Jason Blake (ice hockey)

Position	LW/RW
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg/13 st)
NHL Team F. Teams	Toronto Maple Leafs Los Angeles Kings New York Islanders
Nationality	United States
Born	September 2 1973 (1973-09-02) (age 39), Moorhead, MN
NHL Draft	undrafted
Pro Career	1999 – present

Jason Blake (born September 2, 1973 in Moorhead, Minnesota, U.S.) is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the National Hockey League's Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Playing career

He played for the Waterloo BlackHawks of the United States Hockey League(USHL).

He was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings in 1999. He was acquired by the New York Islanders in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings in January of 2001. The Islanders sent a conditional pick in 2002 to the Kings for Blake. Jason set career highs in goals, and points during the 2005-06 season with 28, and 57 respectively. He recorded his 40th goal of the 2006-07 season against the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 5, 2007. He was then signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs, July 1st for 20 million dollars and for 5 years.

Along with New York Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Mark Parrish, Blake was part of Team U.S. at the Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy in February of 2006. Team USA was led by Peter Laviolette, his former coach with the Islanders.

Blake scored his 99th and 100th career NHL goals against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on October 31, 2006. The milestone 100th goal came on the power play late in the 3rd period.

Blake was named an all-star for the first time in his career during the 2006-07 NHL season. He went on to record 2 assists in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game.

At the end of the 2006-07 season Blake became an unrestricted free agent. He was quoted in Newsday in February 2007 that he would probably test the free agent market if not re-signed by the Islanders prior to the NHL trading deadline.^[1] Blake was neither traded nor re-signed before the deadline and on July 1, 2007, Blake was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-year contract, worth US $20 million.

Condition

On October 8, 2007 Jason Blake announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia a rare, but highly treatable form of cancer. The doctors said he should plan to live a long, healthy life. Jason still plans to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rest of the season.^[2]

Accomplishments

1994-95: All-Rookie Team (CCHA)
1996-97: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
1997-98: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
1997-98: West Second All-American Team (NCAA)
1998-99: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
1998-99: Player of the Year (WCHA)
1998-99: West First All-American Team (NCAA)
2006-07: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)

Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1994-95	Ferris State Bulldogs	CCHA	36	16	16	32	46	--	--	--	--	--
1996-97	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA	43	19	32	51	44	--	--	--	--	--
1997-98	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA	38	24	27	51	62	--	--	--	--	--
1998-99	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA	38	28	41	69	49	--	--	--	--	--
1998-99	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL	5	3	5	8	6	13	3	4	7	20
1998-99	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	1	1	0	1	0	--	--	--	--	--
1999-00	Long Beach Ice Dogs	IHL	7	3	6	9	2	--	--	--	--	--
1999-00	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	64	5	18	23	26	3	0	0	0	0
2000-01	Lowell Lock Monsters	AHL	2	0	1	1	2	--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	17	1	3	4	10	--	--	--	--	--
2000-01	New York Islanders	NHL	30	4	8	12	24	--	--	--	--	--
2001-02	New York Islanders	NHL	82	8	10	18	36	7	0	1	1	13
2002-03	New York Islanders	NHL	81	25	30	55	58	5	0	1	1	2
2003-04	New York Islanders	NHL	75	22	25	47	56	4	2	0	2	2
2004-05	HC Lugano	NLA	7	2	2	4	4	--	--	--	--	--
2005-06	New York Islanders	NHL	76	28	29	57	60	--	--	--	--	--
2006-07	New York Islanders	NHL	82	40	29	69	34	5	1	2	3	2
NHL Totals			508	134	152	286	304	24	3	4	7	19

International play

2006 - Played for the United States in the XX Olympic Winter Games

References

^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/hockey/ny-spblake115090042feb11,0,3725196.story?coll=ny-hockey-headlines
^ http://mapleleafs.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=339449

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