Jason Blake

Jason Blake (born September 2, 1973) is an American professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
==Playing career==
He played for the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League (USHL). Collegiately, he played one year at Ferris State University before transferring the University of North Dakota, and starred on their 1996-1997 National Championship team.
He was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Kings in 1999. He was acquired by the New York Islanders in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings in January 2001. The Islanders sent a conditional pick in 2002 to the Kings for Blake. Jason set career highs in goals and points during the 2005–06 season with 28 and 57, respectively. The following season he topped both totals, scoring 40 goals and 69 points. The 40th goal was scored against the Toronto Maple Leafs on April 5, 2007.
Along with New York Islanders teammates Rick DiPietro and Mark Parrish, Blake was part of Team USA at the Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy in February 2006. Team USA was led by Peter Laviolette, his former coach with the Islanders.
Blake scored his 99th and 100th career NHL goals against the Chicago Blackhawks at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum on October 31, 2006. The milestone 100th goal came on the power play late in the 3rd period.
Blake was named an all-star for the first time in his career during the 2006–07 NHL season. He went on to record 2 assists in the 2007 NHL All-Star Game.
At the end of the 2006–07 season Blake became an unrestricted free agent. He was quoted in Newsday in February 2007 saying he would probably test the free agent market if not re-signed by the Islanders prior to the NHL trading deadline.Interview with New York Newsday Blake was neither traded nor re-signed before the deadline and on July 1, 2007, Blake signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-year contract worth US $20 million.
On October 8, 2007 Jason Blake announced that he had been diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia a rare, but highly treatable form of cancer. Jason continued to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rest of the season.Toronto Maple Leafs: Statement from Jason Blake regarding his condition 
In Blake's first season with Toronto he played in all 82 regular season games. He scored 15 goals and added 37 assists for a total of 52 points. While he managed a considerable number of points, he struggled to score goals all season, having over 300 shots on goal, easily a career high, but only 15 goals. He was awarded the Bill Masterton Trophy at the end of the season for perseverance and dedication to hockey through the difficult times he faced after being diagnosed with cancer.
In the 2009–10 season, Blake was traded to Anaheim Ducks along with Vesa Toskala for Jean-Sébastien Giguère on January 31, 2010.
==Notable awards and honors==
*1993–94: Dave Tyler Junior Player of the Year Award (USHL)http://www.ushl.com/news/story.cfm?id=3312
*1994–95: All-Rookie Team (CCHA)
*1996–97: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
*1997–98: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
*1997–98: West Second All-American Team (NCAA)
*1998–99: First All-Star Team (WCHA)
*1998–99: Player of the Year (WCHA)
*1998–99: West First All-American Team (NCAA)
*2006–07: Played in All-Star Game (NHL)
*2007–08: Won the Bill Masterton Trophy (NHL)
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
  	  	  	 	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	 	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM 	 	GP 	G 	A 	Pts 	PIM
1992–93	Waterloo Black Hawks 	USHL 	 	45 	24 	27 	51 	107 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94	Waterloo Black Hawks 	USHL 	 	47 	50 	50 	100 	76 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1994–95 	Ferris State Bulldogs 	CCHA 	 	36 	16 	16 	32 	46 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA 	 	43 	19 	32 	51 	44 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA 	 	38 	24 	27 	51 	62 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	North Dakota Fighting Sioux	WCHA 	 	38 	28 	41 	69 	49 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	Orlando Solar Bears 	IHL 	 	5 	3 	5 	8 	6 	 	13 	3 	4 	7 	20
1998–99 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	1 	1 	0 	1 	0 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Long Beach Ice Dogs 	IHL 	 	7 	3 	6 	9 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–00 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	64 	5 	18 	23 	26 	 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0
2000–01 	Lowell Lock Monsters 	AHL 	 	2 	0 	1 	1 	2 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Los Angeles Kings 	NHL 	 	17 	1 	3 	4 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	30 	4 	8 	12 	24 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	82 	8 	10 	18 	36 	 	7 	0 	1 	1 	13
2002–03 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	81 	25 	30 	55 	58 	 	5 	0 	1 	1 	2
2003–04 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	75 	22 	25 	47 	56 	 	4 	2 	0 	2 	2
2004–05 	HC Lugano 	NLA 	 	7 	2 	2 	4 	4 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	76 	28 	29 	57 	60 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	New York Islanders 	NHL 	 	82 	40 	29 	69 	34 	 	5 	1 	2 	3 	2
2007–08 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	82 	15 	37 	52 	28 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2008–09 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	78 	25 	38 	63 	40 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Toronto Maple Leafs 	NHL 	 	56 	10 	16 	26 	26 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Anaheim Ducks 	NHL 	 	26 	6 	9 	15 	10 	 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2010–11 	Anaheim Ducks 	NHL 	 	76 	16 	16 	32 	41 	 	6 	3 	1 	4 	0
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals	 	826 	206 	268 	474 	449 	 	30 	6 	5 	11 	19
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Comp 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2000 	United States 	WC 	7 	1	1	2 	2
2004 	United States 	WCH 	4 	1	0	1 	2
2006 	United States 	OG 	6 	0	0	0 	2
2009 	United States 	WC 	9 	1	3	4 	4
Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	Senior int'l totals	26	3	4	7 	10
==References==
==External links==
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Category:Born in 1973
Category:American ice hockey players
Category:Anaheim Ducks players
Category:Bill Masterton Trophy winners
Category:Ferris State Bulldogs players
Category:HC Lugano players
Category:2006 Olympian
Category:Long Beach Ice Dogs players
Category:Los Angeles Kings players
Category:Lowell Lock Monsters players
Category:National Hockey League All-Stars
Category:New York Islanders players
Category:North Dakota Fighting Sioux players
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
Category:Orlando Solar Bears players
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players
Category:Waterloo Blackhawks players
Category:Undrafted
Category:1998 Debut