Jason Woolley : biography
Jason Douglas Woolley (born July 27, 1969) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.
Playing career
Woolley attended Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI before the Washington Capitals selected him 61st overall in the 1989 NHL Draft. Woolley’s most productive NHL season was his 1998–99 campaign with the Buffalo Sabres in which he netted 10 goals and 33 assists (43 points). Fittingly, that year was also Woolley’s finest playoff performance (4 goals, 11 assists, 15 points) as his Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals before falling to the Dallas Stars in six games. Woolley scored a dramatic game-winning OT goal in Game 1 of that series, labelled as "the shot heard round the hockey world" by Sabres announcer Rick Jeanneret. He is currently a player agent in Birmingham, Michigan.
He played for Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics. Woolley recorded five assists in eight games with the team, scored a shootout goal, and won a silver medal.
Career statistics
| | Regular season | | Playoffs | ||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
1988–89 | Michigan State Spartans | NCAA | 47 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
1989–90 | Michigan State Spartans | NCAA | 45 | 10 | 38 | 48 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — |
1990–91 | Michigan State Spartans | NCAA | 40 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
1991–92 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 15 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
1991–92 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
1992–93 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
1992–93 | Baltimore Skipjacks | AHL | 29 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1993–94 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
1993–94 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 41 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
1994–95 | Detroit Vipers | IHL | 48 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — |
1994–95 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 34 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — |
1995–96 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 52 | 6 | 28 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
1996–97 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
1996–97 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 57 | 6 | 30 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
1997–98 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 35 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
1998–99 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 80 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 62 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
1999–00 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 74 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2000–01 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 67 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
2001–02 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 59 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — |
2002–03 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |
2002–03 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 62 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2003–04 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 55 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004–05 | Flint Generals | UHL | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
2005–06 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 53 | 1 | 18 | 19 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |
2006–07 | Malmö IF | SEL | 31 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
NHL totals | 718 | 68 | 246 | 314 | 430 | 79 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 44 |