Jason Blake (ice hockey)

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

Jason Blake (born September 2, 1973 in Moorhead, Minnesota, USA) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the National Hockey League's New York Islanders.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Awards 3 Records 4 Career statistics 5 International play 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

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, the Kings eventually turned this pick into 5th round pick Defensemen Joel Andresen. The trade is considered to be one of the best by former Islander General Manager Mike Milbury. Jason set career highs in goals, and points during the 05/06 season with 28, and 57 respectively, and is on pace for another career year in the 06/07 season. (He recorded his 29th goal of the 2006-07 season on February 24, 2007.

Along with New York Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Mark Parrish, Blake was part of Team USA 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.

Blake will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006-07 season. He was quoted in Newsday in February 2007 that he would probably test the free agent market if he is not re-signed by the Islanders prior to the NHL trading deadline. [1]

Despite rumors to the contrary, Blake was not traded by the deadline and remained an Islander for the remainder of the 2006-07 season. On March 23, Blake recorded his 36th goal of the season, extending his career high. With that goal, he became the first Islander since Zigmund Palffy in 1997-98 to record at least 36 goals in a season.

[edit] Awards

• 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)

[edit] Records

[edit] 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	Nationalliga A		7	2	2	4	4		-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	New York Islanders	NHL		76	28	29	57	60		-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals				426	94	123	217	270		19	2	2	4	17

Stats as of end of 2005-06 NHL Season.

[edit] International play

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

[edit] External links

• Jason Blake on Internet Hockey Database
• Jason Blake's U.S. Olympic Team bio
• New York Islanders website bio