- Joe Pavelski
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
image_size= 180px
team=San Jose Sharks
league = NHL
position = Centre/Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 5
height_in = 11
weight_lb = 194
nickname = Little Joe, Pavs
nationality = USA
birth_date = Birth date and age|1984|7|11|mf=y
birth_place =Stevens Point, Wisconsin ,
draft = 205th overall
draft_year = 2003
draft_team =San Jose Sharks
career_start = 2006Joseph Pavelski (born
July 11 ,1984 in Stevens Point,Wisconsin ) is an American professionalice hockey player for theSan Jose Sharks of theNational Hockey League . He scored a goal in his first NHL game, making him the 11th Sharks player in the history of the team to do so.Playing career
Junior career
He won a Wisconsin State Hockey Championship with the SPASH (Stevens Point Area Senior High) Panthers in 2002.Fact|date=September 2008
He was a member of the 2004 Clark Cup champion
Waterloo Blackhawks of theUSHL .He won an
NCAA Division I National Championship with the Wisconsin Badgers in the 2005–2006 season, while leading the team in overall points.Fact|date=September 2008an Jose Sharks
2006-2007 season
He started his career on a hot streak, scoring 7 goals and 10 points in his first 12 games. He continued playing well, before suffering a leg injury in his first season that saw his playing time reduced.Fact|date=September 2008
2007-2008 season
During that season, Pavelski became a regular player on the Sharks roster and one of the best and most consistent young players on the squad, having played in all of 82 regular season games and in all of 13 playoff games. He also became one of the most dangerous players in the
NHL during the shoot outs, having scored seven times on 11 opportunities that season, or a total of 10 times out of 14 in his career, as of the end of the 07/08 season. His success on shoot out opportunities is due to his quick wrist shot release. As he slowly approaches the opposing goalie, the goalie never knows when the shot is coming and which direction it is going. During the postseason, he was tied for the team lead in goals withRyane Clowe (five) and tied for second with Clowe in points (5-4=9). Pavelski also led San Jose with three game-winning goals during the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which tied for third most in the League. In addition to his offensive numbers, he finished tied for 12th among NHL forwards in blocked shots (59). [San Jose Sharks Staff [http://sharks.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=366991&page=NewsPage&service=page "Sharks Re-Sign Center Joe Pavelski "] , "Sharks.com ",June 25 ,2008 . AccessedAugust 16 ,2008 .]In the offseason, Pavelski signed a three-year entry level
contract that paid him US$850,000 per year (not including bonuses) untilJune 2008 . OnJune 25 ,2008 Pavelski signed a contract extension, which will pay him $3.3M over the next two years. [Pollak, David. [http://blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks/2008/06/25/pavelski-roenick-boucher-four-years-505-million-gets-it-all-done/ "Pavelski, Roenick, Boucher — 4 years, $5 million gets it done"] , "",June 25 ,2008 . AccessedJune 25 ,2008 .]Transactions
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June 22 , 2003 - Drafted by theSan Jose Sharks in the 7th round, 205th overall.Career statistics
References
External links
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