Jason Jaspers

Jason Jaspers ( born April 8, 1981 in Thunder Bay, Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is since April 2012 at the Nuremberg Ice Tigers of the Deutsche Eishockey -Liga under contract.

Career

Jaspers joined in 1998 by the Thunder Bay Kings of the Sudbury Wolves, a team from the Canadian Professional Junior League OHL. For the Wolves played the links contactors to 2001, during his last season in the OHL, he made ​​the jump to the OHL Second All- Star Team and also won OHL-Plus/Minus Award. NHL Entry Draft 1999, the Center was pulled in the third round at position 71 of the Phoenix Coyotes, where he completed his first three NHL appearances in the following season. Most of the time, however, the Canadians played with the Springfield Falcons, the Coyotes farm team in the American Hockey League. Alter this fact also in the following years nothing, since it was not possible Jaspers to get a regular place in the NHL squad. In 2004 he was for this reason that so far the last time in the top North American professional league on the ice.

Due to lack of perspective in North America Jaspers was already planning at this time to continue his career in Germany, a transfer to Nuremberg failed, however, so the Canadians still had to lace up the skates in the AHL. After the 2005/ 06 season Jaspers then moved from the Falcons, initially for one year at the Adler Mannheim, with whom he won the 2007 German Championship. His contract in Mannheim has been extended until 2009.

For the season 2009/10 Jason Jaspers moved to the Cologne Sharks, where he first a one-year contract signed, which, however, was extended for two more seasons. In April 2012 he moved to the Nuremberg Ice Tigers.

Awards and achievements

• 2000 OHL Second All-Star Team
• 2001 bronze medal at the U20 World Junior Championships
• 2007 German champion with the Adler Mannheim

Statistics

( 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 )