Jame Pollock

Jame Pollock (born June 16, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Pollock was born in Quebec City, Quebec, but grew up in Victoria, British Columbia.

Playing career Pollock was drafted in the fourth round, 106th overall, in the 1997 NHL entry draft by the St. Louis Blues. After playing four seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Seattle Thunderbirds, Pollock joined the Blues' American Hockey League affiliate, the Worcester IceCats.

He spent five seasons with the IceCats, and debuted in the National Hockey League with the Blues during the 2003–04 season. Pollock appeared in nine games with the Blues, recording no points. Pollock was an All Star defenceman on Canada's winning Spengler Cup team in 2003.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Pollock went to Switzerland's Nationalliga A and played for the Kloten Flyers and HC Lugano. He remained in Europe for the 2005–06 season, joining the DEL's Nürnberg Ice Tigers where he played for two seasons leading Nurnberg to the DEL Finals in 2007. During that season, he set a record for the most goals in a season by a defenceman and played for Canada as they won the World Cup.

On July 5, 2007, Pollock was signed by the Washington Capitals to a two-way deal but left the Capitals minor league team, the Hershey Bears, in December 2007 to play with CSKA Moscow in the Russian Superleague. In the inaugural season of the Kontinental Hockey League, Pollock returned to Russia and played with HC MVD in the 2008–09 season.

On April 6, 2009, he transferred from MVD to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga with top club Adler Mannheim. After two seasons with Mannheim, Pollock returned to his original German club Nürnberg Ice Tigers, signing a one-year contract on June 6, 2011.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1995–96 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 32 0 1 1 15 — — — — — 1996–97 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 66 15 19 34 94 15 3 5 8 16 1997–98 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 66 11 36 47 78 5 0 1 1 17 1998–99 Seattle Thunderbirds WHL 59 10 32 42 78 11 3 4 7 8 1999–00 Worcester IceCats AHL 56 12 12 24 50 9 5 3 8 6 2000–01 Worcester IceCats AHL 55 15 8 23 36 11 1 7 8 10 2001–02 Worcester IceCats AHL 71 23 43 66 89 3 1 0 1 2 2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 5 17 22 50 3 1 0 1 2 2003–04 Worcester IceCats AHL 44 8 24 32 52 7 1 4 5 14 2003–04 St. Louis Blues NHL 9 0 0 0 6 — — — — — 2004–05 Kloten Flyers NLA 26 4 8 12 34 — — — — — 2004–05 HC Lugano NLA — — — — — 2 0 1 1 8 2005–06 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 52 8 11 19 130 4 1 0 1 10 2006–07 Nürnberg Ice Tigers DEL 46 22 32 54 78 13 5 9 14 46 2007–08 Hershey Bears AHL 16 1 7 8 32 — — — — — 2007–08 CSKA Moscow RSL 22 4 6 10 30 6 1 4 5 8 2008–09 HC MVD KHL 44 10 14 24 86 — — — — — 2009–10 Adler Mannheim DEL 46 9 17 26 52 2 0 1 1 0 2010–11 Adler Mannheim DEL 44 5 10 15 36 6 1 1 2 2 2011–12 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 44 13 17 30 103 — — — — — 2012–13 Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers DEL 46 8 18 26 82 3 1 2 3 2 NHL totals 9 0 0 0 6 — — — — —