Jay Harrison

Jay Harrison
Born (1982-11-03) November 3, 1982
Oshawa, ON, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 211 lb (96 kg; 15 st 1 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Free Agent
Toronto Maple Leafs
Carolina Hurricanes
Winnipeg Jets
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 82nd overall, 2001
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 2002–present

Jay Harrison (born November 3, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He formerly played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Carolina Hurricanes and the Winnipeg Jets.

Playing career

Amateur

Harrison grew up playing minor hockey in his hometown of Whitby, Ontario for the Whitby Wildcats of the OMHA's Eastern AAA League. In 1996–97, Harrison played Bantam for the Whitby Wildcats before moving onto play as a 16-year-old for the Oshawa Legionnaires of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL). He was the 1st overall selection of the Brampton Battalion in the 1998 OHL Priority Selection. He spent four seasons in the OHL with the Battalion.

Professional

Harrison was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round, 82nd overall, of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After spending four seasons in the American Hockey League (AHL) with Toronto's farm team, Harrison made his NHL debut on January 27, 2006, against the Montreal Canadiens, in which he registered his first NHL career point, coming in the form of an assist. On June 16, 2008, Harrison signed a one year contract with EV Zug of the Swiss National League A, but on March 27, 2009, he returned to the Toronto Maple Leafs, signing a deal, pro-rated at $475,000, to play out the rest of the 2008–09 season.[1] [2] On July 9, 2009 he signed a two-way contract with the Carolina Hurricanes that would pay him $500,000 in the NHL and $125,000 in the AHL.[3] On October 9, 2009 he scored his first NHL goal in a 7-2 victory for the Hurricanes over the Florida Panthers.

During the 2014–15 season, Harrison was traded by the Hurricanes to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for a 2015 NHL Entry Draft sixth round pick on December 18, 2014.[4][5]

In the following 2015–16 season, on the eve of opening night on October 6, 2015, Harrison cleared waivers, and was reassigned to the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.[6] In returning to the AHL for the first time since 2010, Harrison appeared in 18 games with the Moose before he was included in a trade deadline deal by the Jets, along with Andrew Ladd and Matt Fraser to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Marko Daňo and a first-round pick in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft on February 25, 2016. He was immediately assigned to the Blackhawks AHL affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Oshawa Legionaires MetJHL 47 10 12 22 126 — — — — —
1998–99 Brampton Battalion OHL 63 1 14 15 108 — — — — —
1999–00 Brampton Battalion OHL 68 2 18 20 139 6 0 2 2 15
2000–01 Brampton Battalion OHL 53 4 15 19 112 9 1 1 2 17
2001–02 Brampton Battalion OHL 61 12 31 43 116 — — — — —
2001–02 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 7 0 1 1 2 10 0 0 0 4
2001–02 Memphis Riverkings CHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 2
2002–03 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 72 2 8 10 72 — — — — —
2003–04 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 70 4 5 9 141 — — — — —
2004–05 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 60 0 4 4 108 4 0 1 1 14
2005–06 Toronto Marlies AHL 57 9 20 29 100 5 1 3 4 8
2005–06 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 8 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
2006–07 Toronto Marlies AHL 41 4 14 18 68 — — — — —
2006–07 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
2007–08 Toronto Marlies AHL 69 13 14 27 73 18 2 10 12 35
2008–09 EV Zug NLA 41 6 9 15 46 — — — — —
2008–09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 7 0 1 1 10 — — — — —
2009–10 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 38 1 5 6 50 — — — — —
2009–10 Albany River Rats AHL 32 2 12 14 22 8 0 3 3 23
2010–11 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 72 3 7 10 72 — — — — —
2011–12 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 72 9 14 23 60 — — — — —
2012–13 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 47 3 7 10 51 — — — — —
2013–14 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 68 4 11 15 44 — — — — —
2014–15 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 20 1 3 4 42 — — — — —
2014–15 Winnipeg Jets NHL 35 2 3 5 23 — — — — —
2015–16 Manitoba Moose AHL 18 3 2 5 17 — — — — —
2010–16 Rockford Ice Hogs AHL 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
NHL totals 372 23 52 75 360 — — — — —
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2002 Pardubice
2001 Moscow

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada WJC18 3 1 0 1 2
2001 Canada WJC 3rd, bronze medalist(s) 7 0 0 0 2
2002 Canada WJC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 0 1 1 6
2013 Canada WC 5th 8 0 1 1 2
Junior totals 17 1 1 2 10
Senior totals 8 0 1 1 2

Awards and honours

Award Year
OHL
All-Rookie Team 1999

References

  1. ↑ "Jay Harrison". hockeydb.com. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Jay Harrison". hockeyscap.com. Retrieved Dec 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hurricanes sign Jay Harrison". Archived from the original on July 13, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Jets add Harrison to injury riddled defense". National Hockey League. 2014-12-18. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  5. ↑ Gary Lawless (2014-12-18). "Jets add Veteran Harrison". Twitter. Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Jets re-assign Jay Harrison to the Manitoba Moose". National Hockey League. 2015-10-06. Retrieved 2015-10-06.
  7. ↑ "Blackhawks make big move in bringing back winger Andrew Ladd". Chicago Tribune. 2016-02-25. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
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