Jamie Benn

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Jamie Benn
Jamie Benn - Dallas Stars.jpg
Benn in October 2014.
Born (1989-07-18) July 18, 1989 (age 26)
Victoria, BC, CAN
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Left
NHL team Dallas Stars
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 129th overall, 2007
Dallas Stars
Playing career 2009–present

Jamie Benn (born July 18, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently serves as captain of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Benn played his junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL) prior to turning professional. He represented Canada at the 2009 World Junior Championships, where he helped capture a gold medal. With Team Canada, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He is the younger brother of defenceman Jordie Benn, who is also with the Dallas Stars.[1] In the 2014–15 season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer with 87 points. Drafted in the fifth round, Benn is known to be one of the greatest steals currently in the game.

Playing career[edit]

Benn grew up playing hockey for the Peninsula Eagles minor hockey association and attended Stelly's Secondary School as a teenager. He played for the Peninsula Panthers of the VIJHL, a local Junior B[disambiguation needed] team located in Victoria, British Columbia, during the 2005–06 season.

Kelowna Rockets[edit]

Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Victoria Grizzlies of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). Following his draft, Benn began his major junior career with the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL. He scored 65 points in his rookie season in 2007–08, then improved to a team-high 46 goals to go with 36 assists and 82 points in just 56 games in 2008–09. After being named to the WHL West First All-Star Team, Benn paced the Rockets with a playoff-leading 33 points en route to the 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup title. In the subsequent 2009 Memorial Cup tournament, held in Rimouski, Quebec, Benn notched a four-goal game and added an assist in the second round-robin match against the Drummondville Voltigeurs, a 6–4 win, to secure the Rockets a berth in the tournament final. Although Benn's Rockets lost to the Windsor Spitfires 4–1 in the Final, Benn was named to the Tournament All-Star Team, along with teammate Tyler Myers.[2]

Dallas Stars[edit]

Benn as the Stars' captain.

Benn made the Stars' roster for the 2009–10 season and scored his first NHL goal on October 11, 2009, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks. Benn tied the score 3–3 late in the game, but the Stars lost later in the shootout.[3]

Benn took an opportunity in February 2011 after teammate Brad Richards' concussion to take a leading role with the team. During the SuperSkills Competition, Benn participated in the Accuracy Shooting contest and won his leg against Steven Stamkos and then the finals against Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matt Read with times of 13.583 and 10.204 seconds respectively.

With the 2012–13 season delayed due to the labour lock-out, Benn signed a contract for the duration of the dispute with the Hamburg Freezers of the German DEL on October 2, 2012.[4] Unable to initially agree to a contract with the Stars, Benn missed the first four games of the shortened NHL season before re-signing to a five-year, $26.25 million contract on January 24, 2013.

Benn was named the sixth captain of the Dallas Stars on September 19, 2013.[5]

On April 11, 2015, Benn scored 4 points in the Stars' last regular season game to finish with 87 points on the season and win the Art Ross Trophy. His final point, an assist with 8.5 seconds left in the game, allowed him to overtake John Tavares for the award.[6]

International play[edit]

Medal record
Competitor for Canada Canada
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Canada

Playing in his second WHL season, Benn was named to Team Canada, along with Kelowna Rockets teammate Tyler Myers, for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa. He contributed 4 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, helping Canada to its record-tying fifth straight gold medal, defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final. Benn first represented the senior team at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.

On January 7, 2014, Benn was named to the Canadian Olympic hockey team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi despite not being invited to the orientation camp during the summer of 2013.[7] In his first game as an Olympian, Benn scored the game-winning goal in Canada's first game against Norway in a 3–1 victory.[8] He scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against the United States in the semi-final, to advance Canada to the gold medal game, where they eventually beat Sweden 3–0.


Career statistics[edit]

Bolded numbers indicate league leader.

Regular season and playoffs[edit]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2004–05 Peninsula Panthers VIJHL 4 1 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Peninsula Panthers VIJHL 38 31 24 55 92 7 5 7 12 20
2005–06 Victoria Salsa BCHL 6 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2006–07 Victoria Grizzlies BCHL 53 42 23 65 78 11 5 4 9 12
2007–08 Kelowna Rockets WHL 51 33 32 65 68 7 3 8 11 4
2008–09 Kelowna Rockets WHL 56 46 36 82 71 19 13 20 33 18
2009–10 Dallas Stars NHL 82 22 19 41 45 — — — — —
2009–10 Texas Stars AHL — — — — — 24 14 12 26 22
2010–11 Dallas Stars NHL 69 22 34 56 52 — — — — —
2011–12 Dallas Stars NHL 71 26 37 63 55 — — — — —
2012–13 Hamburg Freezers DEL 19 7 13 20 30 — — — — —
2012–13 Dallas Stars NHL 41 12 21 33 40 — — — — —
2013–14 Dallas Stars NHL 81 34 45 79 64 6 4 1 5 4
2014–15 Dallas Stars NHL 82 35 52 87 64 — — — — —
NHL totals 426 151 208 359 320 6 4 1 5 4

International[edit]

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2009 Canada WJC 1st 6 4 2 6 4
2012 Canada WC 5th 8 3 2 5 4
2014 Canada Oly 1st 6 2 0 2 4
Junior totals 6 4 2 6 4
Senior totals 14 5 2 7 8

Awards and honours[edit]

Award Year Ref
WHL West First All-Star Team 2008–09
Ed Chynoweth Trophy – Memorial Cup Leading Scorer 2009
CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team 2009 [9]
NHL First All-Star Team 2013–14
NHL Second All-Star Team 2014–15
Art Ross Trophy 2014–15

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Stars' Jordie Benn stepping out of brother Jamies shadow". Toronto Sun. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2014-01-23. 
  2. ^ "Benn nets four as Rockets take down Voltigeurs". TSN. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-12-10. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Canucks yield late tying goal but beat Stars in shootout". USA Today. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2009-10-12. 
  4. ^ "NHL All-Star Jamie Benn joins the Freezers" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2012-10-02. 
  5. ^ "Stars announce Jamie Benn as new captain". Dallas News. 2013-09-19. Retrieved 2013-09-19. 
  6. ^ Gretz, Adam. "Jamie Benn records assist with 9 seconds to play to win Art Ross Trophy". cbssports.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
  7. ^ "Canadian men's team announced". The Sports Network. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2014-01-07. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Jamie Benn gets winner as Team Canada beats Norway". islandsportsnews.com. 2014-02-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16. 
  9. ^ Memorial Cup All-Star Teams

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Brenden Morrow		 Dallas Stars captains
2013–present		 Incumbent
Preceded by
Sidney Crosby		 Winner of the Art Ross Trophy
2015		 Succeeded by
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