Jason Strudwick

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey defenceman}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Defense | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 4 | weight_lb = 226 | played_for = '''''NHL''''' New York Islanders Vancouver Canucks Chicago Blackhawks New York Rangers Edmonton Oilers '''''AHL''''' Worcester IceCats Syracuse Crunch Kentucky Thoroughblades '''''HA''''' Södertälje SK '''''NLA''''' HC Lugano '''''OB I''''' Ferencvárosi TC | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|7|17}} | birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | career_start = 1994 | career_end = 2012 | draft = 63rd overall | draft_year = 1994 | draft_team = New York Islanders | image = Jason Strudwick (26009911600) (cropped).jpg | image_size = 230px }}

'''Jason Wayne Strudwick''' (born July 17, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman and current broadcaster.

==Playing career== Strudwick was drafted in the third round, 63rd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1994 NHL entry draft.<ref name="Jason Strudwick The Hockey News Profile" /> He played his first National Hockey League (NHL) game with the Islanders against the Hartford Whalers on March 30, 1996.<ref name="Jason Strudwick NHL.com Profile" />

On March 23, 1998, he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Gino Odjick.<ref name="Jason Strudwick The Hockey News Profile" /> On July 15, 2002, he signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks.<ref name="Jason Strudwick The Hockey News Profile" />

After playing for the Hungarian team Ferencvárosi TC of OB I bajnokság during the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Strudwick returned to the NHL with the New York Rangers, the team with which he had previously signed as a free agent before the lockout on July 20, 2004, for the 2005–06 season.<ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile" />

Strudwick began the 2006–07 season with HC Lugano in Switzerland before signing a contract on March 19, 2007, with the Rangers.<ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile" /> However, because he signed with the team after the trade deadline, he was not eligible to participate in the 2007 Stanley Cup playoffs.<ref name="New York Rangers 2007-08 Season Opening Night Preview" /> In July 2007, he signed a one-year contract with the Rangers and played with them through the 2007–08 season.<ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile" />

On July 10, 2008, Strudwick signed a one-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers for the 2008–09 season.<ref name="Edmonton Oilers Sign Jason Strudwick for 2008-09 Season" /> He would re-sign with the Oilers during the summer of 2009.<ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile" /> On July 2, 2010, he again re-signed as a free agent with the Oilers for another one-year contract.<ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile" /> On November 21, 2011, Strudwick signed with the Swedish club Södertälje SK of the Swedish Allsvenskan.<ref name="Jason Strudwick Signs with Södertälje Sportsklubb" /> On May 24, 2012, he announced his retirement from professional hockey.<ref name="Jason Strudwick Retires" />

== Post-hockey career== After his retirement from the NHL, Strudwick hosted his own radio sports talk show, ''The Jason Strudwick Show'', on Edmonton station TSN 1260, from 2012 to 2015. In May 2015, Strudwick moved to television, on Edmonton station City, where he hosted ''Dinner Television''. The two-hour evening program featured newsmagazine and discussion segments. In May 2017, he returned to TSN as a co-host of the ''Jason Gregor Show''.

He is now the co-host of the Got Yer Back podcast with Ryan Rishaug, and his feature segment is known as Struddy's World. This segment covers a variety of topics ranging from insider hockey insights to observational humour, with an introduction that includes his impersonation of Rodney Dangerfield.

==Personal life== Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Strudwick was an honours student at Archbishop MacDonald High School.<ref name="Jason Strudwick Personal Story" /> In July 2006, he married Schoena Johnson of Elk Mountain, Wyoming, whom he met when they both worked in Chicago. As of 2017, they have three children.<ref name="Jason Strudwick Personal Story" /> Schoena is now a business owner in Edmonton.

Strudwick is a cousin of former NHLers Scott and Rob Niedermayer.<ref name="Jason Strudwick and Niedermayers are Related" />

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1991–92 | Edmonton Legion AAA | AMHL | 35 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 67 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Edmonton Pats AAA | AMHL | 35 || 8 || 20 || 28 || 135 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1993–94 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 61 || 6 || 8 || 14 || 118 | 19 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 24 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Kamloops Blazers | WHL | 72 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 183 | 21 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 39 |- | 1995–96 | Worcester IceCats | AHL | 60 || 2 || 7 || 9 || 119 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1995–96 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1996–97 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 80 || 1 || 9 || 10 || 198 | 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Kentucky Thoroughblades | AHL | 39 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 87 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1997–98 | New York Islanders | NHL | 17 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 36 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 29 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1997–98 | Syracuse Crunch | AHL | — || — || — || — || — | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1998–99 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 65 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 114 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1999–00 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 63 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 64 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2000–01 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 60 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 64 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2001–02 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 44 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 96 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 48 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 87 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2003–04 | Chicago Blackhawks | NHL | 54 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 73 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Ferencvárosi TC | HUN | 6 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2005–06 | New York Rangers | NHL | 65 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 66 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | HC Lugano | NLA | 34 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 28 | 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- | 2006–07 | New York Rangers | NHL | 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2007–08 | New York Rangers | NHL | 52 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 40 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- | 2008–09 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 71 || 2 || 7 || 9 || 60 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2009–10 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 72 || 0 || 6 || 6 || 50 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 2010–11 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 43 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 23 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2011–12 | Södertälje SK | SWE-2 | 29 || 3 || 6 || 9 || 20 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 631 !! 13 !! 40 !! 53 !! 788 ! 7 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Jason Strudwick The Hockey News Profile">{{cite magazine|title=Jason Strudwick|url=http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?994|magazine=The Hockey News}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick NHL.com Profile">{{Cite web|title=Jason Strudwick|url=http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8460555&view=stats|publisher=NHL}}</ref> <ref name="New York Rangers 2007-08 Season Opening Night Preview">{{Cite web|title=Deep Opening-Night Roster Loaded With Talent|url=http://rangers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=493297|access-date=January 19, 2013|date=October 1, 2007|publisher=New York Rangers}}</ref> <ref name="Edmonton Oilers Sign Jason Strudwick for 2008-09 Season">{{cite web|title=Edmonton Oilers Sign Jason Strudwick|url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/36621-edmonton-oilers-sign-jason-strudwick|access-date=January 19, 2013|date=July 10, 2008|website=Bleacher Report}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick TSN.ca Profile">{{Cite web|title=Jason Strudwick|url=https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=994|publisher=TSN}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick Signs with Södertälje Sportsklubb">{{Cite web|title=Rutinerad back klar för SSK|url=http://www.sodertaljesk.se/0708nyheter.asp?NPK=4506|access-date=January 19, 2013|date=November 21, 2011|publisher=Södertälje Sportsklubb|language=sv|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128025709/http://www.sodertaljesk.se/0708nyheter.asp?NPK=4506|archive-date=November 28, 2011}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick Retires">{{Cite web|title=Jason Strudwick lägger skridskorna på hyllan!|url=http://www.sskoveralltalltid.se/jason-strudwick-lagger-skridskorna-pa-hyllan/|access-date=January 19, 2013|date=May 24, 2012|publisher=sskoveralltalltid.se|language=sv|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222452/http://www.sskoveralltalltid.se/jason-strudwick-lagger-skridskorna-pa-hyllan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick Personal Story">{{cite web|last=Gregor|first=Jason|title=More Important Than Stanley: Parenthood|publisher=OilersNation.com|date=September 26, 2011|url=https://oilersnation.com/2011/09/26/more-important-than-stanley-parenthood/ |access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="Jason Strudwick and Niedermayers are Related">{{cite news|last=Diamos|first=Jason|title=Niedermayers Are Now One Big Happy Family|newspaper=New York Times|date=December 15, 2005|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/sports/hockey/15scott.html?_r=0|access-date=January 19, 2013}}</ref> }}

==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}}

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