Jason Morgan (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Jason Morgan Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 9, 1976
place of birth St. John's , Newfoundland , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 97 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 5th round, 118th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1993-1995 Kitchener Rangers
1995-1996 Kingston Frontenacs
1996-1997 Phoenix Roadrunners
1997-1999 Springfield Falcons
1999-2001 Florida Everblades
2001-2003 Saint John Flames
2003-2004 Lowell Lock Monsters
2004-2006 Norfolk Admirals
2006-2007 Houston Eros
2007-2008 Hershey Bears
2008-2009 Södertälje SK
2009 Springfield Falcons
2009-2010 EC KAC
2010-2011 Starry
2011–2012 Stockton Thunder
2012-2014 Arizona Sundogs

Jason Morgan (born October 9, 1976 in St. John's , Newfoundland ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 44 NHL games. He is the head coach of the Hungarian club DVTK Jegesmedvék.

Player career

Morgan began his career with the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey League and made his debut in the 1996/97 season with the Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League , of which he had been drafted in 1995 . In the following years he switched between many teams in the Minor Leagues of North America and was able to celebrate his greatest success to date in the 2000/01 season with the Saint John Flames , to which he had only joined in the playoffs, by winning the Calder Cup . In the following years he recorded many changes and only made a few appearances in the NHL. In 2008 he dared to jump to Europe for the first time and completed a season with Södertälje SK in the Swedish Elitserien , where he could not convince. So he returned the following year to the American Hockey League , but was removed from the active squad of the Springfield Falcons after only four games and finally signed a contract with the Austrian first division club EC KAC , where he joined the team, which was plagued by many injured players should act. His contract was not extended after the end of the season due to a lack of performance. He spent the 2010/11 season with the Norwegian first division club Stjernen, where Morgan was assistant captain. The following season he was committed by the Stockton Thunder from the ECHL before moving to the Arizona Sundogs in 2012 . After two seasons in the CHL, he ended his playing career.

During his career, Morgan completed a total of 44 NHL appearances for five different clubs and 584 games in the American Hockey League (AHL).

Coaching career

For the 2015/16 season Morgan was the head coach of the U18 syndicate of the two Hungarian clubs Miskolc and Debreceni HK, which started in the Austrian youth league. At the beginning of January 2016 he was hired by DVTK Jegesmedvék from the MOL league as head coach. Morgan led the team to the title win.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM +/- GP G A. Pts PIM +/-
1992/93 Kitchener OMHA 69 44 40 84 85 -
1993/94 Kitchener Rangers OHL 65 6th 15th 21st 16 - 5 1 0 1 0 -
1994/95 Kitchener Rangers OHL 35 3 15th 18th 25th -
1994/95 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 20th 0 3 3 14th - 6th 0 2 2 0 -
1995/96 Kingston Frontenacs OHL 66 16 38 54 50 - 6th 1 2 3 0 -
1996/97 Los Angeles Kings NHL 3 0 0 0 0 −3
1996/97 Phoenix Roadrunners IHL 57 3 6th 9 29 -
1996/97 Mississippi Seawolves ECHL 6th 3 0 3 0 - 3 1 1 2 6th -
1997/98 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 1 0 1 4th −7
1997/98 Springfield Falcons AHL 58 13 22nd 35 66 +13 3 1 0 1 18th -
1998/99 Springfield Falcons AHL 46 6th 16 22nd 51 −5 3 0 0 0 6th -
1998/99 Long Beach Ice Dogs IHL 13 4th 6th 10 18th −2
1999/00 Cincinnati Cyclones IHL 15th 1 3 4th 14th +1
1999/00 Florida Everblades ECHL 48 14th 25th 39 79 +18 5 2 2 4th 16 +1
2000/01 Springfield Falcons AHL 16 1 4th 5 19th −6
2000/01 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 11 2 0 2 10 −1
2000/01 Florida Everblades ECHL 37 15th 22nd 37 41 −1 5 2 3 5 0 +17
2000/01 Saint John Flames AHL 6th 0 1 1 2 0
2001/02 Saint John Flames AHL 76 17th 20th 37 69 −19
2002/03 Saint John Flames AHL 80 13 40 53 63 −2
2003/04 Calgary Flames NHL 13 0 2 2 2 +1
2003/04 Nashville Predators NHL 6th 0 2 2 2 0
2003/04 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 21st 6th 13 19th 16 +2
2003/04 Norfolk Admirals AHL 19th 6th 8th 14th 16 −4 8th 0 1 1 10 −1
2004/05 Norfolk Admirals AHL 71 9 20th 29 116 −8 6th 2 2 4th 8th +1
2005/06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 7th 1 1 2 6th +1
2005/06 Norfolk Admirals AHL 51 8th 31 39 58 +9
2006/07 Minnesota Wild NHL 4th 0 0 0 4th −1
2006/07 Houston Eros AHL 57 12 14th 26th 73 −14
2007/08 Hershey Bears AHL 74 19th 25th 44 99 +11 4th 0 3 3 9 −1
2008/09 Södertälje SK Elitserien 49 3 8th 11 66 −15
2009/10 Springfield Falcons AHL 4th 0 0 0 0 0
2009/10 EC KAC ÖEHL 24 1 5 6th 38 0 4th 0 1 1 0 −1
2010/11 Starry GET leagues 40 8th 15th 23 140
NHL overall 44 2 5 7th 18th −9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Jason Morgan Stats and News. In: NHL.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
  2. ^ From the NHL to Miskolc. (No longer available online.) In: icehockey.hu. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016 ; Retrieved April 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / en.icehockey.hu
  3. ↑ DVTK Jegesmedvék - Jason Morgan: 39 éves és 44 NHL-meccsen szerepelt. In: boon.hu. Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
  4. ↑ NEWS SINGLEVIEW CLUB EVENTS. In: www.iihf.com. Retrieved April 17, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Jason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH St. John's , Newfoundland , Canada