Jason Arnott


Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
Height Weight	ft in ( m) 220 lb (100 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Nashville Predators Dallas Stars New Jersey Devils Edmonton Oilers
Nationality	Canada
Born	October 11 1974 (1974--) (age 33), Collingwood, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	7th overall, 1993 Edmonton Oilers
Pro Career	1993 – present

Jason William Arnott (born October 11, 1974 in Collingwood, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey center in the NHL with the Nashville Predators. He is currently the captain.

Playing career

Jason Arnott was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1st round (7th overall) on June 26 1993, following an impressive tenure with the Oshawa Generals in the OHL. In 1993-94, as a rookie, Arnott scored 68 points and was the runner-up to future teammate Martin Brodeur for the Calder Memorial Trophy for rookie of the year. On January 4, 1998, Arnott was traded to the New Jersey Devils along with Bryan Muir for Valeri Zelepukin and Bill Guerin. As a member of the A Line on the New Jersey Devils with Patrik Eliáš and Petr Sýkora he led the team to the 2000 Stanley Cup championship, scoring the Cup-winning goal in double overtime of game six against the Dallas Stars. On March 19, 2002 he was traded to the Dallas Stars with Randy McKay for Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner.

In 2005-06 Arnott had a career high 76 points for Dallas and scoring 32 goals, the most since his rookie season in which he had 33. He also set a career high of 44 assists. In the offseason, he signed a five year contract for $22.5 million with the Nashville Predators.

Achievements

1994- NHL All-Rookie Team
1997- NHL All-Star Game
2000 - Stanley Cup

Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1989-90	Stayner	Jr C	34	21	31	52	12	-	-	-	-	-
1990-91	Lindsay	Jr B	42	17	44	61	10	8	9	8	17	6
1991-92	Oshawa	OHL	57	9	15	24	12	-	-	-	-	-
1992-93	Oshawa	OHL	46	51	47	98	74	13	9	9	18	20
1993-94	Edmonton	NHL	78	33	35	68	104	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Edmonton	NHL	42	15	22	37	128	-	-	-	-	-
1995-96	Edmonton	NHL	64	28	31	59	87	-	-	-	-	-
1996-97	Edmonton	NHL	67	19	38	57	92	12	3	6	9	18
1997-98	Edm/New Jersey	NHL	70	10	23	33	99	5	0	2	2	0
1998-99	New Jersey	NHL	74	27	27	54	79	7	2	2	4	4
1999-2000	New Jersey	NHL	76	22	34	56	51	23	8	12	20	18
2000-01	New Jersey	NHL	54	21	34	55	75	23	8	7	15	16
2001-02	NJ/Dallas	NHL	73	25	20	45	65	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Dallas	NHL	72	23	24	47	51	11	3	2	5	6
2003-04	Dallas	NHL	73	21	36	57	66	5	1	1	2	2
2005-06	Dallas	NHL	81	32	44	76	102	5	0	3	3	4
2006-07	Nashville	NHL	68	27	27	54	48	6	2	1	3	2
OHL Totals			113	50	72	122	86	13	9	9	18	20
NHL Totals			892	303	395	698	1047	96	27	36	63	70