Jason Jaspers

Jason Matthew Jaspers (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Phoenix Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL) and extensively in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He is currently the head coach of HC Pustertal Wölfe of the ICE Hockey League in Italy.

Jason Jaspers
Jaspers with the Springfield Falcons in 2005
Born	(1981-04-08) April 8, 1981 (age 44) Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	207 lb (94 kg; 14 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Phoenix Coyotes Adler Mannheim Kölner Haie Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers Iserlohn Roosters Eisbären Berlin Grizzlys Wolfsburg
NHL draft	71st overall, 1999 Phoenix Coyotes
Playing career	2001–2019

Playing career

Jaspers was drafted 71st overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He was drafted from the Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. Jaspers made his professional debut in the 2001–02 season with the Coyotes affiliate the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. Jaspers made his NHL debut in the same season, after he received his first NHL call-up on January 20, 2002.

Jaspers then spent the next four years primarily with the Falcons of the AHL. Unable to crack the NHL regularly he was traded by the Coyotes to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Jarrod Skalde on July 25, 2005.^[1] Jason however never played a game with the Lightning, instead playing for their affiliate, coincidentally still the Springfield Falcons.

Jaspers finally left the Falcons, ranking second in all-time appearances, in the 2006–07 season when he signed with German team Adler Mannheim, on July 6, 2006. After three years with Adler Mannheim signed on April 6, 2009, with Kölner Haie.^[2]

Jaspers played for three seasons with the Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers, before opting to sign a one-year contract to continue his professional career in the DEL with the Iserlohn Roosters on June 23, 2015.^[3]

After three seasons with the Roosters, Jaspers left the club at the conclusion of his contract, playing on a try-out through pre-season before signing a one-year deal with Eisbären Berlin prior to the 2018–19 season on September 11, 2018.^[4] He played in just 9 games with Eisbären Berlin before opting to terminate his contract in order to join his sixth DEL club, Grizzlys Wolfsburg, on October 10, 2018.^[5] Jaspers played out the remainder of the regular season with Grizzlys, adding 8 points in 29 games, before leaving the club at the conclusion of the year.^[6]

Personal life

In July 2008, Jaspers married his high school sweetheart, Morgan McKee. McKee is from Sudbury, Ontario where Jason played junior hockey for the Sudbury Wolves.^[7] Jason divorced Morgan in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998–99	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		68	28	33	61	81		4	2	1	3	13
1999–00	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		68	46	61	107	107		12	4	6	10	27
2000–01	Sudbury Wolves	OHL		63	42	42	84	77		12	3	16	19	18
2001–02	Springfield Falcons	AHL		71	25	23	48	55		—	—	—	—	—
2001–02	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		4	0	1	1	4		—	—	—	—	—
2002–03	Springfield Falcons	AHL		63	4	15	19	57		6	0	0	0	4
2002–03	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Springfield Falcons	AHL		58	16	22	38	56		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Phoenix Coyotes	NHL		3	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Utah Grizzlies	AHL		11	0	3	3	6		—	—	—	—	—
2004–05	Springfield Falcons	AHL		48	12	17	29	45		—	—	—	—	—
2005–06	Springfield Falcons	AHL		77	29	37	66	86		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Adler Mannheim	DEL		48	14	15	29	102		11	6	7	13	6
2007–08	Adler Mannheim	DEL		31	12	13	25	30		2	0	0	0	0
2008–09	Adler Mannheim	DEL		52	9	20	29	34		9	4	5	9	22
2009–10	Kölner Haie	DEL		55	18	31	49	49		3	1	1	2	0
2010–11	Kölner Haie	DEL		52	20	21	41	32		5	1	3	4	4
2011–12	Kölner Haie	DEL		52	13	27	40	34		6	3	2	5	4
2012–13	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		52	7	24	31	30		3	0	0	0	2
2013–14	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		52	8	22	30	24		6	1	4	5	2
2014–15	Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	DEL		50	15	20	35	40		8	2	1	3	6
2015–16	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		52	16	26	42	34		6	2	1	3	2
2016–17	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		51	11	17	28	63		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Iserlohn Roosters	DEL		46	17	12	29	14		2	0	0	0	0
2018–19	Eisbären Berlin	DEL		9	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Grizzlys Wolfsburg	DEL		29	5	3	8	14		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				9	0	1	1	6		—	—	—	—	—

Awards and honours

Award	Year
OHL
Plus/minus Award	2000
Second All-Star Team	2000