Jay McKee
 Jay McKee 
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| 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
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
- 1996 OHL Second All-Star Team
- 2014 Allan Cup win with the Dundas Real McCoys
Career statistics
| Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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| 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 )
Web links
- Jay McKee at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Jay McKee at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Jay McKee at hockeydb.com (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McKee, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston , Ontario , Canada |