Jason Widmer

Jason Widmer
Date of birth	1st August 1973
place of birth	Calgary , Alberta , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	99 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1992 , 8th lap, 176th position New York Islanders
Career stations
1989-1990	Moose Jaw Warriors
1990-1994	Lethbridge Hurricanes
1994-1996	Worcester IceCats
1996-1998	Kentucky Thoroughblades
1998-2000	Worcester IceCats

Jason Widmer (born August 1, 1973 in Calgary , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . During his career he played for the New York Islanders and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League .

Career

Widmer first played from 1989 to 1993 in the Western Hockey League with the Moose Jaw Warriors and Lethbridge Hurricanes . In the 1992/93 season, the defender also played his first games in the American Hockey League with the Capital District Islanders , a farm team of the New York Islanders , who had selected him in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft in the eighth round in 176th position. For the 1993/94 season he returned to the WHL to Lethbridge and played there, although he had already exceeded the age limit.

The 1994/95 season , which was significantly shortened for the NHL by the lockout , the Canadian spent with the Worcester IceCats , the new farm team of the Islanders, the Canadian national team and the NHL team of the Islanders, for which he played in a game. He also spent the 1995/96 season mainly in the AHL team and was only used four times in the NHL. Due to the low possibility of establishing himself in the New York squad, Widmer signed a contract with the San Jose Sharks as a free agent in the summer of 1996 . But there the Canadian could not prevail and played again in the AHL with the Kentucky Thoroughblades . He only played twice for the Sharks, but was able to prepare a goal. After two years he moved, again as a free agent in the franchise of the St. Louis Blues had, where he play exclusively in the AHL with the Worcester IceCats, which had meanwhile been taken over by St. Louis.

Widmer ended his career on December 30, 1999 after he had not played a game for almost exactly a year due to a serious knee injury.

Achievements and Awards

• 1994 Doug Wickenheiser Memorial Trophy

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1989/90	Moose Jaw Warriors	WHL		58	1	8th	9	33		-	-	-	-	-
1990/91	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		58	2	12	14th	55		16	0	1	1	12
1991/92	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		40	2	19th	21st	181		5	0	4th	4th	9
1992/93	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		55	3	15th	18th	140		4th	0	3	3	2
1992/93	Capital District Islanders	AHL		4th	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
1993/94	Lethbridge Hurricanes	WHL		64	11	31	42	191		9	3	5	8th	34
1994/95	Team Canada	International		6th	1	4th	5	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	Worcester IceCats	AHL		73	8th	26th	34	136		-	-	-	-	-
1994/95	New York Islanders	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1995/96	Worcester IceCats	AHL		76	6th	21st	27	129		4th	2	0	2	9
1995/96	New York Islanders	NHL		4th	0	0	0	7th		-	-	-	-	-
1996/97	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		76	4th	24	28	105		4th	0	0	0	8th
1996/97	San Jose Sharks	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1997/98	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		71	5	13	18th	176		3	0	0	0	6th
1998/99	Worcester IceCats	AHL		25th	2	3	5	42		-	-	-	-	-
1999/00	Worcester IceCats	AHL		12	0	5	5	23		-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				275	19th	85	104	600		34	3	13	16	57
AHL total				337	25th	92	117	613		11	2	0	2	23
NHL overall				7th	0	1	1	7th		-	-	-	-	-

( 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 )

Web links

• Jason Widmer at hockeydb.com (English)
• Jason Widmer at legendsofhockey.net (English)