Jason Chimera
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{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left Wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 205
| team = [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| former_teams = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| nationality = Canada
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|5|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], [[Alberta|AB]], [[Canada|CAN]]
| draft = 121st overall
| draft_year = 1997
| draft_team = [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| image =
| image_size =
| career_start = 2000
|}}'''Jason Chimera''' (born [[2 May]], [[1979]] in [[Edmonton, Alberta]]), is a [[Canada|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] left winger who currently plays for the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]] of the [[National Hockey League]].
==Playing career==
===Pre-NHL===
Chimera played his junior career in the [[Western Hockey League|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.
===NHL===
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 Italy in the [[A.S. Mastini Varese Hockey]]. Chimera was subsequently dealt to the [[Columbus Blue Jackets]], without playing a game in Phoenix, as part of a trade for [[Geoff Sanderson]]. He presently plays on the Blue Jackets' 3rd line.
He was a member of the 2007 Canadian [[IIHF]] [[World Championship]] team that won gold in a 4–2 win against [[Finland]] in [[Moscow]].
==Career statistics==
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" ID="Table3"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Regular season
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season
! Team
! League
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1996–97
| [[Medicine Hat Tigers]]
| [[Western Hockey League|WHL]]
| 71
| 16
| 23
| 39
| 64
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1997–98
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| WHL
| 72
| 34
| 32
| 66
| 93
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1997–98
| [[Hamilton Bulldogs]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1998–99
| [[Brandon Wheat Kings]]
| WHL
| 21
| 14
| 12
| 26
| 32
| 5
| 4
| 1
| 5
| 8
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1998–99
| Medicine Hat Tigers
| WHL
| 37
| 18
| 22
| 40
| 84
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 1999–00
| Hamilton Bulldogs
| AHL
| 78
| 15
| 13
| 28
| 77
| 10
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 12
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2000–01
| Hamilton Bulldogs
| AHL
| 78
| 29
| 25
| 54
| 93
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2000–01
| [[Edmonton Oilers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2001–02
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2001–02
| Hamilton Bulldogs
| AHL
| 78
| 29
| 25
| 54
| 93
| 15
| 4
| 6
| 10
| 10
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2002–03
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 66
| 14
| 9
| 23
| 36
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2003–04
| Edmonton Oilers
| NHL
| 60
| 4
| 8
| 12
| 57
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2004–05
| [[A.S. Mastini Varese Hockey|A.S. Mastini Varese]]
| [[Serie A (Hockey)|Italy]]
| 15
| 7
| 3
| 10
| 34
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 31
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2005–06
| [[Columbus Blue Jackets]]
| NHL
| 80
| 17
| 13
| 30
| 95
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2006–07
| Columbus Blue Jackets
| NHL
| 82
| 15
| 21
| 36
| 91
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- ALIGN="center"
| 2007–08
| Columbus Blue Jackets
| NHL
| 81
| 14
| 17
| 31
| 98
| --
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 373
! 65
! 68
! 133
! 377
! 2
! 0
! 2
! 2
! 0
|}
''As of end 2007–08 season''
==International play==
Played for [[Canada national men's ice hockey team|Canada]] in:
*[[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008 World Championships]]
== External links ==
{{hockeydb|29188}}
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[[Category:1979 births]]
[[Category:Brandon Wheat Kings alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers]]
[[Category:Columbus Blue Jackets players]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers draft picks]]
[[Category:Edmonton Oilers players]]
[[Category:Hamilton Bulldogs players]]
[[Category:Ice hockey personnel from Alberta]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Medicine Hat Tigers alumni]]
[[Category:People from Edmonton]]
[[Category:Phoenix Coyotes players]]
[[Category:Serie A (ice hockey) players]]
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