Jason Chimera

Jason Chimera
Born (1979-05-02) May 2, 1979
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 New York Islanders
Edmonton Oilers
Columbus Blue Jackets
Washington Capitals
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 121st overall, 1997
Edmonton Oilers
Playing career 1999–present

Jason Chimera (/tʃɪˈmærə/; born May 2, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career

Chimera played his junior career in the WHL, for Medicine Hat and Brandon. He was selected 121st overall in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft by his hometown team, the Edmonton Oilers, mostly because of his outstanding skating. Chimera played three seasons on the Hamilton Bulldogs, which at that point was the Oilers' farm team in the American Hockey League. In his final season, he was named to the AHL First All-Star team.

Chimera played two seasons for Edmonton before being traded to the Phoenix Coyotes for draft choices. Because of the NHL lockout, he did not play the following season and went to play in Italy for Mastini Varese. Chimera was subsequently dealt to the Columbus Blue Jackets, without playing a game in Phoenix, as part of a trade for Geoff Sanderson.

With the Blue Jackets, Chimera predominantly played left wing on the team's third line. He was usually centered by Manny Malhotra and spent significant time playing alongside right wingers such as Dan Fritsche and Trevor Letowski. However, Chimera began the 2008–09 season as the veteran presence on a line with rookies Derick Brassard and Jakub Voracek.

He was a member of the 2007 Canadian IIHF World Championship team that won gold in a 4–2 win against Finland in Moscow.

Chimera was traded to the Washington Capitals on December 28, 2009 for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina.[1] Chimera was re-signed a two-year contract extension with the Capitals on September 29, 2011.[2]

Chimera was re-signed a two-year contract extension with the Capitals on November 8, 2013.[3]

On July 1, 2016, Chimera signed a two-year deal as a free agent with the New York Islanders.[4]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1996–97 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 71 16 23 39 64 4 0 1 1 4
1997–98 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 72 34 32 66 93 — — — — —
1997–98 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 4 0 0 0 8 — — — — —
1998–99 Medicine Hat Tigers WHL 37 18 22 40 84 — — — — —
1998–99 Brandon Wheat Kings WHL 21 14 12 26 32 5 4 1 5 8
1999–00 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 78 15 13 28 77 10 0 2 2 12
2000–01 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 78 29 25 54 93 — — — — —
2000–01 Edmonton Oilers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2001–02 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 78 29 25 54 93 15 4 6 10 10
2002–03 Edmonton Oilers NHL 66 14 9 23 36 2 0 2 2 0
2003–04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 60 4 8 12 57 — — — — —
2004–05 Mastini Varese ITL 15 7 3 10 34 5 2 1 3 31
2005–06 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 80 17 13 30 95 — — — — —
2006–07 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 82 15 21 36 91 — — — — —
2007–08 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 81 14 17 31 98 — — — — —
2008–09 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 49 8 14 22 41 4 0 1 1 2
2009–10 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 39 8 9 17 47 — — — — —
2009–10 Washington Capitals NHL 39 7 10 17 51 7 1 2 3 2
2010–11 Washington Capitals NHL 81 10 16 26 64 9 2 2 4 2
2011–12 Washington Capitals NHL 82 20 19 39 78 14 4 3 7 6
2012–13 Piráti Chomutov Czech 5 1 0 1 10 — — — — —
2012–13 Washington Capitals NHL 47 3 11 14 48 7 1 2 3 4
2013–14 Washington Capitals NHL 82 15 27 42 36 — — — — —
2014–15 Washington Capitals NHL 77 7 12 19 51 14 3 4 7 4
2015–16 Washington Capitals NHL 82 20 20 40 22 12 1 1 2 12
NHL totals 951 163 206 369 815 69 12 17 29 32

International
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Championships
2007 Moscow
2008 Halifax
World Junior Championships
1999 Winnipeg
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada WJC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 2 2 4 2
2007 Canada WC 1st, gold medalist(s) 9 1 5 6 8
2008 Canada WC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 9 0 2 2 6
2014 Canada WC 5th 8 1 2 3 0
Junior totals 7 2 2 4 2
Senior totals 26 2 9 11 14

References

  1. ↑ "Capitals Trade Clark, Jurcina to Blue Jackets for Chimera". The Sports Network. 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  2. ↑ "Caps agree to term on new contract with Jason Chimera". NHL. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  3. ↑ "Capitals re-sign Jason Chimera". NHL. 2013-11-08. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Chimera Agrees to Two-Year Deal". NHL. 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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