Jarret Stoll

Infobox Ice Hockey Player

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image_size = 200 px
team=Los Angeles Kings
former_teams=Edmonton Oilers
league = NHL
position = Centre
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 1
weight_lb = 210
nickname = Stolly
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1982|6|24|mf=y
birth_place = Melville, SK, CAN
draft = 46th overall, 2000
Calgary Flames
36th overall
draft_year = 2002
draft_team = Edmonton Oilers
career_start = 2002

Jarret Stoll (born June 24, 1982 in Melville, Saskatchewan) is a professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. Prior to joining the Kings, Stoll also played for the Edmonton Oilers, and the American Hockey League's Hamilton Bulldogs, as well as the Kootenay Ice in the Western Hockey League.

Hockey career

Minor hockey

Stoll played his early minor hockey in Melville, and then moved down the highway to Yorkton, Saskatchewan, excelling for their 'AA' and 'AAA' teams throughout the years. In 1997, Stoll helped the Yorkton Bantam AAA Terriers to a Western Canadian Championship.cite web|url=http://www3.sympatico.ca/lark/backissues/2003-05/jarretha.html|title=Jarret has his eyes on the future] While in Yorkton, Stoll attended St. Paul's Elementary School, and Sacred Heart High School. Jarret has an older brother, Kelly, who played for the Yorkton Terriers of the SJHL, and a younger sister Ashley who played for the University of Saskatchewan Huskies Women's hockey Team.

After winning the bantam championship, Stoll moved on to play for the Saskatoon Blazers of the Saskatchewan Midget Triple A Hockey League. Prior to joining the Blazers, Stoll was the first overall pick of the 1997 WHL Bantam Draft by the Edmonton Ice. In his final junior season (2001–2002), Stoll captained the Ice to a Memorial Cup championship.cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2002/05/26/memcup020526.html|title=Kootenay captures Memorial Cup]

While playing in Kootenay, Stoll went through the NHL draft process twice. In his initial year of eligibility, he was selected by the Calgary Flames 46th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He was unable to come to terms with the Flames. The Flames arranged a trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs, who thought they had made arrangements to have a contract signed by the appropriate deadline, but their fax to league headquarters did not make it in time. Stoll ended up re-entering the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. This time he was selected by the Edmonton Oilers 36th overall.

Also during his junior career, Stoll twice represented his country at the World Junior Hockey Championships, in 2001 and 2002, winning bronze and silver medals respectively. In 2002, Stoll was named captain for Team Canada.

Professional hockey

After completing his junior career with Kootenay, Stoll entered the Oilers system, and suited up for the Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL in 2002–03. During the season, he received his first call up to the Oilers, and played in his first four NHL games, registering an assist as his first career point. In 2003–04, he skated with the Oilers full time. During the lockout season of 2004–05, Stoll returned to the AHL, with the Edmonton Roadrunners.

During the 2005–06 season with the Oilers, and during their run to the playoffs, Stoll solidified his position as a top faceoff man, and reliable NHLer. During a game against the Vancouver Canucks on February 4, 2006, Stoll set an Oilers record by winning 21 of 22 faceoffs (95.45%).cite web|url=http://www.nhl.com/players/8468526.html|title=NHL.com Players: Jarret Stoll] The 2005–06 season marked his first Stanley Cup playoffs appearance.

In the 2006–07 season, Stoll ran into the first serious injury issues of his career, when he was waylaid with a concussion and missed over 30 games. Heading into the 2007–08 season, Stoll was named one of the Oilers alternate captains for the team's road games.

On June 29, 2008, Stoll was traded to the Los Angeles Kings along with Matt Greene for Lubomir Visnovsky.cite web|url=http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242046&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main|title=OILERS ACQUIRE VISNOVSKY FROM L.A.; SHIP STOLL AND GREENE|last=TSN.ca Staff|date=2008-06-29|publisher=TSN|language=English|accessdate=2008-06-29] On September 5, the Kings signed Stoll to a four year deal worth $14.4 million.

Personal

Stoll has been dating Rachel Hunter, since 2006. The couple have a joint home in Hermosa Beach, [http://www.bergproperties.com/blog/rachel-hunter-and-jarrett-stoll-pay-3645m-for-a-house-in-hermosa-beach-ca/1964/celebrities "Rachel Hunter and Jarret Stoll pay $3.645M for a house in Hermosa Beach, CA", September 21, 2007] while Hunter on a trip to Auckland, New Zealand has been pictured with a ring on her engagement finger. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1043224/After-Hot-Legs-Rod-Rachel-looks-set-marry-younger-ice-man.html]

During the off season, he hosts a charity golf tournament in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to benefit the Jarret Stoll Comfort fund at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon.cite web|url=http://www.jarretstollgolf.com/info.php|title=Jarret Stoll Celebrity Golf Classic 2007]

Career statistics

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