Jay McKee

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Jay McKee
Date of birth September 8, 1977
place of birth Kingston , Ontario , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 90 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1995 , 1st round, 14th position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1993-1995 Sudbury Wolves
1995-1996 Niagara Falls Thunder
1996-2006 Buffalo Sabers
2006-2009 St. Louis Blues
2009-2010 Pittsburgh Penguins

Jay McKee (born September 8, 1977 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and current coach who played 862 games for the Buffalo Sabers , St. Louis Blues and Pittsburgh Penguins in the course of his active career between 1993 and 2010 of the National Hockey League in the position of defender . Since summer 2016 he has been the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League .

Career

McKee in the Pittsburgh Penguins jersey

Jay McKee began his career as a hockey player in the Canadian top junior league Ontario Hockey League , in which he was active from 1993 to 1996 for the Sudbury Wolves and Niagara Falls Thunder . During this time he was selected in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft as the 14th player of the Buffalo Sabers .

For the Sabers he played from 1996 to 2006 in the National Hockey League . In the first three years in Buffalo, the defender also worked for their farm team from the American Hockey League , the Rochester Americans . During the lockout in the 2004/05 season, the left shooter paused ice hockey. After McKee ran for the St. Louis Blues from 2006 to 2009 , he received a one-year contract with the reigning Stanley Cup winner Pittsburgh Penguins on July 9, 2009 . In the summer of 2010, he finally ended his active career at the age of 32.

Immediately after the end of his career, McKee had interned as an assistant coach at Niagara University in the 2010/11 season . At the end of August 2011, he was then hired by his former team, the Rochester Americans , as an assistant coach. Between 2012 and 2014 he played again sporadically for the Dundas Real McCoys for the Allan Cup , which he won with the team in 2014. He was also the team's coach. For the 2014/15 season McKee returned behind the gang. He first worked for a year as an assistant coach with the Erie Otters and Kitchener Rangers in the OHL. Since summer 2016 he has been the head coach of the Kitchener Rangers.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Kingston Voyageurs MetJHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1991/92 Mimico Monarchs MetJHL 39 7th 9 16 67 - - - - -
1993/94 Sudbury Wolves OHL 51 0 1 1 51 3 0 0 0 0
1994/95 Sudbury Wolves OHL 39 6th 6th 12 91 - - - - -
1994/95 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 26th 3 13 16 60 6th 2 3 5 10
1995/96 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 64 5 41 46 129 10 1 5 6th 16
1995/96 Rochester Americans AHL 4th 0 1 1 15th - - - - -
1995/96 Buffalo Sabers NHL 1 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1996/97 Rochester Americans AHL 7th 2 5 7th 4th - - - - -
1996/97 Buffalo Sabers NHL 43 1 9 10 35 3 0 0 0 0
1997/98 Rochester Americans AHL 13 1 7th 8th 11 - - - - -
1997/98 Buffalo Sabers NHL 56 1 13 14th 42 1 0 0 0 0
1998/99 Buffalo Sabers NHL 72 0 6th 6th 75 21st 0 3 3 24
1999/00 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 5 12 17th 50 1 0 0 0 0
2000/01 Buffalo Sabers NHL 74 1 10 11 76 8th 1 0 1 6th
2001/02 Buffalo Sabers NHL 81 2 11 13 43 - - - - -
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 59 0 5 5 49 - - - - -
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 43 2 3 5 41 - - - - -
2004/05 Buffalo Sabers NHL not played because of lockout
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 75 5 11 16 57 17th 2 3 5 30th
2006/07 St. Louis Blues NHL 23 0 0 0 12 - - - - -
2007/08 St. Louis Blues NHL 66 2 7th 9 42 - - - - -
2008/09 St. Louis Blues NHL 69 1 7th 8th 44 4th 0 0 0 4th
2009/10 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 62 1 9 10 54 5 0 0 0 2
2010/11 without a contract not played after resignation
2011/12 without a contract not played after resignation
2012/13 Dundas Real McCoys OH 4th 0 1 1 2 10 0 7th 7th 5
2013/14 Dundas Real McCoys OH 8th 1 4th 5 0 3 1 1 2 0
2014 Dundas Real McCoys Allan Cup 4th 0 0 0 4th
OHL total 180 14th 61 75 331 19th 3 8th 11 26th
AHL total 24 3 13 16 30th - - - - -
NHL overall 802 21st 104 125 622 60 3 6th 9 66
Allan Cup Hockey overall 12 1 5 6th 2 17th 1 8th 9 9

( 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 )

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