Jason Dawe

Jason Eric Dawe (born May 29, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Early life Dawe was born in North York and grew up in Scarborough. As a youth, Dawe played in the 1987 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Young Nationals minor ice hockey team.

Dawe played his junior hockey career with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League, where he compiled 337 points in 241 games and was part of the Petes' Memorial Cup finalist in 1993. During the same season, Dawe joined Team Canada for the 1993 World Junior Championships, where he scored six points in seven games on the way to earning a gold medal.

Career Dawe was drafted in the second round, 35th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1991 NHL entry draft.

Dawe split the 1993–94 season between the Sabres and their AHL affiliate, the Rochester Americans, scoring 28 goals in 80 combined games. Following the lockout shortened 1994-95 season, Dawe made the jump to full-time NHL status. In 1995–96, Dawe enjoyed his finest statistical season, compiling 25 goals in 67 games.

Dawe played two more seasons with the Sabres, amassing 81 points in 149 games, before being traded to the New York Islanders near the 1998 trade deadline for left wing Paul Kruse and defenseman Jason Holland. Dawe went on to score just seven more goals in parts of four National Hockey League seasons with the Islanders, Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers.

During these final seasons in the NHL, Dawe also saw time in the minor leagues, playing for the Milwaukee Admirals of the IHL (1999–2000) and Hartford Wolfpack (1999–2002), Worcester IceCats (2002–2003), and a return stint with the Rochester Americans (2003–2004) of the American Hockey League.

Dawe also skated 15 games for Kärpät of Finland's SM-liiga during the 2003–04 season. His last professional games came during the 2004–05 season with the Charlotte Checkers of the ECHL.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1988–89 Don Mills Flyers Midget AAA MTHL 44 35 28 63 103 — — — — — 1989–90 Peterborough Petes OHL 50 15 18 33 19 12 4 7 11 4 1990–91 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 43 27 70 43 4 3 1 4 0 1991–92 Peterborough Petes OHL 66 53 55 108 55 4 5 0 5 0 1992–93 Peterborough Petes OHL 59 58 68 126 80 21 18 33 51 18 1991–92 Rochester Americans AHL — — — — — 3 1 0 1 0 1993–94 Buffalo Sabres NHL 32 6 7 13 12 6 0 1 1 6 1993–94 Rochester Americans AHL 48 22 14 36 44 — — — — — 1994–95 Buffalo Sabres NHL 42 7 4 11 19 5 2 1 3 6 1994–95 Rochester Americans AHL 44 27 19 46 24 — — — — — 1995–96 Buffalo Sabres NHL 67 25 25 50 33 — — — — — 1995–96 Rochester Americans AHL 7 5 4 9 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Buffalo Sabres NHL 81 22 26 48 32 11 2 1 3 6 1997–98 Buffalo Sabres NHL 68 19 17 36 36 — — — — — 1997–98 New York Islanders NHL 13 1 2 3 6 — — — — — 1998–99 New York Islanders NHL 22 2 3 5 8 — — — — — 1998–99 Montreal Canadiens NHL 37 4 5 9 14 — — — — — 1999–00 New York Rangers NHL 3 0 1 1 2 — — — — — 1999–00 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 41 11 13 24 24 — — — — — 1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 27 9 9 18 24 21 10 7 17 37 2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 4 2 0 2 2 — — — — — 2001–02 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 79 28 37 65 46 9 4 0 4 10 2002–03 Worcester IceCats AHL 71 17 28 45 47 3 0 0 0 5 2003–04 Kärpät Liiga 15 0 1 1 8 — — — — — 2003–04 Rochester Americans AHL 41 9 20 29 23 1 0 0 0 0 2004–05 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 49 13 18 31 24 15 1 6 7 4 NHL totals 366 86 90 176 162 22 4 3 7 18