Jamie Wright
Jamie Wright ( born May 13, 1976 in Kitchener, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who plays for EHC Basel in the National League B since 2010.
Career
Wright began his professional hockey career in 1993 in the Canadian Junior Football League Ontario Hockey League with the Guelph Storm. In his first season showed the winger his talent and scored in 65 games 32 points scorer. prompting some NHL scouts were aware of him. During the NHL Entry Draft 1994 Links shooter was selected in the fourth round to 98th place by the Dallas Stars, to which he moved to season 1996/97. However, Wright was of the stars mainly at farm team, the Michigan K- Wings of the International Hockey League used, and stood until next year for the first time in the squad of the stars, for which he was able to achieve 21 games and six points scorer this season.
After a brief stint at the Utah Grizzlies, joined the then 25 -year-old the Calgary Flames at. In Calgary, the 1.83 m wide attacker could not prevail and moved to the end of the 2002 /03 to the Philadelphia Flyers. It was followed by two more years in the American Hockey League before Jamie Wright could decide in the summer of 2005 on a move to Europe. First, the Canadians signed a contract in the Finnish SM- liiga in Rauman Lukko, which was still resolved during the season, whereupon the links Sagittarius joined HC Servette Geneva in the Swiss National League A. There Wright belonged to the tribe squad and was one of the main scorer on the team. Overall, the striker completed 49 games for the HC Servette Genève, where he scored 48 points scorer.
For the season 2007/ 08 Wright received a one-year contract with the DEG Metro Stars of Dusseldorf, which was not renewed at the end of the season. Then the attacker joined the league rivals Frankfurt Lions. Due to an injury that Wright had suffered during the 2008/09 season, he was only 32 games for the Lions contest. He scored four goals and had seven assists. In addition, he was often used as a defense, because the Hessians had major injury worries. During the season 2009/10 he completed ten encounters for the HC Sierre of the National League B, returned after but again back to Frankfurt. In May 2010, Wright was hired by the EHC Basel, with whom he reached the playoffs in his first season and failed in the quarter-finals with a sweep at the EHC Olten. After the departure from the playoffs Wright decided his contract at EHC Basel to extend by two years.
Internationally
With the Canadian national team Wright participated at youth level at the Junior World Championship 1996, where he won the gold medal with Team Canada. For the seniors choice, he stood at the 2002 World Cup on the ice.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )