Jason Strudwick

Jason Strudwick ( born July 17, 1975 in Edmonton, Alberta ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player standing since 2008 with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League contract. His cousins ​​Scott and Rob Niedermayer are also professional hockey players.

Career

Jason Strudwick began his career as a hockey player with the Kamloops Blazers, for by 1995 he was active from 1993 in the Western Hockey League and with which he in 1994 and 1995, first the President's Cup as WHL champions and then the Memorial Cup as champions of the Canadian Hockey League won. During this time he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 in the third round than a total of 63 players from the New York Islanders, for whom he from 1995 to 1998 but only 18 games in the National Hockey League denied and instead mainly for their farm team the Kentucky Thoroughblades of the American Hockey League, was on the ice. On 23 March 1998 the defender was given in exchange for Gino Odjick from the Islanders to the Vancouver Canucks, for whom he played regularly in the NHL over the next four seasons.

After he was active for the Chicago Blackhawks from 2002 to 2004, Strudwick bridged the lockout in the NHL season 2004/ 05 in the Hungarian Ice Hockey League along with his cousin Rob Niedermayer at Ferencvaros Budapest. After resumption of the gaming operation in the NHL the links Sagittarius signed before the Games in 2005/ 06 a contract with the New York Rangers, which he already left after only one year to play for HC Lugano in the Swiss National League A. Even during the 2006/07 season, however Strudwick returned to New York, where he was active for the Rangers until 2008, before he received on 10 July 2008 as a free agent contract with the Edmonton Oilers in his hometown.

Awards and achievements

NHL stats

(End of season 2009/10)