Jason King (ice hockey)

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


team = Anaheim Ducks
former_teams = Vancouver Canucks
league = NHL
position = Left/Right Wing
shoots = Left
height_ft = 6
height_in = 0
weight_lb = 198
nickname =
nationality = CAN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1981|9|14|mf=y
birth_place = Corner Brook NL, CAN
draft = 212th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Vancouver Canucks
career_start = 2003

Jason King (born September 14, 1981, in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada) is a professional Canadian ice hockey who currently plays for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

King was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League in the 7th round (212th overall) of the 2001 entry draft, after having played 3 seasons for the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL. He found some success playing with twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin in his first full season with the team, registering 12 goals in 2003-04, the bulk of which came in the team's first few games. This led him to being awarded the NHL Rookie of the Month award for the month of November The line quickly earned the nickname "The Mattress Line," due to its members figuratively composing "two twins and a king." He spent the 2004-05 season playing for Vancouver's American Hockey League affiliated team, the Manitoba Moose, where he suffered a serious concussion - one that took him many months to recover from.

After refusing to sign the Canucks' qualifying offer for the 2006-2007 season, King opted to play for Skellefteå AIK in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. [cite web | title=Jason King klar för Skellefteå | publisher=HOCKEYMAGASINET.com | language=Swedish | url=http://hockeymagasinet.fpgroup.se/cldoc/hm/nyheter/17130.htm | accessdate=October 22 | accessyear=2006] His rights were traded to the Anaheim Ducks on June 23, 2007, in exchange for Ryan Shannon. [cite web | title=Ducks trade Ryan Shannon for Jason King | publisher=AnaheimDucks.com | language=English | url=http://anaheimducks.com/press/release/article.php?dir=200706&id=1767 | accessdate=June 23 | accessyear=2007]

On June 1, 2008 he signed a one-year contract with Adler Mannheim of the German Elite League. [cite web | title=Adler Mannheim sign Jason King | publisher=adler-mannheim.de | language=German | url=http://www.adler-mannheim.de/news.php?d%5Bnr%5D=1725&naid= | accessdate=June 01 | accessyear=2008]

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