash sours Aulin on sport he loves|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=2007-07-13|access-date=2009-08-01}} Aulin later returned to Hockey in the 2007–08 season with the University of Calgary in the CIS. This marked the first time in 20 years that an NHL player returned to play in the CIS.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadawest.org/sports_team_story.aspx?id=6&storyid=671|title=Former NHLer Jared Aulin heads Dinos' list of recruits| publisher =Canada West | date = 2007-09-19 | access-date = 2009-08-01}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

After further shoulder rehab, Aulin attempted a return to professional hockey and was invited to the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp for the 2009–10 season.{{cite web |url=http://gdrinnan.blogspot.com/2009/08/aulin-on-comeback-trail.html|title=Aulin on comeback trail| publisher =Blogspot | date = 2009-08-06 | access-date = 2009-08-07}} He was later reassigned to the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, training camp and made the Crunch's opening night on a try-out basis. After 31 games with Syracuse, and placing third in scoring, Aulin was signed to an AHL contract for the remainder of the season with the Crunch on January 2, 2010.{{cite web | url = http://www.syracusecrunch.com/News/Detail/2615 | title = Crunch sign center Jared Aulin | publisher = Syracuse Crunch | date = 2010-01-02 | access-date = 2010-08-14 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181625/http://www.syracusecrunch.com/News/Detail/2615 | archive-date = 2011-07-16 }}

A free agent prior to the 2010–11 season, Aulin accepted a tryout invitation to the Edmonton Oilers training before he was released during the pre-season on September 27, 2010.{{cite web| url = http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=538742 | title = Oilers trim roster by six | website = Edmonton Oilers | date = 2010-09-27 | access-date = 2010-09-27}} On October 29, 2010, Aulin belatedly left North America and signed a one-year contract with Swedish team, Leksands IF, of the second tier HockeyAllsvenkan.{{cite web | url = http://www.hockeysverige.se/news_show_leksand-varvar-ny-center.html?id=10806569 | title = Leksands recruit new center | website = hockeysverige.se | date = 2010-10-29 | access-date = 2010-11-04 | language = sv | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101102145448/http://hockeysverige.se/news_show_leksand-varvar-ny-center.html?id=10806569 | archive-date = 2010-11-02 }}

On June 28, 2011, Aulin signed a one-year deal to remain in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Örebro HK.{{cite web| url = http://na.se/sporten/ishockey/1.1263135-na-avslojar-aulin-klar | title = NA reveals: Aulin signed | publisher = NA.se | date = 2011-06-28 | access-date = 2011-06-28 | language = sv}}

After four seasons with Örebro HK, the last two solidifying the club's position in the Swedish Hockey League, Aulin left Sweden as a free agent and signed a one-year deal with newly relegated Swiss club, SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League B (NLB) on June 23, 2015.{{cite web | url = http://www.lakers.ch/index.php/news/club-news/778-transfer-aulin-clark | title = Lakers add Canadian offensive firepower | publisher = Rapperswil-Jona Lakers | date = 2015-06-23 | access-date = 2015-06-23 | language = de | archive-date = 2015-06-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150624015132/http://www.lakers.ch/index.php/news/club-news/778-transfer-aulin-clark | url-status = dead }}

In his third season with the Lakers, Aulin helped the club clinch promotion from the Swiss League back to the National League. In the following 2018–19 season, Aulin played 19 games registering just 4 assists in the top flight league, before leaving the club mid-season in joining German outfit, the Straubing Tigers of the DEL for the remainder of the year on December 28, 2018.{{cite web | url = https://www.straubing-tigers.de/saison/aktuelles/aktuelles-im-detail/article/jared-aulin-verstaerkt-offensive-der-straubing-tigers/ | title = Jared Aulin strengthens Tigers offense | publisher = Straubing Tigers | date = 2018-12-28 | access-date = 2018-12-28 | language = de }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

On 9 August 2019, Aulin joined his brother-in-law Layne Ulmer by signing for UK EIHL side Manchester Storm.{{cite web |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/9521/jared-aulin |title=Jared Aulin |website=Elite Prospects}}{{Cite web | url=http://manchesterstorm.com/breaking-news-all-in-for-jared-aulin/ |title = Breaking News: All In For Jared Aulin! |date = August 9, 2019 |publisher=Manchester Storm}}

On July 26, 2021, Jared announced his retirement from hockey via his Instagram page.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1997–98

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 2

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1998–99

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 55

| 7

| 19

| 26

| 23

| 13

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 2

1999–2000

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 57

| 17

| 38

| 55

| 70

| 4

| 0

| 1

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2000–01

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 70

| 31

| 77

| 108

| 62

| 4

| 0

| 2

| 0

2001–02

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 46

| 33

| 34

| 67

| 80

| 4

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002–03

| Manchester Monarchs

| AHL

| 44

| 12

| 32

| 44

| 21

| 3

| 0

| 4

| 0

2002–03

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 17

| 2

| 4

| 0

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2003–04

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 10

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 6

| 1

| 2

| 4

2004–05

| Portland Pirates

| AHL

| 65

| 11

| 28

| 39

| 30

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 61

| 11

| 28

| 39

| 38

| 5

| 0

| 6

2006–07

| Springfield Falcons

| AHL

| 13

| 2

| 4

| 2

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2007–08

| University of Calgary

| CWUAA

| 16

| 14

| 20

| 34

| 22

| —

2009–10

| Syracuse Crunch

| AHL

| 64

| 16

| 21

| 37

| 36

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| Leksands IF

| Allsv

| 36

| 10

| 20

| 30

| 28

| 5

| 3

| 0

| 3

| 6

2011–12

| Örebro HK

| Allsv

| 49

| 25

| 33

| 58

| 24

| 9

| 0

| 4

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| Örebro HK

| Allsv

| 48

| 16

| 34

| 50

| 34

| —

2013–14

| Örebro HK

| SHL

| 50

| 7

| 20

| 27

| 36

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Örebro HK

| SHL

| 47

| 7

| 17

| 24

| 6

| 3

| 0

| 2

2015–16

| Rapperswil–Jona Lakers

| SUI.2

| 45

| 11

| 34

| 45

| 22

| 12

| 3

| 6

| 9

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2016–17

| Rapperswil–Jona Lakers

| SUI.2

| 47

| 19

| 35

| 54

| 24

| 14

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 14

2017–18

| Rapperswil–Jona Lakers

| SUI.2

| 39

| 11

| 35

| 46

| 18

| 13

| 4

| 10

| 14

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Rapperswil–Jona Lakers

| NL

| 19

| 0

| 4

| 8

| —

2018–19

| Straubing Tigers

| DEL

| 19

| 1

| 9

| 10

| 0

| 2

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Manchester Storm

| EIHL

| 48

| 10

| 35

| 45

| 26

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 17

! 2

! 4

! 0

! —

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=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1999

| Canada

| U18

| {{gold1}}

| 3

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2002

| Canada

| WJC

| {{silver2}}

| 7

| 4

| 5

| 9

| 4

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! colspan="4" | Junior totals

! 10

! 5

! 7

! 12

! 6

Awards and honours

class="wikitable"

! Award

! Year

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| colspan="3" | WHL

West First Team All-Star

| 2000–01

| {{cite book |author=Jesse Watts |title=Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide |url=http://whl.uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/chl_whl/2014/10/24/2014_15_WHL_Official_Guide__Record_Book.pdf |page=242 |date=2014 |access-date=August 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317104225/http://whl.uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/chl_whl/2014/10/24/2014_15_WHL_Official_Guide__Record_Book.pdf |archive-date=March 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

West First Team All-Star

| 2001–02