Jeff Jillson

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


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prospect_team =
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team = HC MVD
former_teams = San Jose Sharks
Boston Bruins
Buffalo Sabres
league = KHL
position = Defense
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 225
nickname =
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1980|7|24|mf=y
birth_place = North Smithfield, RI, U.S.
draft = 14th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = San Jose Sharks
career_start = 2001

Jeff Jillson (born July 24, 1980, in North Smithfield, Rhode Island) is an American professional ice hockey player currently playing for HC MVD of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Playing Career

Jillson was drafted 14th overall in the first round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks.

Jillson played for Rhode Island high school power Mount Saint Charles Academy, before moving on to the University of Michigan. He signed with the Sharks at the conclusion of his junior season, but did not leave Michigan until he graduated from college with a business degree. He played in the American Hockey League for the Cleveland Barons before being called up to play for the Sharks.

The Sharks traded Jillson to the Boston Bruins during the 2002–03 season, along with Jeff Hackett, for defenseman Kyle McLaren. He spent most of his season playing for the Bruins affiliate the Providence Bruins. At the trade deadline of the 2003–04 season, he was involved in a three-way trade between the Bruins, the Sharks, and the Sabres. Jillson was sent back to the Sharks for Brad Boyes, and then to the Sabres for Curtis Brown and Andy Delmore. He spent most of his time in the Sabres organization with their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans. After spending a season in Germany's Deutsche Eishockey Liga, Jillson signed with the Colorado Avalanche as a free-agent in 2007, but spent the entire season in the AHL with the Lake Erie Monsters and never played for the Avalanche. In 2008, Jillson signed with HC MVD of the Kontinental Hockey League.

In 140 regular-season NHL games (as of the end of the 2005–06 season), Jillson has recorded 9 goals and 32 assists, totalling 41 points. He played sparingly for the Sabres, but was inserted into their lineup during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs to fill one of the holes on their blueline created by injuries to Dmitri Kalinin, Teppo Numminen, and Henrik Tallinder.

Awards

*1998-99 CCHA All-Rookie Team
*1999-00 CCHA First All-Star Team
*1999-00 CCHA Best Offfensive Defenseman
*1999-00 NCAA West First All-American Team
*2000-01 CCHA All-Academic Team
*2000-01 CCHA First All-Star Team
*2000-01 NCAA West Second All-American Team

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