Jason Spezza

Jason Spezza
Spezza in October 2014
Born	(1983-06-13) June 13, 1983 (age 33) Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
NHL team Former teams	Dallas Stars Ottawa Senators SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	2nd overall, 2001 Ottawa Senators
Playing career	2002–present

Spezza at the 2008 World Championships
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Championships
	2015 Czech Republic
	2009 Switzerland
	2008 Canada
World Junior Championships
	2002 Czech Republic
	2001 Russia
	2000 Sweden
Spengler Cup
	2012 Davos

Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza (born June 13, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

After beginning his major junior career at the early age of 15 in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Spezza was selected second overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. Playing in the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2004–05 due to the NHL lock-out, he won the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP with the Binghamton Senators. In 2005–06, Spezza set an Ottawa Senators franchise record with 71 assists, while hitting the 90-point mark for the first of two times in his NHL career.

Internationally, Spezza has represented Team Canada at three World Junior Championships and two World Championships. When he made his World Junior debut in 2000, he became just the third 16-year-old in history to make the team, behind Wayne Gretzky and Eric Lindros.

Spezza was born to Italian parent Rino and Canadian Donna Spezza in Toronto, Ontario. He has twin siblings; a sister, Michelle, and a brother, Matthew, an ice hockey goaltender who most recently played for the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League (IHL). Growing up in the Toronto area, he watched the Toronto Maple Leafs, but has cited Mario Lemieux as his favourite player as a child.