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Jason Ward

Position: RW
Shoots: Right
Height: 6-2    Weight: 208 lbs.
Born: January 16, 1979 in Chapleau, Ontario

Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft.

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1999-00 21 MTL NHL 32 2 1 3 1 -1 10 1 1 0 0 24 8.3 294 9:10
2000-01 22 MTL NHL 12 0 0 0 0 3 12 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 99 8:16
2002-03 24 MTL NHL 8 3 2 5 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 10 30.0 90 11:17
2003-04 25 MTL NHL 53 5 7 12 5 3 21 3 2 0 1 56 8.9 671 12:39
2005-06 27 NYR NHL 81 10 18 28 10 -4 44 8 0 2 1 125 8.0 1069 13:12
2006-07 28 TOT NHL 70 8 11 19 7 -15 40 7 0 1 1 108 7.4 883 12:37
2006-07 28 NYR NHL 46 4 6 10 4 -3 26 3 0 1 1 68 5.9 567 12:19
2006-07 28 LAK NHL 7 0 1 1 0 -1 4 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 34 4:51
2006-07 28 TBL NHL 17 4 4 8 3 -11 10 4 0 0 0 38 10.5 283 16:38
2007-08 29 TBL NHL 79 8 6 14 6 -18 42 6 1 1 0 85 9.4 991 12:33
2008-09 30 TBL NHL 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 10 9:31
Career NHL 336 36 45 81 31 -29 171 28 4 4 3 413 8.7 4106 12:13

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Per Game Adjusted Plus/Minus Point Shares
Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC PIM S G A PTS GC TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- OPS DPS PS
1999-00 21 MTL NHL 32 0.06 0.03 0.09 0.04 0.31 0.75 2 1 3 1 10 3 8 0 -1 -0.3 0.4 0.1
2000-01 22 MTL NHL 12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 0.33 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 3 -0.3 0.2 0.0
2002-03 24 MTL NHL 8 0.38 0.25 0.63 0.27 0.00 1.25 3 2 5 2 5 0 3 1 3 0.6 0.2 0.8
2003-04 25 MTL NHL 53 0.09 0.13 0.23 0.09 0.40 1.06 6 8 14 5 17 3 18 7 3 0.1 0.9 0.9
2005-06 27 NYR NHL 81 0.12 0.22 0.35 0.13 0.54 1.54 10 17 27 10 32 2 54 20 -4 0.6 1.1 1.7
2006-07 28 TOT NHL 70 0.11 0.16 0.27 0.10 0.57 1.54 8 11 19 7 31 2 60 16 -15 0.2 0.5 0.7
2006-07 28 NYR NHL 46 0.09 0.13 0.22 0.08 0.57 1.48 4 6 10 4 20 0 36 13 -3 -0.2 0.6 0.4
2006-07 28 LAK NHL 7 0.00 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.57 0.29 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 -1 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006-07 28 TBL NHL 17 0.24 0.24 0.47 0.19 0.59 2.24 4 4 8 3 10 2 22 3 -11 0.4 -0.1 0.3
2007-08 29 TBL NHL 79 0.10 0.08 0.18 0.07 0.53 1.08 9 6 15 7 22 1 67 28 -18 -0.5 0.5 0.0
2008-09 30 TBL NHL 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Career NHL 336 0.11 0.13 0.24 0.09 0.51 1.23 38 45 83 33 123 11 213 72 -29 0.4 3.8 4.2

NHL Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
2003-04 25 MTL NHL 5 0 2 2 -2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 78 15:39
2005-06 27 NYR NHL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 3 2:39
2006-07 28 TBL NHL 6 0 1 1 -6 6 0 0 0 0 9 0.0 120 20:03
Career NHL 12 0 3 3 -8 10 0 0 0 0 14 0.0 201 16:46

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1994-95 16 Oshawa Legionnaires ON-Jr.A 47 30 31 61 75
1995-96 17 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 64 15 35 50 139
1995-96 17 Canada U-18 5 1 1 2 2
1996-97 18 Erie Otters OHL 58 25 39 64 137
1997-98 19 Canada WJC-A 7 1 0 1 2
1997-98 19 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 7 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 10 10.0
1997-98 19 2 Teams OHL 47 26 36 62 -26 76 16 6 4 2
1997-98 19 Erie Otters OHL 21 7 9 16 -5 42 5 0 2 0
1997-98 19 Windsor Spitfires OHL 26 19 27 46 -21 34 11 6 2 2
1998-99 20 Canada WJC-A 7 1 1 2 8
1998-99 20 2 Teams OHL 35 22 24 46 27 53 13 4 5 2
1998-99 20 Windsor Spitfires OHL 12 8 11 19 0 25 3 3 2 0
1998-99 20 Plymouth Whalers OHL 23 14 13 27 27 28 10 1 3 2
1999-00 21 Quebec Citadelles AHL 40 14 12 26 10 30 8 5 1 1 98 14.3
2000-01 22 Quebec Citadelles AHL 23 7 12 19 -3 69 5 2 0 0 54 13.0
2001-02 23 Quebec Citadelles AHL 78 24 33 57 0 128 19 4 1 1
2002-03 24 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 69 31 41 72 20 78 17 10 4 6 205 15.1
2003-04 25 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 2 0 3 3 1 17 0 0 0 0
2004-05 26 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 77 20 34 54 7 66 10 9 1 2
2008-09 30 Norfolk Admirals AHL 21 2 7 9 0 16 1 1 0 0
2009-10 31 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 56 12 17 29 -8 30 8 3 1 3
2010-11 32 EHC Linz Austria 35 9 10 19 50
Career 9 Seasons AHL 373 111 159 270 30 436 69 34 8 14 367 14.4
Career 1 Season Austria 35 9 10 19 50
Career 4 Seasons OHL 204 88 134 222 1 405 29 10 9 4
Career 1 Season ON-Jr.A 47 30 31 61 75
Career 1 Season U-18 5 1 1 2 2
Career 2 Seasons WJC-A 14 2 1 3 10

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1995-96 17 Niagara Falls Thunder OHL 10 6 4 10 23
1996-97 18 Erie Otters OHL 5 1 2 3 2
1997-98 19 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1998-99 20 Plymouth Whalers OHL 11 6 8 14 12
1998-99 20 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 10 4 2 6 22 3 1 0 1
1999-00 21 Quebec Citadelles AHL 3 2 1 3 4 1 1 0 0
2001-02 23 Quebec Citadelles AHL 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
2002-03 24 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 23 12 9 21 8 20 9 2 1 2 78 15.4
2004-05 26 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 4 2 1 3 -4 2 2 0 0 0
Career 6 Seasons AHL 44 20 13 33 4 52 15 4 1 3 78 15.4
Career 3 Seasons OHL 26 13 14 27 37

Similarity Scores

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Thru 8 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Jason Ward 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steve Patrick 88.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.2
George Lyle 85.5 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Gilles Thibaudeau 79.8 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2
Todd Fedoruk 78.9 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1
Mark Lofthouse 78.7 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.1 -0.2
Al Hill 78.6 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Dan Hodgson 77.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.8
Scott Nichol 77.7 1.7 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.1
Mark Mowers 77.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Evgeny Artyukhin 77.4 1.6 0.9 0.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Jason Ward 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steve Patrick 88.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.2
George Lyle 85.5 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Gilles Thibaudeau 79.8 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2
Mark Lofthouse 78.7 1.7 1.0 0.9 0.2 0.1 -0.2
Al Hill 78.6 1.6 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.2
Dan Hodgson 77.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 0.8
Mark Mowers 77.5 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Evgeny Artyukhin 77.4 1.6 0.9 0.9
Todd Fedoruk 76.2 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 -0.1 -0.2
Mark Smith 75.2 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.3

Transactions

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January 16, 2001: Missed majority of 2000-01 due to knee injury vs. Carolina, January 16, 2001.

October 19, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Hamilton (AHL), October 19, 2004.

August 4, 2005: Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 4, 2005.

February 5, 2007: Traded to Los Angeles by NY Rangers with Jan Marek, Marc-Andre Cliche and NY Rangers' 3rd round choice (later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Corey Fienhage) in 2008 Entry Draft for Sean Avery and John Seymour, February 5, 2007.

February 27, 2007: Traded to Tampa Bay by Los Angeles for Tampa Bay's 5th round choice (Joshua Turnbull) in 2007 Entry Draft, February 27, 2007.

December 31, 2008: Missed majority of 2008-09 due to lower body injury at Portland (AHL), December 31, 2008.

July 23, 2009: Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia, July 23, 2009.

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