Jason Krog

Jason Krog (born October 9, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre, last under contract with Lørenskog IK in the Norwegian GET-ligaen (GET). He has been the skills and skating coach with the Vancouver Canucks since June 10, 2024.

Playing career A native of British Columbia, Krog began his junior career in the BCJHL with the Chilliwack Chiefs. He played with the Chiefs for three seasons, culminating in a 128-point season in 1994–95. The following season, he began a four-year tenure with the University of New Hampshire, notching 238 points (94 goals, 144 assists) in 152 games from 1995 to 1999. In 1998–99, Krog was awarded the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate hockey player.

Undrafted, he was signed as a free agent by the New York Islanders on May 14, 1999. For three seasons, Krog mostly played in the American Hockey League with the Islanders' minor league affiliates. In 2001–02, Krog finished second in team scoring on the Bridgeport Sound Tigers despite only playing in 64 games. In the playoffs, he accumulated 23 points in 20 games, helping Bridgeport to the Calder Cup Finals where they were defeated by the Chicago Wolves.

The following off-season, on July 17, 2002, he was signed by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as a free agent. As a Duck he played 67 games in 2002–03 and posted career highs of 10 goals, 15 assists and 25 points. In the playoffs, Krog played in 21 games as the Mighty Ducks made their way to the finals against the eventual Stanley Cup winners, the New Jersey Devils.

In 2003–04, he played a career-high 80 games with Anaheim before the NHL lockout suspended play the next season. After playing the lockout season with VSV EC of the Austrian Hockey League, tallying 60 points (27 goals, 33 assists) in 48 games, Krog remained in Europe the following season, signing with Genève-Servette HC of Switzerland's Nationalliga A and Frölunda Indians of the Swedish Elite League. He led Genève-Servette with 15 goals and placed second on the club in scoring despite playing in only 29 of their 44 games. On July 4, 2006, Krog returned to the NHL as he was signed by the Atlanta Thrashers. However, after 14 games in Atlanta, he was placed on waivers and picked up on January 12, 2007, by the New York Rangers. Krog played 9 games for the Rangers and he was later reclaimed by Atlanta on February 26.

After failing to make the Thrashers' team at the start of the 2007–08 season, Krog was sent down to their minor league affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, which gave Krog a chance to re-energize his career. After scoring 36 goals and 112 points, he captured the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the league's top point scorer, the Willie Marshall Award as the top goal scorer and the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP. He led the Wolves to a divisional title and their second Calder Cup in seven years. Leading the playoffs in scoring, he also was awarded the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as playoff MVP. His 26 assists tied the AHL record for the most in a single playoffs (shared with Bill McDougall, 1993; Domenic Pittis, 2000; and Rob Brown, 2002).

On July 11, 2008, he was signed as an unrestricted free agent by the Vancouver Canucks. However, on July 18, Krog and five other players were suspended by the International Ice Hockey Federation pending an investigation regarding simultaneous player contracts with both the NHL and the Russian Kontinental Hockey League. Nevertheless, Krog began the season with the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose. He was called up by Vancouver in light of injuries and scored his first goal as a Canuck on October 25, 2008, in a 6–3 win against the Edmonton Oilers. On November 5, he was reassigned to the Manitoba Moose and finished the year with 85 points and earning a selection to the AHL's Second All-Star Team.

On July 3, 2009, he returned to the Atlanta Thrashers organization when he was signed as an unrestricted free agent to a two-year contract. After starting the 2009–10 season with their AHL affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, Krog was recalled to the Thrashers for two games as an offensive replacement after losing Ilya Kovalchuk to injury, but failed to appear in a game. On November 1, he was returned to the Wolves for the duration of the season, leading the team with 61 assists for 75 points.

From 2011 until 2014, he played for HV71 in the SHL, After three seasons with HV71, on June 9, 2014, he signed a one-year contract, along with former Wolves and UNH teammate Darren Haydar in the Kontinental Hockey League with Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb. In the 2014–15 season, Krog recorded just 1 assist in 5 games before opting to leave the club. With Haydar following suit, they both signed tryout contracts with Austrian club EC VSV on October 2, 2014. After showing early scoring touch in Villach, Krog and Haydar both opted to remain, signing one-year contracts on October 15, 2014.

Coaching career Krog was named the skills and skating coach with the Vancouver Canucks on June 10, 2024. He succeeded Yogi Švejkovský who was promoted to assistant coach five days earlier.

Records AHL record; most assists, single playoffs – 26 (2008) (shared with Bill McDougall, 1993; Domenic Pittis, 2000; and Rob Brown, 2002)

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1992–93 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 52 30 27 57 52 — — — — — 1993–94 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 42 19 36 55 20 4 0 2 2 2 1994–95 Chilliwack Chiefs BCHL 60 47 81 128 36 — — — — — 1995–96 University of New Hampshire HE 34 4 16 20 20 — — — — — 1996–97 University of New Hampshire HE 39 23 44 67 28 — — — — — 1997–98 University of New Hampshire HE 38 33 33 66 44 — — — — — 1998–99 University of New Hampshire HE 41 34 51 85 38 — — — — — 1999–2000 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 45 6 21 27 22 — — — — — 1999–2000 New York Islanders NHL 17 2 4 6 6 — — — — — 1999–2000 Providence Bruins AHL 11 9 8 17 4 6 2 2 4 0 2000–01 New York Islanders NHL 9 0 3 3 0 — — — — — 2000–01 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 26 11 16 27 6 — — — — — 2000–01 Springfield Falcons AHL 24 7 23 30 4 — — — — — 2001–02 New York Islanders NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 2001–02 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 64 26 36 62 13 20 10 13 23 8 2002–03 Cincinnati Mighty Ducks AHL 9 3 4 7 6 — — — — — 2002–03 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 67 10 15 25 12 21 3 1 4 4 2003–04 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim NHL 80 6 12 18 16 — — — — — 2004–05 EC VSV AUT 48 27 33 60 38 3 0 1 1 4 2005–06 Genève–Servette HC NLA 29 14 14 28 32 — — — — — 2005–06 Frölunda HC SEL 7 5 1 6 6 17 5 3 8 10 2006–07 Chicago Wolves AHL 44 26 54 80 20 15 5 14 19 17 2006–07 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 14 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 9 2 0 2 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Chicago Wolves AHL 80 39 73 112 30 24 10 26 36 2 2008–09 Manitoba Moose AHL 74 30 56 86 30 22 8 15 23 0 2008–09 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 2009–10 Chicago Wolves AHL 78 14 61 75 34 14 5 6 11 6 2010–11 Chicago Wolves AHL 80 19 56 75 22 — — — — — 2011–12 HV71 SEL 50 12 28 40 22 6 1 2 3 2 2012–13 HV71 SEL 55 17 26 43 18 5 1 5 6 0 2013–14 HV71 SHL 48 8 8 16 30 8 0 1 1 2 2014–15 KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL 5 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2014–15 EC VSV AUT 47 11 27 38 28 5 1 0 1 2 2015–16 Dragons de Rouen FRA 26 10 24 34 6 15 1 10 11 10 2016–17 Lørenskog IK NOR 45 21 26 47 14 7 4 3 7 4 AHL totals 535 190 408 598 191 101 43 75 118 39 NHL totals 202 22 37 59 46 21 3 1 4 4 SEL totals 160 41 63 104 76 36 7 11 18 14

Awards and honours Award Year College All-Hockey East First Team 1996–97 AHCA East Second-Team All-American1996–97 All-Hockey East First Team 1997–98 All-Hockey East First Team 1998–99 AHCA East First-Team All-American1998–99 HE Player of the Year 1998–99 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 1999 All-NCAA All-Tournament Team 1999 Hobey Baker Memorial Award 1998–99 AHL Les Cunningham Award 2008 John B. Sollenberger Trophy 2008 Willie Marshall Award 2008 First All-Star Team 2008 Jack A. Butterfield Trophy 2008 Calder Cup (Chicago Wolves) 2008 Second All-Star Team 2009