Jason Jaspers
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1981)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Jason Jaspers Springfield.jpg
| caption = Jaspers with the Springfield Falcons in 2005
| image_size = 230px
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 207
| played_for = Phoenix Coyotes
Adler Mannheim
Kölner Haie
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers
Iserlohn Roosters
Eisbären Berlin
Grizzlys Wolfsburg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|8|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 2001
| career_end = 2019
| draft = 71st overall
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_team = Phoenix Coyotes
}}
Jason Matthew Jaspers (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL) and extensively in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is currently the head coach of HC Pustertal Wölfe of the ICE Hockey League in Italy.
Playing career
Jaspers was drafted 71st overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He was drafted from the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. Jaspers made his professional debut in the 2001–02 season with the Coyotes affiliate the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Jaspers made his NHL debut in the same season, after he received his first NHL call-up on January 20, 2002.
Jaspers then spent the next four years primarily with the Falcons of the AHL. Unable to crack the NHL regularly he was traded by the Coyotes to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Jarrod Skalde on July 25, 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.boltprospects.com/node/148 |title=Lightning Acquire Jaspers |publisher=boltprospects.com |date=July 29, 2005 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816061654/http://www.boltprospects.com/node/148 |url-status=dead }} Jason however never played a game with the Lightning, instead playing for their affiliate, coincidentally still the Springfield Falcons.
Jaspers finally left the Falcons, ranking second in all-time appearances, in the 2006–07 season when he signed with German team Adler Mannheim, on July 6, 2006. After three years with Adler Mannheim signed on April 6, 2009, with Kölner Haie.{{cite web| url =http://www.haie.de/index.php?type=article&articleId=5360 | title = Contract watch: Jaspers and Ankert re-sign |publisher = Kolner Haie | date =April 6, 2009| accessdate =October 3, 2010| language = German}}
Jaspers played for three seasons with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, before opting to sign a one-year contract to continue his professional career in the DEL with the Iserlohn Roosters on June 23, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.iserlohn-roosters.de/roostersnews/6543 |title=Experience was very important in Jaspers signing |website=Iserlohn Roosters |date=June 23, 2015|language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624022819/http://www.iserlohn-roosters.de/roostersnews/6543 |archivedate=June 24, 2015}}
After three seasons with the Roosters, Jaspers left the club at the conclusion of his contract, playing on a try-out through pre-season before signing a one-year deal with Eisbären Berlin prior to the 2018–19 season on September 11, 2018.{{cite web| url =https://www.eisbaeren.de/news/detail/jason-jaspers-bleibt-bei-den-eisbaeren-berlin | title = Jason Jaspers to stay with Berlin | website = Eisbären Berlin | date=September 11, 2018 | language = German}} He played in just 9 games with Eisbären Berlin before opting to terminate his contract in order to join his sixth DEL club, Grizzlys Wolfsburg, on October 10, 2018.{{cite web| url = https://www.grizzlys.de/news_953.html | title = Jason Jaspers signs with Wolfsburg | website = Grizzlys Wolfsburg | date =October 10, 2018| accessdate =October 10, 2018}} Jaspers played out the remainder of the regular season with Grizzlys, adding 8 points in 29 games, before leaving the club at the conclusion of the year.{{cite web| url = https://www.grizzlys.de/news_1081.html | title = Further personnel decisions taken by Wolfsburg | website = Grizzlys Wolfsburg| accessdate =March 8, 2019}}
Personal life
In July 2008, Jaspers married his high school sweetheart, [https://www.instagram.com/yourhoneyrider/?hl=en Morgan McKee]. McKee is from Sudbury, Ontario where Jason played junior hockey for the Sudbury Wolves.{{cite news|last1=Loney|first1=Sidney|title=It Takes Two: Rink-side romance|url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2009/04/18/it_takes_two_rinkside_romance.html|newspaper=Toronto Star|date=April 18, 2009|access-date=June 9, 2018}} Jason divorced Morgan in 2012.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}
Career statistics
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |
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| 1998–99 | OHL | 68 | 28 | 33 | 61 | 81 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
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| 1999–00 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 68 | 46 | 61 | 107 | 107 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 27 |
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| 2000–01 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 63 | 42 | 42 | 84 | 77 | 12 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 18 |
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| 2001–02 | AHL | 71 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2001–02 | NHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2002–03 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 63 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 2002–03 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 58 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2003–04 | Phoenix Coyotes | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | AHL | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2004–05 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 48 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2005–06 | Springfield Falcons | AHL | 77 | 29 | 37 | 66 | 86 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2006–07 | DEL | 48 | 14 | 15 | 29 | 102 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
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| 2007–08 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 31 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2008–09 | Adler Mannheim | DEL | 52 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 |
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| 2009–10 | DEL | 55 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 49 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2010–11 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 52 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
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| 2011–12 | Kölner Haie | DEL | 52 | 13 | 27 | 40 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
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| 2012–13 | DEL | 52 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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| 2013–14 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 52 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
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| 2014–15 | Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers | DEL | 50 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
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| 2015–16 | DEL | 52 | 16 | 26 | 42 | 34 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2016–17 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 51 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2017–18 | Iserlohn Roosters | DEL | 46 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2018–19 | DEL | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 2018–19 | DEL | 29 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 9 ! 0 ! 1 ! 1 ! 6 ! — ! — ! — ! — ! — |
Awards and honours
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! Award ! Year ! |
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| colspan="3" | OHL |
| Plus/minus Award
| 2000 | |
| Second All-Star Team
| 2000 | |
References
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External links
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