Jason Blake (ice hockey)
Jason Blake ( born September 2, 1973 in Moorhead, Minnesota ) is an American professional ice hockey player who was most recently at the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League contract.
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Career
Blake was in season 1998/99 committed by the Los Angeles Kings as a free agent after he had previously been active in various college clubs, and in the Junior League USHL with the Waterloo Black Hawks. In addition to intervening in the International Hockey League with the Kings farm team Orlando Solar Bears of the Center completed his first and only NHL game this season, but just scored his first goal for Los Angeles. Also in the following years he came in both farm teams as well as in the NHL used.
In January 2001, the left gunner finally changed to the New York Islanders, where he was already fast becoming the crowd favorite. During the 2004/ 05 lockout season Blake played in the Swiss National League A for the HC Lugano, after which he returned to New Yorkers. In the game the Islanders against the Chicago Blackhawks on October 31, 2006 Links Sniper scored his 100th NHL goal, the good performances in the 2006/07 season finally led to Blake for the first time in his career in the NHL All-Star game has been selected. Blake played his best season so far, even though its benefits are assessed at the end of the season as slacking.
After the New York Islanders did not renew his contract in the summer of 2007, he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs. On October 8, 2007 Jason Blake announced that he was suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, an uncommon but well- to -treat form of cancer. According to information from Blake planned yet to stand on the ice for Toronto during the entire 2007/08 season. A day later graduated from Blake at his Maple Leafs 1-7 against the Carolina Hurricanes their first game after the cancer diagnosis. End of the season Blake was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, which honors those players, which is characterized by perseverance, dedication and fairness in and for hockey especially.
On 31 January 2010 he was released in a barter together with Vesa Toskala in exchange for Jean -Sébastien Giguère of the Anaheim Ducks. The Ducks Blake established as a solid left winger in the second row with Saku Koivu and Teemu Selanne.
Internationally
For the American ice hockey team Blake was at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin in six games on the ice, he also took part in the World Ice Hockey Championship 2000, where he worked in seven games, a goal and an assist scored and with the United States the fifth occupied space.
Awards and achievements
Career Stats
Internationally
Represented the U.S. at:
- World Cup 2000
- World Cup of Hockey 2004
- 2006 Winter Olympics
- World Cup 2009
( 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 )