Jeremy Roenick

All-Star Center, San Jose Sharks

Career Highlights: A 19-year NHL veteran, Jeremy Roenick combines great speed, passing and finishing skills with a physical style of play…Roenick played an integral role in helping the San Jose Sharks win their first 2008 NHL Playoff series vs. the Calgary Canucks when in game seven his inspirational play lead to his scoring two goals and two assists, including the tying and go-ahead scores…Roenick has recorded 507 goals and 688 assists in his illustrious career…He became only the third American-born player to score 500 goals (which he did on November 10, 2007 against his former team, the Phoenix Coyotes) …Then, on January 10, 2008, Roenick’s 503^rd goal vs. Vancouver placed him second on the list of all-time American born NHL goal scorers (trailing only Dallas forward Mike Modano)…A nine-time NHL All-Star, he has played for the Chicago Blackhawks (1988-96), Phoenix Coyotes (1996-2000 and 2006),  Philadelphia Flyers (2001-04), Los Angeles Kings (2005), Phoenix Coyotes (2006) and San Jose Sharks (2007) …Roenick won the Bobby Clarke Trophy as the Flyers’ most valuable player for the 2001-02 season…Selected eighth overall by the Blackhawks in the 1988 NHL Draft, Roenick was the first Blackhawk ever to reach the 100 point mark in three consecutive seasons (1991-94)…His 13 game-winning goals in 1991-92 broke Bobby Hull’s single-season record of 11…He established a rookie record for points in the playoffs when he picked up 18 in 1990…Roenick was named The Sporting News NHL Rookie of the Year in 1989-90…He was a member of the USA Hockey Team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan and the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City…He also played for the United States in the 1988 and 1989 World Junior Championships, the 1991 World Championships, and the 1991 Canada Cup.

Updated: May, 2008
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