Jason Ward

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
team = Tampa Bay Lightning
league = NHL


image_size =
position = Right Wing
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 2
weight_lb = 205
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|1|16
birth_place = Chapleau, ON, CAN
draft = 11th overall
former_teams = Los Angeles Kings
New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
draft_year = 1997
draft_team = Montreal Canadiens
career_start = 1999

Jason Robert Ward (born January 16, 1979, in Chapleau, Ontario) is a Canadian ice hockey right winger who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the NHL.

Ward was drafted 11th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft. He has played 186 career NHL games with the Montreal Canadiens, the New York Rangers and the Los Angeles Kings, scoring 20 goals and 28 assists for 48 points. When he was traded to the Kings, the deal sent agitator Sean Avery to the Rangers providing them boost for a playoff push. On February 27, 2007, he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a 5th round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. On September 29th, 2008, Ward was placed on waivers by the Lightning in a salary cutting effort by Lightning management.

Trivia

*He was once traded for Sean Avery.
*He was traded 3 times during the 2006–07 NHL season.
*Scored his first Lightning goal in his debut with the team.
*Half-brother of fellow NHL player Aaron Ward of the Boston Bruins.
*Great-great grandson of Aaron Montgomery Ward, founder of the now defunct retailer Montgomery Ward.

External links

*hockeydb|23726