Jamie Langenbrunner James Craig Langenbrunner ( ; born July 24 , 1975 ) is an American professional ice hockey player . He ' s an alternate captain of the St . Louis Blues of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was the captain of the 2010 United States Olympic Team . He was a member of the 1999 Dallas Stanley Cup championship team and the 2003 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup championship team . Playing career . High school . In high school , Langenbrunner played for the Cloquet Lumberjacks in the Minnesota State High School Hockey League . After scoring 148 points in 70 games during his Freshmen , Sophomore , and Junior years in High School and leading the Lumberjacks to back to back State Tournament appearances , Langenbrunner was named the AP ' s Minnesota High School Hockey player of the year . Following a spectacular State Tournament performance , Langenbrunner was drafted out of Cloquet 35th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars . OHL . Langenbrunner would then forego playing his senior year of high school hockey and instead play his next two seasons with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL , scoring 75 goals and 115 assists for 190 points in only 124 games . Also with the Petes he tallied 12 goals and 20 assists for 32 points in 18 OHL playoff games . In his second year with the Petes ( during the 1994 – 95 season ) he made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars . IHL . The following year during the 1995 – 96 season he played 59 games with the Michigan K - Wings of the IHL scoring 25 goals and notching 40 assists for 65 points while tallying 13 points in 10 playoff games . His impressive numbers earned him the teams MVP award and also got him called up to the NHL where he played 12 games that year . NHL . Dallas Stars . He did not become a regular with the Dallas Stars until the 1996 – 97 season when he played 76 games and scored 39 points playing on the left wing . He was a candidate for the Calder Memorial Trophy which is given annually to the NHL ' s Rookie of the year . During the 1997 – 98 NHL season Langenbrunner reached the 20 - goal plateau scoring 23 goals and 29 assists for 52 points while playing in 81 games . That year , Langenbrunner also represented his country at the 1998 Winter Olympics , but the Americans fell short of winning a medal . In the 1998 – 99 NHL season Langenbrunner played in 75 games scoring 12 goals and adding 33 assists for 45 total points . However , his real breakthrough came in the playoffs that year where he scored 10 goals and had 17 points while winning his and the Dallas franchise ' s first Stanley Cup . He was third in scoring for the Stars , behind Mike Modano and that year ' s Conn Smythe Trophy winner , Joe Nieuwendyk . New Jersey Devils . On March 19 , 2002 , Langenbrunner was traded with Joe Nieuwendyk to the New Jersey Devils for Jason Arnott , Randy McKay , and a first - round draft pick . The next season in 2002 – 03 , Langenbrunner had a then career best 22 goals and 33 assists for 55 points in 78 games for New Jersey . He continued his scoring numbers in the playoffs , leading the league in goals ( 11 ) and points ( 18 ) en route to his second Stanley Cup . After both an injury plagued season in 2003 – 04 in which Langenbrunner played only 53 games and the NHL ' s lockout season in 2004 – 05 , Langenbrunner bounced back strongly scoring 53 points in 80 games during the 2005 – 06 season . He then again had a strong playoff performance scoring 13 points in 9 games before the Devils lost to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Carolina Hurricanes in the Conference Semi - finals . On July 1 , 2006 , Langenbrunner showed his loyalty by re - signing with the New Jersey Devils rather than testing free agency . He signed a five - year , $ 14 million contract ( $ 2 . 8 million per year ) . During the 2006 – 07 season Langenbrunner scored a career best 60 points playing in all 82 games that season scoring 23 goals and adding 37 assists ( both career bests ) . In the playoffs , Langenbrunner again played well scoring eight points in 11 games before losing to the Stanley Cup Finals bound Ottawa Senators . On December 5 , 2007 , Langenbrunner was named captain of the New Jersey Devils . That year Langenbrunner missed nearly 20 games to a groin injury and his stats dipped as he scored 41 points in 64 games . In the playoffs the Devils lost in the first round to the New York Rangers four games to one , but Langenbrunner played well scoring four points in the short series . Starting in the 2007 – 08 season Langenbrunner played on a line with teammates Zach Parise and Travis Zajac . The line was dubbed " ZZ Pops " due to the difference in age between the veteran and the two youngsters who have initials with the letter Z . In January 2009 , Langenbrunner scored two goals in each of three consecutive games , including three game winners for the Devils . Two of those game - winning goals were scored in overtime . His streak of three consecutive multi - goal games with a game winning goal was last accomplished by Wayne Gretzky during the 1981 – 82 season . Langenbrunner played extremely well in the second half of the season and went on to set career highs in goals ( 29 ) assists ( 40 ) points ( 69 ) and plus / minus ( + 25 ) . Langenbrunner along with fellow linemates Zach Parise and Travis Zajac all had remarkable seasons as the line combined for 94 goals and 131 assists for a total of 225 points as well as having a combined plus / minus of 88 . On January 2 , 2010 , Langenbrunner got the first hat trick of his career while playing against the Minnesota Wild in his home state of Minnesota . Return to Dallas . On January 7 , 2011 , Langenbrunner was traded back to the Stars for a conditional third - round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft . The pick will become a second - round pick if the Stars either win a playoff round or re - sign Langenbrunner before the draft . Langenbrunner would score his first goal in his return as a Star in his 1 , 000 career game against the Los Angeles Kings on January 17 , 2011 . St . Louis Blues . Langenbrunner signed a one - year contract with the St . Louis Blues on July 6 , 2011 . Statistics . As of January 19 , 2011 , Langenbrunner has played in 1000 regular season games in the NHL , scoring 233 goals and 388 assists for 621 points and is currently 29th on the all - time American - born scoring list for NHL players . In 137 playoff games , he has scored 33 goals and 53 assists for 88 points and is currently 15th among active NHLers in points scored , with 35 of those points coming in his two Stanley Cup - winning seasons . He is widely credited for his impressive post - season performances , the most recent being the second overtime goal against the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the 2007 Playoff Series . It was his 12th game - winning goal and his fourth career playoff overtime goal . His 12 playoff game - winning goals top notable Hall of Famers such as Mario Lemieux , Cam Neely , and Paul Coffey and tie him with Legends such as Phil Esposito and Mark Messier . Personal life . Jamie was born in Duluth in 1975 although the family lived in Moose Lake at the time . When he was 1 , the family moved for a short time to Moorhead before moving to International Falls in 1979 . Langenbrunner was well into his skating career by age 5 . They moved to Cloquet in 1985 . Langenbrunner married his high school sweetheart , Elizabeth , and together they have three children : daughter Laine ( born 1998 ) , and sons Landon ( born 2000 ) and Mason ( born 2002 ) . While with the Devils , Langenbrunner lived in North Caldwell , New Jersey . In the offseason Langenbrunner and his family live in his home state of Minnesota .