Jason Saal

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Goaltender

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 185

| played_for = AHL Teams
St. John's Maple Leafs
Portland Pirates

| league =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|2|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| career_start = 1992

| career_end = 2006

| draft = 5th round, 117th overall

| draft_year = 1993

| draft_team = Los Angeles Kings

}}

Jason Saal (born February 1, 1975) is an American former professional ice hockey player, with the majority of his career spent in the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). He spent his entire career as a journeyman, also playing in the Ontario Hockey League, American Hockey League and United Hockey League.{{cite web |url= http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=10177 |title = Jason Saal - Player Profile |publisher = Hockey DB.com| accessdate =2010-04-28}} Although he was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the 5th round (117 overall),{{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/teams/LAK/draft.html |title = Los Angeles Kings Draft Register |publisher = Hockey Reference.com |accessdate= 2010-04-29}} he never played an NHL game.

Saal retired following the 2004–05 season to be closer to his family and spend more time with his daughter. Saal returned to the Detroit area to become a police officer.{{cite web |url= http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/04/09/lyn_449757.shtml |title = Goaltender longs to end career with victory |publisher = Augusta Chronicle|date =2005-04-09 |author= Kristy Shonka | accessdate =2010-04-29}} Saal did return to professional hockey the following season playing 56 games with the Flint Generals in the UHL before finishing the year with the Adirondack Frostbite before fully retiring in 2006.

His biggest career accomplishment was winning the 1995 Hap Emms Memorial Trophy, which is given to the top goaltender of the Memorial Cup tournament.{{cite web |url= http://news.therecord.com/article/349912 |title = MEMORIAL CUP: A LOOK INSIDE THE RECORD BOOK |publisher = The Record.com |accessdate= 2010-04-28}} In 2018, he was elected into the ECHL Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=https://www.echl.com/11th-class-officially-joins-echl-hall-fame |title=11TH CLASS OFFICIALLY JOINS ECHL HALL OF FAME |publisher=ECHL |date=January 19, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124012800/https://www.echl.com/11th-class-officially-joins-echl-hall-fame |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |url-status=dead }}