Jay Bouwmeester

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Jay Bouwmeester
Date of birth September 27, 1983
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 193 cm
Weight 96 kg
position defender
number # 19
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2002 , 1st round, 3rd position
Florida Panthers
Career stations
1997-1999 Edmonton SSAC
1999-2002 Medicine Hat Tigers
2002-2009 Florida panthers
2009-2013 Calgary Flames
since 2013 St. Louis Blues

Jason "Jay" Bouwmeester (born September 27, 1983 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian ice hockey player who has been under contract with the St. Louis Blues from the National Hockey League since April 2013 . With the team, the defender won the Stanley Cup in the 2019 playoffs . He was previously active for the Florida Panthers and the Calgary Flames and has played well over 1,000 games in the NHL. With the Canadian national team , he won gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics , the 2003 and 2004 World Championships and the 2004 and 2016 World Cups of Hockey . As a result, he has been a member of the Triple Gold Club since winning the Stanley Cup in 2019 .

Career

Beginnings and Western Hockey League (until 2002)

The 1.93 m tall defender first played for a local junior ice hockey team called Millwoods in Edmonton . He then worked for Edmonton SSAC - also known as SSAC Lions - with whom he won the championship of the Alberta Major Bantam Hockey League in the 1997/98 season . During the 1998/99 season Bouwmeester made his debut with the Medicine Hat Tigers in the Western Hockey League , but continued to run mainly in Edmonton for the SSAC Lions on the ice. In the 2001/02 season - during which the defensive player took part in the CHL Top Prospects Game and won the so-called Skills Competition for the fastest skater - he was the third best scorer among defenders in the WHL with 61 points . For this, the Canadian was rewarded with the appointment to the East First All-Star Team of the league. In addition, Bouwmeester was voted Player of the Year within the team and named best defender. During his time in the Medicine Hat Tigers dress, the Canadian never qualified with the team for the final round of the President's Cup .

Florida Panthers (2002-2009)

In the 2002 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the first round as third overall by the Florida Panthers , after Bouwmeester had previously led the ranking of the most hopeful talents of the NHL Central Scouting Service . Bouwmeester scored a point right in his first NHL game when the defender gave an assist in the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 10, 2002 . In his first season , the left-shooter was a regular in Florida, and Bouwmeester scored four goals in twelve assists in 82 games. He was then elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team . In the course of the following season , his series of 128 NHL games ended in a row, as an injury excluded him from playing for 18 games.

During the 2004/05 lockout season , he was also one of the many NHL players who gave the American Hockey League a spectator boom as they played for AHL teams during the break. Here he played for the Florida farm team , the San Antonio Rampage , and the Chicago Wolves . The engagement in Chicago from March 2005 was made possible by his NHL club Florida Panthers, which parked the defender for a fee on loan in Windy City . After missing the playoffs with the Rampage, the defender in the Wolves jersey reached the final series of the Calder Cup . The team was defeated, however, with a sweep against the Philadelphia Phantoms .

During the 2006/07 season , Bouwmeester took part in the NHL All-Star Game for the first time in his career . He ended the 2007/08 season with a career record of 15 goals in the regular season. With an average of 27:28 minutes of ice time per game, the defender led the NHL this season.

Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues (since 2009)

Bouwmeester in the dress of the Calgary Flames (2009)

On June 27, 2009, the Florida Panthers transferred his bargaining rights to the Calgary Flames in exchange for Jordan Leopold and a third-round vote in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft . Bouwmeester, who would have become an unrestricted free agent in a few days , agreed a short time later on a five-year contract with the Calgary Flames, which guaranteed him a salary of 6.6 million per year. On March 15, 2011, he broke the defender record for most NHL games in a row, which Kārlis Skrastiņš previously held with 495 games. By the end of the 2010/11 season , Bouwmeester built his record to 506 NHL games in a row.

In the following season 2011/12 , the Canadian again played all 82 NHL games of the regular season and thereby screwed the NHL record for defenders to 588 games in a row. With 717 matches in the regular season, he is now one of the players with the most completed games in NHL history without being used in the playoffs. Only Olli Jokinen , who made his first play-off appearance after 799 games, and Guy Charron , who never reached the finals despite 734 games, were less successful in this regard. In addition, in the summer of 2012, the Detroit Red Wings signaled interest in a possible engagement of Bouwmeester after star defender Nicklas Lidström had retired from his career and Brad Stuart left the team in a barter deal.

In early April 2013 Bouwmeester was transferred to the St. Louis Blues . At the beginning of the 2016/17 season, the defender played his 1,000th game in the NHL. In the playoffs 2019 he won the Stanley Cup with the team and was inducted into the Triple Gold Club .

International

Bouwmeester represented his home country Canada several times on the international stage both in the junior and senior sector.

The defender played for the first time at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2000 , where he won the bronze medal with the team. At the age of 16 years and three months, he became the youngest ever player in his home country to have played in a U20 World Junior Championship. Only Wayne Gretzky , Mario Lemieux and Jason Spezza had also participated in the junior world championships for Canada when they were 16. Bouwmeester repeated winning the bronze medal a year later at the U20 World Junior Championship in 2001 . The result was improved another year later when the Canadians took silver. The defender was used in all tournaments in all seven games. At the U20 Junior World Championships in 2001 and 2002 , he posted two assists each. In the latter tournament, the defender also had the best plus / minus balance of the competition with a value of +11 .

For the senior selection of the maple leaves Bouwmeester was on the list for the first time at the 2003 World Cup . Canada won the gold medal with a 3-2 final win over Sweden in extra time . Furthermore, thanks to his seven scorer points in nine games, the defender was named the best defender of the world title fights and was appointed to the All-Star team. The following year , the Canadians - with Bouwmeester in the squad - defended the title when Sweden were again defeated in the final. In addition, the defensive specialist was on the ice for Canada at the 2004 World Cup of Hockey . It was the third tournament in a row that Bouwmeester concluded by winning the gold medal. On February 8, 2006 Jay Bouwmeester was nominated for the injured Scott Niedermayer in the Canadian Olympic squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , in which the team finished only a disappointing seventh place. He made his next international appearance at the 2008 World Cup . After losing to Russia in the final , Canada received the silver medal.

For the 2012 World Cup , Bouwmeester was also appointed to the squad, but missed a medal rank with the Canadian selection. In 2014 he became Olympic champion with the Canadian national team and won the gold medal again at the new World Cup of Hockey in 2016 .

Game style and personal

Bouwmeester is considered a player with excellent skating skills, who prefers to act in the role of defensive defender. The Canadian has great stamina and is one of the players in the league with the most ice ages per game. On the other hand, he does not particularly master the physically shaped game and shows weaknesses in offensive actions, which is reflected in Bouwmeester's inadequate shooting quality.

He is also an athlete ambassador for the development aid organization Right to Play . Among other things, he supports an aid program in Ghana which helps children in need to improve their quality of life through sporting activities.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Edmonton SSAC AMBHL 35 13 36 49 28
1998/99 Edmonton SSAC AMHL 32 14th 29 43 36
1998/99 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 8th 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
1999/00 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 64 13 21st 34 26th - - - - -
2000/01 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 61 14th 39 53 44 - - - - -
2001/02 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 61 11 50 61 42 - - - - -
2002/03 Florida panthers NHL 82 4th 12 16 14th - - - - -
2003/04 San Antonio Rampage AHL 2 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
2003/04 Florida panthers NHL 61 2 18th 20th 30th - - - - -
2004/05 San Antonio Rampage AHL 64 4th 13 17th 50 - - - - -
2004/05 Chicago Wolves AHL 18th 6th 3 9 12 18th 0 0 0 14th
2005/06 Florida panthers NHL 82 5 41 46 79 - - - - -
2006/07 Florida panthers NHL 82 12 30th 42 66 - - - - -
2007/08 Florida panthers NHL 82 5 41 46 79 - - - - -
2008/09 Florida panthers NHL 82 15th 27 42 68 - - - - -
2009/10 Calgary Flames NHL 82 3 26th 29 48 - - - - -
2010/11 Calgary Flames NHL 82 4th 20th 24 44 - - - - -
2011/12 Calgary Flames NHL 82 5 24 29 26th - - - - -
2012/13 Calgary Flames NHL 33 6th 9 15th 16 - - - - -
2012/13 St. Louis Blues NHL 14th 1 6th 7th 6th 6th 0 1 1 0
2013/14 St. Louis Blues NHL 82 4th 33 37 20th 6th 0 1 1 2
2014/15 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 2 11 13 24 6th 0 0 0 2
2015/16 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 3 16 19th 18th 20th 0 4th 4th 24
2016/17 St. Louis Blues NHL 81 1 14th 15th 28 11 0 0 0 4th
2017/18 St. Louis Blues NHL 35 2 5 7th 16 - - - - -
2018/19 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 3 14th 17th 40 26th 0 7th 7th 18th
WHL overall 194 40 11 151 114 - - - - -
AHL total 84 10 17th 27 64 18th 0 0 0 14th
NHL overall 1184 87 328 415 615 75 0 13 13 50

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 0 0 2
2001 Canada U20 World Cup 3rd place, bronze 7th 0 2 2 6th
2002 Canada U20 World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 0 2 2 10
2003 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 3 4th 7th 4th
2004 Canada WM 1st place, gold 9 2 1 3 0
2004 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 4th 0 0 0 0
2006 Canada Olympia 7th place 6th 0 0 0 0
2008 Canada WM 2nd place, silver 9 0 0 0 4th
2012 Canada WM 5th place 8th 0 2 2 0
2014 Canada Olympia 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 0
2016 Canada World cup 1st place, gold 6th 0 1 1 4th
Juniors overall 21st 0 4th 4th 18th
Men overall 57 5 9 14th 12

( 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

Commons : Jay Bouwmeester  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f hockeycanada.ca, Player Profile - Jay Bouwmeester
  2. ↑ National Hockey League: Official Guide & Record Book 2011 , Triumph Books, p. 364, ISBN 1-60078-422-4
  3. ↑ calgarysun.com, Flames get Bouwmeester's rights
  4. ↑ cbc.ca, Bouwmeester, Flames agree to 5-year deal
  5. ↑ NHL.com, Bouwmeester sets ironman record for defensemen
  6. ↑ msn.foxsports.com, Recchi, Lucic skip skate; Bergeron, as expected, misses second playoff game  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / msn.foxsports.com  
  7. ↑ a b bleacherreport.com, NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings Talking Jay Bouwmeester Trade with Calgary Flames
  8. ↑ prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com, Flames' Bouwmeester closing in on dubious distinction
  9. ↑ a b forecaster.thehockeynews.com, Player Bio: Jay Bouwmeester
  10. ↑ flames.nhl.com, Bouwmeester off to Ghana with Right To Play
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personal data
SURNAME Bouwmeester, Jay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bouwmeester, Jason (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta