Jason Woolley

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | team = | played_for =Washington Capitals Florida Panthers Pittsburgh Penguins Buffalo Sabres Detroit Red Wings Malmö Redhawks | position = Defence | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 198 | ntl_team = CAN | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|7|27|mf=y}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | draft = 61st overall | draft_year = 1989 | draft_team = Washington Capitals | career_start = 1991 | career_end = 2007 }}

'''Jason Douglas Woolley''' (born July 27, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, and Detroit Red Wings.

== Playing career == As a youth, Woolley played in the 1981 and 1982 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Mississauga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Woolley attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI before the Washington Capitals selected him 61st overall in the 1989 NHL Draft.<ref name="LOH">{{cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11766 |title=Jason Woolley player profile |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |access-date=2010-04-27}}</ref> Woolley's most productive NHL season was his 1998–99 campaign with the Buffalo Sabres in which he netted 10 goals and 33 assists (43 points).<ref name="LOH" /> Fittingly, that year was also Woolley's finest playoff performance (4 goals, 11 assists, 15 points) as his Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals before falling to the Dallas Stars in six games. Woolley scored a dramatic game-winning OT goal in Game 1 of that series, labelled as "the shot heard round the hockey world" by Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret.

Following a torn ACL to defenseman Jiri Fischer in November 2002, the Red Wings acquired Woolley from the Sabres for a conditional draft pick. During Woolley's tenure with the Red Wings, they would play Sam the Sham & the Pharaoh's Woolly Bully when he scored at Joe Louis Arena.<ref>{{cite web |last=Buccigross |first=John |title=First-round matchups falling into place|url= http://espn.go.com/nhl/notebook/_/page/buccigross_mailbag_100324/early-look-first-round-postseason|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326081617/http://espn.go.com/nhl/notebook/_/page/buccigross_mailbag_100324/early-look-first-round-postseason|url-status= dead|archive-date= March 26, 2010}}</ref> Woolley was also a participant in the 2014 Bridgestone NHL Alumni Winter Showdown at Comerica Park on December 31, 2013, representing the Detroit Red Wings.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://redwings.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=81846 | title = Red Wings alumni association | publisher = Detroit Red Wings | date = 2017-02-03 | access-date = 2017-02-04}}</ref>

==International play== {{MedalTableTop|name=}} {{MedalCountry|{{CAN}}}} {{MedalSport|Ice hockey}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalSilver |1992 Albertville|}} {{MedalBottom}} He played for Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Woolley recorded five assists in eight games with the team, scored a shootout goal, and won a silver medal.<ref>{{cite book |last=Podnieks |first=Andrew |title=Canada's Olympic Hockey History 1920–2010 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn |url-access=registration |publisher=Fenn Publishing |location=Toronto |page=[https://archive.org/details/canadasolympicho0000podn/page/241 241] |isbn=978-1-55168-323-2|year=2009 }}</ref>

==Personal== Woolley now operates The Players Group Hockey, a player agency based in Birmingham, Michigan.<ref name=sabrestbt>Snow, Kevin. [http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=734796 TBT profile: Jason Woolley]. ''Sabres.com''. Retrieved October 15, 2014.</ref>

== 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="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1986–87 | St. Michael's Buzzers | MetJHL | 35 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1987–88 | St. Michael's Buzzers | MetJHL | 31 | 19 | 37 | 56 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1988–89 | Michigan State Spartans | CCHA | 47 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1989–90 | Michigan State Spartans | CCHA | 45 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1990–91 | Michigan State Spartans | CCHA | 40 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Canada | Intl | 60 | 14 | 30 | 44 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1991–92 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1991–92 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1992–93 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992–93 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 29 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |- | 1993–94 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1993–94 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 41 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |- | 1994–95 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 48 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1994–95 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 34 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1995–96 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 52 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1996–97 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 1996–97 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1997–98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 |- | 1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 62 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1999–00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 74 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |- | 2000–01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2001–02 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2002–03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2002–03 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 62 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |- | 2003–04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 55 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2004–05 | Flint Generals | UHL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |- | 2005–06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 53 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 2006–07 | Malmö IF | SEL | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 718 ! 68 ! 246 ! 314 ! 430 ! 79 ! 11 ! 36 ! 47 ! 44 |}

===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1992 | Canada | OG | {{silver2}} | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1992 | Canada | WC | 8th | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 14 ! 1 ! 7 ! 8 ! 6 |}

==Awards and honours== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | colspan="3" | College |- | All-CCHA Rookie Team | 1988–89 | <ref>{{cite news|title=CCHA All-Rookie Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ccha_roo.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|access-date=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | All-CCHA First Team | 1990–91 | |- | AHCA West First-Team All-American | 1990–91 | |- |}

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{{s-start}} {{s-ach}} {{succession box | before = Rob Blake | title = CCHA Best Offensive Defenseman| years = 1990–91| after = Mark Astley}} {{s-end}}

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