Jason Chimera 2051775 222302685 2008-06-28T16:36:38Z Cs-wolves 513060 {{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" | &nbsp; ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp; ! 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}} <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME= Chimera, Jason |ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |SHORT DESCRIPTION= |DATE OF BIRTH= 1979-5-7 |PLACE OF BIRTH= [[Edmonton, Alberta|Edmonton]], [[Alberta|AB]], [[Canada|CAN]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chimera, Jason}} [[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]] [[cs:Jason Chimera]] [[fi:Jason Chimera]]