Jamie Benn
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Benn in October 2014.
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| Born |
July 18, 1989 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Left Wing | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team | Dallas Stars | ||
| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 129th overall, 2007 Dallas Stars |
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| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
 Benn representing Canada |
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| Representing Canada
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
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2014 Sochi | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
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2009 Canada | |
Jamie Randolph Benn (born July 18, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently serves as captain of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Benn played his junior hockey with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL) prior to turning professional. He represented Canada at the 2009 World Junior Championships, where he helped capture a gold medal. With Team Canada, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He is the younger brother of defenseman Jordie Benn, who plays for the Montreal Canadiens. In the 2014–15 season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer with 87 points.
Benn grew up playing hockey for the Peninsula Eagles minor hockey association and attended Stelly's Secondary School as a teenager. He played for the Peninsula Panthers of the VIJHL, a local Junior B team located in North Saanich, British Columbia, during the 2005–06 season. Following this he played for the Victoria Grizzlies of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for parts of three seasons from 2006-2008.
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