Jason Krog

Jason Krog (born October 9, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre last contracted by Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen (GET).
==Playing career==
A native of British Columbia, Krog began his junior career in the BCJHL with the Chilliwack Chiefs. He played with the Chiefs for three seasons, culminating in a 128-point season in 1994–95. The following season, he began a four-year tenure with the University of New Hampshire, notching 238 points (94 goals, 144 assists) in 152 games from 1995 to 1999. In 1998–99, Krog was awarded the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate hockey player.
Undrafted, he was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders on May 14, 1999. For three seasons, Krog mostly played in the American Hockey League with the Islanders' minor league affiliates. In 2001–02, Krog finished second in team scoring on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers despite only playing in 64 games. In the playoffs, he accumulated 23 points in 20 games, helping Bridgeport to the Calder Cup Finals where they were defeated by the Chicago Wolves.
The following off-season, on July 17, 2002, he was signed by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent. As a Duck he played 67 games in 2002–03 and posted career highs of 10 goals, 15 assists and 25 points. In the playoffs, Krog played in 21 games as the Mighty Ducks made their way to the finals against the eventual Stanley Cup winners, the New Jersey Devils.
In 2003–04, he played a career-high 80 games with Anaheim before the NHL lockout suspended play the next season. After playing the lockout season with VSV EC of the Austrian Hockey League, tallying 60 points (27 goals, 33 assists) in 48 games, Krog remained in Europe the following season, signing with Genève-Servette HC of Switzerland's Nationalliga A and Frölunda Indians of the Swedish Elite League. He led Genève-Servette with 15 goals and placed second on the club in scoring despite playing in only 29 of their 44 games.
On July 4, 2006, Krog returned to the NHL as he was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers. However, after 14 games in Atlanta, he was placed on waivers and picked up on January 12, 2007, by the New York Rangers. Krog played 9 games for the Rangers and he was later reclaimed by Atlanta on February 26.
After failing to make the Thrashers' team at the start of the 2007–08 season, Krog was sent down to their minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, which gave Krog a chance to re-energize his career. After scoring 36 goals and 112 points, he captured the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league's top point scorer, the Willie Marshall Award as the top goal scorer and the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP. He led the Wolves to a divisional title and their second Calder Cup in seven years. Leading the playoffs in scoring, he also was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. His 26 assists tied the AHL record for the most in a single playoffs (shared with Bill McDougall, 1993; Domenic Pittis, 2000; and Rob Brown, 2002)
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On July 11, 2008, he was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Vancouver Canucks. However, on July 18, Krog and five other players were suspended by the International Ice Hockey Federation pending an investigation regarding simultaneous player contracts with both the NHL and the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. Nevertheless, Krog began the season with the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. He was called up by Vancouver in light of injuries and scored his first goal as a Canuck on October 25, 2008, in a 6–3 win against the Edmonton Oilers. On November 5, he was reassigned to the Manitoba Moose and finished the year to top score with 85 points and earning selection to the AHL's Second All-Star Team.
On July 3, 2009, he returned to the Atlanta Thrashers organization when he was signed as an unrestricted free agent to a two-year contract. After starting the 2009–10 season with their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, Krog was recalled to the Thrashers for two games as an offensive cover after losing Ilya Kovalchuk to injury but failed to appear in a game. On November 1, he was returned to the Wolves for the duration of the season, leading the team with 61 assists for 75 points.
From 2011 until 2014, he played for HV71 in SHL, After three seasons with HV71, on June 9, 2014, he signed a one-year contract, along with former Wolves and UNH teammate, Darren Haydar, in the Kontinental Hockey League with Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb. In the 2014–15 season, Krog recorded just 1 assist in 5 games before opting to leave the club. With Haydar following suit, they both signed a try-out contract with Austrian club, EC VSV, on October 2, 2014. After showing early scoring touch in Villach, Krog and Haydar both opted to remain signing a one-year contract on October 15, 2014.
==Records==
*AHL record; most assists, single playoffs - 26 (2008) (shared with Bill McDougall, 1993; Domenic Pittis, 2000; and Rob Brown, 2002) 
==Career statistics==
 	 	 		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 	Chilliwack Chiefs 	BCHL 		52 	30 	27 	57 	52 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1993–94 	Chilliwack Chiefs 	BCHL 		42 	19 	36 	55 	20 		4 	0 	2 	2 	2
1994–95 	Chilliwack Chiefs 	BCHL 		60 	47 	81 	128 	36 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	University of New Hampshire	HE 		34 	4 	16 	20 	20 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	University of New Hampshire	HE 		39 	23 	44 	67 	28 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	University of New Hampshire	HE 		38 	33 	33 	66 	44 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	University of New Hampshire	HE 		41 	34 	51 	85 	38 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	Lowell Lock Monsters 	AHL 		45 	6 	21 	27 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		17 	2 	4 	6 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1999–2000 	Providence Bruins 	AHL 		11 	9 	8 	17 	4 		6 	2 	2 	4 	0
2000–01 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		9 	0 	3 	3 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Lowell Lock Monsters 	AHL 		26 	11 	16 	27 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2000–01 	Springfield Falcons 	AHL 		24 	7 	23 	30 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	New York Islanders 	NHL 		2 	0 	0 	0 	0 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2001–02 	Bridgeport Sound Tigers 	AHL 		64 	26 	36 	62 	13 		20 	10 	13 	23 	8
2002–03 	Cincinnati Mighty Ducks 	AHL 		9 	3 	4 	7 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2002–03 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		67 	10 	15 	25 	12 		21 	3 	1 	4 	4
2003–04 	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 	NHL 		80 	6 	12 	18 	16 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	EC VSV 	AUT 		48 	27 	33 	60 	38 		3 	0 	1 	1 	4
2005–06 	Genève–Servette HC 	NLA 		29 	14 	14 	28 	32 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Frölunda HC 	SEL 		7 	5 	1 	6 	6 		17 	5 	3 	8 	10
2006–07 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 		44 	26 	54 	80 	20 		15 	5 	14 	19 	17
2006–07 	Atlanta Thrashers 	NHL 		14 	1 	3 	4 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2006–07 	New York Rangers 	NHL 		9 	2 	0 	2 	4 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2007–08 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 		80 	39 	73 	112 	30 		24 	10 	26 	36 	2
2008–09 	Manitoba Moose 	AHL 		74 	30 	56 	86 	30 		22 	8 	15 	23 	0
2008–09 	Vancouver Canucks 	NHL 		4 	1 	0 	1 	2 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2009–10 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 		78 	14 	61 	75 	34 		14 	5 	6 	11 	6
2010–11 	Chicago Wolves 	AHL 		80 	19 	56 	75 	22 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2011–12 	HV71 	SEL 		50 	12 	28 	40 	22 		6 	1 	2 	3 	2
2012–13 	HV71 	SEL 		55 	17 	26 	43 	18 		5 	1 	5 	6 	0
2013–14 	HV71 	SHL 		48 	8 	8 	16 	30 		8 	0 	1 	1 	2
2014–15 	KHL Medveščak Zagreb 	KHL 		5 	0 	1 	1 	6 		— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2014–15 	EC VSV 	AUT 		47 	11 	27 	38 	28 		5 	1 	0 	1 	2
2015–16 	Dragons de Rouen 	FRA 		26 	10 	24 	34 	6 		15 	1 	10 	11 	10
2016–17 	Lørenskog IK 	NOR 		45 	21 	26 	47 	14 		7 	4 	3 	7 	4
AHL totals	AHL totals 	AHL totals		535 	190 	408 	598 	191 		101 	43 	75 	118 	39
NHL totals	NHL totals 	NHL totals		202 	22 	37 	59 	46 		21 	3 	1 	4 	4
SEL totals	SEL totals 	SEL totals		160 	41 	63 	104 	76 		36 	7 	11 	18 	14
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year 	
College 	College	College
All-Hockey East First Team 	1996–97	
AHCA East Second-Team All-American	1996–97	
All-Hockey East First Team 	1997–98	
All-Hockey East First Team 	1998–99	
AHCA East First-Team All-American 	1998–99	
HE Player of the Year 	1998–99	
Hockey East All-Tournament Team 	1999 	
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 	1999 	
Hobey Baker Memorial Award 	1998–99	
AHL 	AHL 	AHL
Les Cunningham Award 	2008 	
John B. Sollenberger Trophy 	2008 	
Willie Marshall Award 	2008 	
First All-Star Team 	2008 	
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy 	2008 	
Calder Cup (Chicago Wolves) 	2008 	
Second All-Star Team 	2009 	
==References==
==External links==
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Category:1975 births
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