Jason Hewitt

Jason Hewitt
Date of birth	August 28, 1983
place of birth	Manchester , England , UK
size	175 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	striker
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1999-2003	Altrincham Aces
2003-2004	Telford Wildfoxes Manchester Phoenix
2004-2005	London Racers
2005-2006	Basingstoke bison
2006-2016	Sheffield Steelers

Jason Hewitt (born August 28, 1983 in Manchester ) is a former British ice hockey player who played for ten years with the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League .

Career

Jason Hewitt began his career as a hockey player with the Altrincham, southwest of Manchester. There he played for both the Altrincham Aces and their junior team, the Altrincham Tigers. 2003 initially moved to the Telford Wildfoxes in the English Premier Ice Hockey League , but was signed shortly after the start of the season by the Manchester Phoenix from his hometown, for which he was on the ice in the Elite Ice Hockey League , the top British division. For the following season he moved to league competitor London Racers , where he played until the team had to be logged off from play in late November 2005 due to safety deficiencies in their home "Lee Valley Ice Center". After playing briefly for Basingstoke Bison around the turn of the year 2005/06 , Hewitt moved to the Sheffield Steelers in early 2006, to whom he remained loyal until his retirement in 2016. With the Steelers he won the British Championship as the main round winner of the Elite Ice Hockey League in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016 . In 2008, 2009 and 2014 he won the EIHL playoffs with the club. In addition, he won the Knock-Out Cup in 2006.

International

For Great Britain , Hewitt played at the Division I World Championships in 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 and 2014 . He was also on the ice for his colors at the qualifying tournaments for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and 2014 in Sochi .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Knock-Out Cup winner with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2008 EIHL main round winner and British champion as well as EIHL playoff winner with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2009 EIHL main round winner and British champion as well as EIHL playoff winner with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2011 EIHL main round winner and British champion with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2014 EIHL playoff winner with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2015 EIHL main round winner and British champion with the Sheffield Steelers
• 2016 EIHL main round winner and British champion with the Sheffield Steelers

EIHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	13	728	104	161	265	1,163
Playoffs	13	43	5	5	10	64

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

• Jason Hewitt at eliteprospects.com (English)