Jason Botterill

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CanadaCanada  Jason Botterill Ice hockey player
Jason Botterill
Date of birth May 19, 1976
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 100 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1994 , 1st round, 20th position
Dallas Stars
Career stations
1993-1997 University of Michigan
1997-1999 Dallas Stars
Michigan K-Wings
1999-2000 Atlanta Thrashers
Orlando Solar Bears
2000-2002 Calgary Flames
Saint John Flames
2002-2004 Buffalo Sabers
Rochester Americans

Jason N. Botterill (born May 19, 1976 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current - functionary , who last served as general manager of the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League until June 2020 . During his active career, he completed 88 NHL appearances, but was mainly used in minor leagues .

Career

As a player

Jason Botterill was born in Edmonton but grew up in Winnipeg . He attended St. Paul's School before enrolling at the University of Michigan in 1993 and henceforth participating in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) game operations for their Wolverines . As a freshman , the left winger already scored 39 points in 36 games and was consequently elected to the CCHA All-Rookie Team . Then chose him Dallas Stars in the NHL Entry Draft in 1994 to 20th position. For the time being, the Canadian played another three years in Michigan, where he won the national championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) with the team in 1996 and was elected to the CCHA Second All-Star Team . In 1997, he left the University of Michigan as a team captain and graduated with a degree in economics .

Then Botterill moved to the organization of the Dallas Stars, which, however, mainly used him in their farm team , the Michigan K-Wings , in the International Hockey League (IHL). After two seasons and only 21 games without a scorer point in the National Hockey League (NHL), the attacker was handed over to the Atlanta Thrashers in July 1999 ; in return, Jamie Pushor moved to Dallas. With the Thrashers, Botterill was used more regularly in the NHL, but was transferred to the Calgary Flames together with Darryl Shannon in February 2000 , who sent Hnat Domenichelli and Dmitri Vlassenkow to Atlanta. In the organization of the Flames he also played mainly for their farm team, the Saint John Flames , in the American Hockey League (AHL) and won the playoffs for the Calder Cup with the team in 2001 .

In 2002 Botterill joined the Buffalo Sabers as a free agent , for which he completed the most in the highest North American league with 36 NHL games. Primarily, however, he continued to play in the AHL, where he was appointed to the 2003 AHL All-Star Classic in the Rochester Americans jersey . In October 2004, Botterill suffered another concussion from which he suffered several times over the course of his career, and then, on the advice of his doctors, ended his active career. In total, he had come to 88 NHL, 132 IHL and 311 AHL games.

International

With the Canadian U20 national team Botterill took part in the Junior World Championships in 1994 , 1995 and 1996 and became the only Canadian to win three gold medals in a row at this tournament.

As a functionary

After the end of his active career, Botterill returned to the University of Michigan, continued his studies and graduated in 2007 with a Master of Business Administration . At the same time, he was already working as a scout for the Dallas in the 2006/07 season before finally returning to the NHL business in the 2007/08 season and taking over the position of Director of Player Personnel at the Pittsburgh Penguins . There he was promoted to assistant to the general manager in 2009 and was also the general manager of Pittsburgh's farm team, the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins . The Canadian held both functions for eight years, winning the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016 and 2017 and being immortalized on the trophy.

In May 2017 he was introduced as the new General Manager of the Buffalo Sabers and thus returned to his old employer. Under his leadership, the Sabers missed the playoffs three years in a row, so he was sacked in June 2020 and replaced by Kevyn Adams .

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1993/94 University of Michigan NCAA 36 20th 19th 39 94
1994/95 University of Michigan NCAA 34 14th 14th 28 117
1995/96 University of Michigan NCAA 37 32 25th 57 +28 143
1996/97 University of Michigan NCAA 42 37 24 61 +27 129
1997/98 Michigan K-Wings IHL 50 11 11 22nd -13 82 4th 0 0 0 ± 0 5
1997/98 Dallas Stars NHL 4th 0 0 0 -1 19th - - - - - -
1998/99 Michigan K-Wings IHL 56 13 25th 38 -12 106 5 2 1 3 +3 4th
1998/99 Dallas Stars NHL 17th 0 0 0 -2 23 - - - - - -
1999/00 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 17th 7th 8th 15th -3 27 - - - - - -
1999/00 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 25th 1 4th 5 –7 17th - - - - - -
1999/00 Saint John Flames AHL 21st 3 4th 7th +9 39 3 0 0 0 -2 19th
1999/00 Calgary Flames NHL 2 0 0 0 -4 0 - - - - - -
2000/01 Saint John Flames AHL 60 13 20th 33 +23 101 19th 2 7th 9 +6 30th
2001/02 Saint John Flames AHL 71 21st 21st 42 –11 121 - - - - - -
2001/02 Calgary Flames NHL 4th 1 0 1 -3 2 - - - - - -
2002/03 Rochester Americans AHL 64 37 22nd 59 ± 0 105 3 1 1 2 +2 21st
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 17th 1 4th 5 +1 14th - - - - - -
2003/04 Rochester Americans AHL 46 16 17th 33 -1 68 16 5 10 15th +8 19th
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 19th 2 1 3 ± 0 14th - - - - - -
2004/05 Rochester Americans AHL 8th 6th 2 8th -4 9 - - - - - -
NCAA overall 149 103 82 185 483
IHL total 123 31 44 75 -28 215 9 2 1 3 +3 9
AHL total 270 96 86 182 +16 443 41 8th 19th 26th +14 89
NHL overall 88 5 9 14th -16 89 - - - - - -

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1994 Canada June World Cup gold medal 7th 1 0 1 8th
1995 Canada June World Cup gold medal 7th 0 4th 4th 6th
1996 Canada June World Cup gold medal 6th 1 3 4th 6th
Juniors overall 20th 2 7th 9 20th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Personal

Botterill is married and has two daughters. His sister Jennifer Botterill was also a hockey player and was multiple Olympic and world champion. His mother, Doreen McCannell-Botterill, was an Olympic speed skater , while his father, Cal Botterill, is a sports psychologist at the University of Winnipeg .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Joanne C. Gerstner: Jason Botterill: From the Ice to Risk to the Front Office. mgoblue.com, December 14, 2009, accessed on August 22, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Joe Yerdon: Jason Botterill hired as Sabers general manager. nhl.com, May 12, 2017, accessed on August 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ John Vogl: As Botterill builds Sabers, he will lean on his successes, failures. buffalonews.com, May 12, 2017, accessed August 21, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Botterill, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Botterill, Jason N.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and official
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta , Canada