Jason Doig
Born (1977-01-29) January 29, 1977
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 230 lb (104 kg; 16 st 6 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Winnipeg Jets
Phoenix Coyotes
New York Rangers
Washington Capitals
NHL Draft 34th overall, 1995
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19952008

Jason Nicholas Doig (born January 29, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League with the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers and the Washington Capitals.

Early life

Doig was born in Montreal, Quebec. His parents, Michael and Paula Doig, immigrated to Canada from Jamaica prior to his birth for educational purposes, obtaining their degrees from Concordia University and McGill University, respectively. Doig grew up in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, a suburb of Montreal, where he attended St. Charles Elementary School, West Island College high school and Vanier College. Aside from hockey, he played soccer at a very high level with the West Island Lakers soccer club and was invited to play for Team Quebec.

As a youth, he played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the North Shore minor ice hockey team.[1]

Playing career

The Montreal, Quebec native impressed in his youth with the North Shore hockey team in the QAHA then with Lac St-Louis Lions of the Quebec Midget AAA Hockey League before making his Quebec Major Junior Hockey League debut with the St-Jean Lynx in 1993-94. That same year, Jason lead Team Quebec to a gold medal in dazzling fashion at World Under-17 Hockey Challenge where he scored the tying and game-winning goal in the final game against Team USA. The following year he represented Team Canada at the World Under-18 Tournament in Mexico City - taking home the gold medal. He was chosen 34th overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft after scoring 55 points and registering 259 penalty minutes with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Laval Titan's and played in the Canadian Hockey League all-star game. In 1996 he was returned to the QMJHL where he led the Granby Predateurs to the President's Cup - winning the coveted Guy Lafleur Trophy as the playoff MVP and then on to a Memorial Cup Championship where he was named as a first team all-star. That same year he was named team Captain for the West Team at QMJHL all-star game. The next year Jason was a member of Team Canada when it won the gold medal at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland.

Doig played for the Winnipeg Jets as an 18-year-old in 1995-96 and remained with the franchise when it relocated to Arizona in 1996-97 and became the Phoenix Coyotes. He then joined the New York Rangers in a trade prior to the deadline in March, 1999. The 6'3" blueliner played for the Blueshirts and saw action with the American Hockey League's Hartford Wolf Pack where he won a Calder Cup in 2000. The hulking blueliner played two seasons in the New York Rangers organization before he was dealt to the Ottawa Senators where he played only one season with the team's AHL affiliate, Grand Rapids Griffins.

Following his brief stint with the Ottawa Senators organization, Doig was acquired by the Washington Capitals in 2002-03 where he became a solid blueliner with the club while spending the early part of the season with the team's AHL affiliate, the Portland Pirates.

Following a season away from hockey due to the NHL lock out, Doig was signed as a free agent by the Vancouver Canucks and sent to compete with the club's AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose.

In the 2006–2007 season he played for Traktor Chelyabinsk in Russian Super League and finished the season in the Swiss National League A with the Langnau SCL Tigers. In that same year, Jason represented Team Canada once again at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland where the team won the Silver Medal. In the 2007–2008 season, he played in Switzerland with EHC Basel. He then signed a contract for the remainder of the season with the Norwegian top division team Stavanger Oilers. After Stavanger was eliminated from the Norwegian playoffs, Doig announced that he would retire.[2]

Personal life

Since retiring in 2007, Doig became a principal with Los Angeles-based investment bank Park Lane, where he specialized on the hockey side of the business. While at Park Lane, Doig founded TreeVestors, an investment firm specializing in the development, origination and financing of social and environmentally sustainable carbon forestry projects. Currently, Doig is a Regional Sales Coordinator with Aflac, a Fortune 200 company specialized in supplemental employee benefits. Doig lives in Los Angeles with his three children.

Championships and medals

  • 1993 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge, Team Quebec - Gold Medal
  • 1994 Under-18 Copa Mexico, Team Canada - Gold Medal
  • 1996 QMJHL President's Cup, Granby Predators
  • 1996 Memorial Cup Championship, Granby Predators
  • 1997 Under-20 World Junior Championship, Team Canada - Gold Medal
  • 2000 Calder Cup, Hartford Wolfpack
  • 2007 Spengler Cup, Team Canada - Silver Medal

Honors and awards

  • Under-17 MVP (1993)
  • QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1994)
  • Guy Lafleur Trophy (1996)
  • Memorial Cup All-Star Team (1996)
  • QMJHL All-Star Team (1997)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1990–91 North Shore Selects QAHA 3130336353
1991–92 North Shore Selects QAHA 2911112220
1992–93 Lac St-Louis Lions QAAA 3511162740 7551016
1993–94 St-Jean Lynx QMJHL 638172565 50222
1994–95 Laval Titan QMJHL 55124254259 204131739
1995–96 Laval Titan QMJHL 536920
1995–96 Granby Predateurs QMJHL 244303491 20102232110
1995–96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 1511228
1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 500028
1995–96 Granby Predateurs M-Cup 432510
1996–97 Granby Predateurs QMJHL 39143347197 504427
1996–97 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 601119
1996–97 Springfield Falcons AHL 50332 1714537
1997–98 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 401112
1997–98 Springfield Falcons AHL 4622527153 30002
1998–99 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 901110
1998–99 Springfield Falcons AHL 3235867
1998–99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 814540 711239
1999–00 New York Rangers NHL 701122
1999–00 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 273111470 2115620
2000–01 New York Rangers NHL 30000
2000–01 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5242024178 50114
2001–02 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 5711718103 500018
2002–03 Washington Capitals NHL 55358108 60116
2002–03 Portland Pirates AHL 2114566
2003–04 Washington Capitals NHL 652911105
2005–06 Manitoba Moose AHL 1804424
2006–07 Traktor Chelyabinsk RSL 1302230
2006–07 SCL Tigers Langnau NLA 833639
2007–08 EHC Basel NLA 1905597
2007–08 Stavanger Oilers NOR 902218 30006
AHL totals 2711593108731 5831114120
NHL totals 15861824285 60116

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1997 Canada WJC 702227
Junior totals 702227

See also

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
  2. "Doig legger opp (Doig Hangs Up)". Aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). March 4, 2008. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011.
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