Jason Woolley

Canada Jason Woolley

Date of birth	July 27, 1969
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	90 kg

position	defender
Shot hand	Left

Draft

NHL Entry Draft	1989 , 3rd round, 61st position Washington Capitals

Career stations

1988-1991	Michigan State University
1991-1992	Hockey Canada
1992-1994	Washington Capitals
1994-1996	Florida panthers
1996-1997	Pittsburgh Penguins
1997-2002	Buffalo Sabers
2002-2006	Detroit Red Wings
2004-2005	Flint Generals
2006-2007	Malmo Redhawks

Jason Douglas Woolley (born July 27, 1969 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 797 games for the Washington Capitals , Florida Panthers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Buffalo Sabers and Detroit Red during his playing career between 1988 and 2007 Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Woolley celebrated his greatest career success in the jersey of the Canadian national team by winning the silver medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics .

Career

The 1.83 m tall defender began his career on the Michigan State University team in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft as 61st in the third round of the Washington Capitals ( drafted ).

Initially, the left-shooter commuted for three years between the NHL franchise of the Capitals and the Washington farm team in the American Hockey League , and for the 1994/95 season Woolley finally moved to the Florida Panthers , where he quickly became a permanent member of the staff. Over the Pittsburgh Penguins of the Canadians came in 1997 with the Buffalo Sabers , for which he was more than five years on the ice and he during 2002/03 towards Detroit Red Wings left.

During the lockout 2004/05 Woolley played for the Flint Generals in the United Hockey League , after the 2005/06 season he moved from the Red Wings to Malmö , where he ended his career after one season.

With the Canadian national ice hockey team , Jason Woolley won the silver medal at the 1992 Olympic ice hockey tournament in Albertville , after the team had lost the final against the CIS team with 1: 3.

Represented Canada to:

year	team	event	result	Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1992	Canada	Olympia		8th	0	5	5	4th
1992	Canada	WM	8th place	6th	1	2	3	2
Men overall				14th	1	7th	8th	6th

( 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 )

Jason Woolley at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Jason Woolley at eliteprospects.com (English)
Jason Woolley at hockeydb.com (English)
Jason Woolley in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Woolley, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Woolley, Jason Douglas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 27, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH	Toronto , Ontario , Canada