Jason Herter

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| position = Defence

| shoots = Right

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| weight_lb = 202

| played_for = New York Islanders

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|10|2}}

| birth_place = Hafford, Saskatchewan, Canada

| draft = 8th overall

| draft_year = 1989

| draft_team = Vancouver Canucks

| career_start = 1991

| career_end = 2002

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| current_title = Associate head coach

| current_team = Western Michigan

| current_conference = NCHC

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| alma_mater = University of North Dakota

| coach_years1 = 2004–2008

| coach_team1 = Russell Stover U16

| coach_years2 = 2008–2009

| coach_team2 = Fargo Force (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 2009–2010

| coach_team3 = Des Moines Buccaneers (scout)

| coach_years4 = 2010–2011

| coach_team4 = Fargo Force

| coach_years5 = 2011–2018

| coach_team5 = Minnesota–Duluth (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 2018–2022

| coach_team6 = Minnesota Duluth (associate)

| coach_years7 = 2022–Present

| coach_team7 = Western Michigan (associate)

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Jason Herter (born October 2, 1970) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an associate head coach at Western Michigan.

Drafted in the first round, eighth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft, Herter played one National Hockey League (NHL) game, scoring an assist in a game with the New York Islanders during the 1995–96 season.

Herter represented Canada at one International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event, winning gold at the 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Herter also represented Canada at the 1990 Goodwill Games where Canada finished in fourth place.

Personal life

Herter was born on October 2, 1970, in Hafford, Saskatchewan. He is married to wife Laura and has a daughter, Jordyn, and a son, Jacob. Jason is of French Métis descent.{{cite news|last=Ewen|first=Steve|title=Jason Herter could have been a contender|url=http://www2.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=8aa0182a-6474-4325-ae3e-4d53a711fa91|newspaper=The Province|date=2008-05-11|access-date=2009-02-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080928151557/http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/sports/story.html?id=8aa0182a-6474-4325-ae3e-4d53a711fa91|archive-date=September 28, 2008|df=mdy-all}} Herter attended Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, for four years.{{cite news|last=Houston|first=William|title=Saskatchewan farm boy could be top draft pick|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=1989-02-27|page=C1}}

Playing career

=Notre Dame Hounds=

Herter played midget high school hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan aka: Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA). During the 1986–87 season, he played on the Hounds midget team that placed second at the 1987 Air Canada Cup in Gloucester, Ontario. His 86-87 high school hockey teammates included future NHLers Scott Pellerin (1992 Hobey Baker Winner as the best player in NCAA college hockey), Rod Brind'amour, Jeff Batters and Joby Messier{{cite web|title=Telus Cup|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/57542/la_id/1.htm|publisher=Hockey Canada|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=February 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223103933/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/57542/la_id/1.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Mayoh|first=Rick|title=Richelieu's Savage turns jitters into goals at midget tournament|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|page=D2|date=1987-04-15}} Herter remained with the Hounds for the next season when the team moved from minor hockey to Junior A, joining the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL).{{cite news|title=Notre Dame Hounds' cinderella season|url=http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/22857/la_id/1.htm|publisher=Hockey Canada|date=2006-11-08|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=June 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608161154/http://www.hockeycanada.ca/index.php/ci_id/22857/la_id/1.htm|url-status=live}} In the team's first season, Herter scored 38 points in 54 games as the Hounds won the Credential Cup as SJHL champions. After winning the Anavet Cup and Abbott Cup, the Hounds advanced to the 1988 Centennial Cup in Pembroke, Ontario. There, Herter scored two points in five tournament games—including one goal in a 9–7 victory over the Thunder Bay Flyers—as the Hounds defeated the Halifax Lions 3–2 in the final game to win the national Junior A championship.{{cite news|last=Hodge|first=Neil|title=Hounds in medal round despite defensive flaws|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=1988-05-10|page=E3}}

=University of North Dakota=

Following his Centennial Cup-winning season with Notre Dame, Herter moved to the University of North Dakota to play college hockey with the North Dakota Fighting Sioux of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Midway through his freshman season, Herter was ranked as the top player available at the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau.{{cite news|title=North Dakota star top-rated draft player|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=1989-01-24|page=C2}} Herter finished his freshman season with eight goals and 24 assists in 41 games. His 24 assists and 32 points set single-season freshmen assist and point records at North Dakota, although his point record has since been broken.{{cite book|last=Benson|first=Dan|title=2008–09 University of North Dakota men's hockey media guide|url=http://www.fightingsioux.com/fls/13500/pdf/2008-09/0809MHKY_Media_Guide.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=13500|format=PDF|year=2008|publisher=North Dakota Fighting Sioux|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524011239/http://www.fightingsioux.com/fls/13500/pdf/2008-09/0809MHKY_Media_Guide.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=13500|url-status=live}} Following the season, Herter entered the 1989 NHL Entry Draft ranked second overall among North American skaters, dropping one position in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final draft ranking.{{cite news|last=Loewen|first=Gary|title=Draft picks look less precious in year when pickings are lean|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=1989-06-16|page=A19}} On June 17, 1989, he was drafted 8th overall by the Vancouver Canucks.{{cite news|last=Cox|first=Damien|title=Swede makes hockey history: Forward Mats Sundin Nordiques' first choice|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=1989-06-18|page=G4}}

Despite being drafted, Herter returned to North Dakota for his sophomore season.{{cite news|last=Beamish|first=Mike|title=Canuck draft pick needs seasoning|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1989-07-05|page=B5}} He also had the option of joining the Saskatoon Blades, the team that held Western Hockey League rights, but chose North Dakota because the Canucks had five other prospects playing there.{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Tony|title=Canucks get a Jason|newspaper=The Province|date=1989-06-18|page=62}} Throughout the season, Herter suffered from chronic groin injuries and a knee sprain which limited him to only 38 games.{{cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Jim|title=First-rounder still around|newspaper=The Province|date=1990-10-25|page=93}} However, despite his injury-plagued season, Herter scored eleven goals and 39 assists. Nine of his eleven goals were scored on the powerplay, a North Dakota single-season record for a defenceman. Further, his 39 assists and fifty points are both fourth all-time for a defenceman in a single season with the Fighting Sioux. For his performance, Herter was named to the WCHA Second All-Star Team as well as the All-Tournament Team at the 1990 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.

At the completion of his sophomore season, Herter chose once again not to sign a professional contract and returned to North Dakota for his junior year.{{cite news|title=Canucks' top pick going back to school|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1990-06-14|page=C7}}

=Vancouver Canucks=

Following his junior season with North Dakota, Herter signed a three-year, $500,000 contract with the Vancouver Canucks that included a $100,000 signing bonus, despite Fighting Sioux coach Gino Gasparini suggesting he play his senior season.{{cite news|last=MacIntyre|first=Iain|title=Canucks sign Jason Herter to NHL deal|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1991-08-23|page=D7}}{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Tony|title=Canucks open vault|newspaper=The Province|date=1991-10-25|page=A65}}{{cite news|title=College coach won't block Herter's move|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1991-07-09|page=D6}} Herter then joined the Canucks for his first professional training camp and played in five pre-season games before being assigned to the Milwaukee Admirals, Vancouver's International Hockey League (IHL) affiliate.{{cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Jim|title=Herter wants his hurts placed firmly in his past|newspaper=The Province|date=1991-09-05|page=43}}{{cite news|title=Canucks stage their own miracle on ice|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|date=1991-09-21|page=C11}} Herter's chronic groin injuries continued throughout his rookie professional season and he played in only 56 of Milwaukee's 82 regular season games and one of five playoff games.{{cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Jim|title=The worst year of his life: Now Stojanov faces surgery|newspaper=The Province|date=1992-02-16|page=B4}}

=New York Islanders=

In December 1995, Herter was recalled by the New York Islanders after multiple injuries to Islanders defencemen.{{cite news|last=Diamos|first=Jason|title=Lemieux struts stuff against Islanders|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C07E3D71E39F935A35751C1A963958260&sec=&spon=|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1995-12-06|access-date=2009-02-20}} On December 7, Herter made his NHL debut in a 7–4 loss to the Hartford Whalers.{{cite news|last=Diamos|first=Jason|title=Islanders make a strong case for change|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E0DF1F39F934A35751C1A963958260|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1995-12-07|access-date=2009-02-20}} Herter was one of the bright spots in the Islanders' loss, as he was on the ice for three of New York's four goals and none of Hartford's seven goals. He also assisted on Zigmund Palffy's second goal of the game and was partnered on defence with NHL All-Star Mathieu Schneider.

International play

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Herter represented Canada at one International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event. In July 1989, he was among 32 players invited to the Canadian national junior team's summer evaluation camp in Kitchener, Ontario, for the 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.{{cite news|title=Juniors on parade|newspaper=The Province|date=1989-07-06|page=63}} Later that year in December, Herter was invited to the national junior team training camp, after which he was named to the final Canadian roster for the tournament despite finishing training camp with a groin injury.{{cite news|title=National Juniors|newspaper=Ottawa Citizen|date=1989-11-30|page=G4}}{{cite news|last=Zurkowsky|first=Herb|title=Laval's Brisebois is looking forward to Finnish holiday|newspaper=The Gazette|date=1989-12-18|page=D3}} Herter finished the tournament with one assist in seven games as Canada achieved a 5–1–1 record to win the gold medal.{{cite web|title=1990 – Helsinki, Finland|url=https://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=988|publisher=The Sports Network|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=December 31, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231165411/http://www.tsn.ca/World_jrs/feature/?fid=988|url-status=live}}

In July and August 1990, Herter was a member of the Canadian team at the 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington.{{cite news|last=Jamieson|first=Jim|title=Wilson in hunt|newspaper=The Province|date=1990-07-18|page=40}} After finishing the round robin with a 3–0 record, the Canadian team lost 5–4 in a shootout against the United States in their semifinal game and 6–1 to Sweden in the bronze medal game to finish the tournament in fourth place.{{cite news|title=Games digest|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900804/1086046/games-digest|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=1990-08-04|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002075724/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900804&slug=1086046|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Finnigan|first=Bob|title=Survival by shootout—Americans, overcome bomb scare, Canada|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19900805/1086390/survival-by-shootout----americans-overcome-bomb-scare-canada|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=1990-08-05|access-date=2009-02-20|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002075729/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900805&slug=1086390|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Schefter |first=Adam |title=No miracle this time: Americans foiled 21 seconds from hockey glory |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/archives/1990/9008060070.asp |newspaper=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |date=1990-08-06 |access-date=2009-02-20 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Post-playing career

After retiring from ice hockey, Herter became a scout with the United States Hockey League (USHL).{{cite press release|title=USHL scouts and staff to attend Nike Bauer Invite|publisher=United States Hockey League|url=http://www.internationalinvite.com/Documents/USHLScoutPressRelease.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130072014/http://www.internationalinvite.com/Documents/USHLScoutPressRelease.doc|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 30, 2024|format=DOC|date=2006-10-16|access-date=2009-02-20}} He then became head coach of the Overland Park, Kansas-based Russell Stover U16 ice hockey team of the Midwest Elite Hockey League (MWEHL).{{cite press release|title=Russell Stover 16U head coach Jason Herter to coach USHL's Fargo Force |url=http://www.russellstoverstars.com/htdocs/news.html |publisher=Russell Stover Hockey |date=2008-04-22 |access-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313181230/http://www.russellstoverstars.com/htdocs/news.html |archive-date=March 13, 2009 }} In April 2008, Herter joined the Fargo Force as an assistant coach behind former University of North Dakota head coach Dean Blais.{{cite press release|title=Jason Herter hired as Fargo Force assistant coach |url=http://www.fargoforce.com/news/detail.asp?newsID=21 |publisher=Fargo Force |date=2008-04-21 |access-date=2009-02-20 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Jason Herter left after the 2010-11 season to become an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.{{Cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-07-19-1332704523_x.htm|title=Former Blackhawks player is new Force coach|website=Usatoday.com|access-date=November 10, 2021}}

Awards and honours

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! Award

! Year

All-WCHA Second Team

| 1989–90

WCHA All-Tournament Team

| 1990

|{{cite news|title=WCHA Tourney History|url=http://wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|publisher=WCHA|access-date=2014-06-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140702170427/http://www.wcha.com/men/tourney/history.php|archive-date=July 2, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

All-WCHA Second Team

| 1990–91

WCHA All-Academic Team

| 1990, 1991

Transactions

June 17, 1989 – Drafted in the first round, 8th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft
August 6, 1993 – Signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Dallas Stars
September 21, 1995 – Traded by the Dallas Stars to the New York Islanders for cash

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1987–88 \| Notre Dame Hounds \| SJHL \| 54	5	33	38	152 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1988–89 \| University of North Dakota \| WCHA \| 41	8	24	32	62 \| —	—	—	—	—
1989–90 \| University of North Dakota \| WCHA \| 38	11	39	50	40 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1990–91 \| University of North Dakota \| WCHA \| 39	11	26	37	52 \| —	—	—	—	—
1991–92 \| Milwaukee Admirals \| IHL \| 56	7	18	25	34 \| 1	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1992–93 \| Hamilton Canucks \| AHL \| 70	7	16	23	68 \| —	—	—	—	—
1993–94 \| Kalamazoo Wings \| IHL \| 68	14	28	42	92 \| 5	3	0	3	14
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1994–95 \| Kalamazoo Wings \| IHL \| 60	12	20	32	70 \| 16	2	8	10	10
1995–96 \| Utah Grizzlies \| IHL \| 74	14	31	45	58 \| 20	4	10	14	8
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1995–96 \| New York Islanders \| NHL \| 1	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1996–97 \| Kansas City Blades \| IHL \| 71	9	26	35	62 \| 3	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1997–98 \| Kansas City Blades \| IHL \| 57	6	19	25	55 \| —	—	—	—	—
1997–98 \| Orlando Solar Bears \| IHL \| 8	1	3	4	8 \| 17	5	7	12	20
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1998–99 \| EV Landshut \| DEL \| 46	14	16	30	66 \| 3	1	1	2	29
1999–2000 \| München Barons \| DEL \| 44	6	14	20	74 \| 11	1	3	4	43
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 2000–01 \| München Barons \| DEL \| 54	15	18	33	70 \| 11	4	5	9	12
2001–02 \| München Barons \| DEL \| 19	4	4	8	26 \| 6	1	3	4	4
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| IHL totals ! 394 !! 63 !! 145 !! 208 !! 379 ! 62 !! 14 !! 26 !! 40 !! 54
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| DEL totals ! 163 !! 39 !! 52 !! 91 !! 236 ! 31 !! 7 !! 12 !! 19 !! 88

=International statistics=

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1990 \| Canada \| WJC \| 7	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Junior totals ! 7 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2

References

External links

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ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM
1990 \| Canada \| WJC \| 7	0	1	1	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| Junior totals ! 7 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2