Jason Williams (ice hockey)
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Williams at the Edmonton Oilers training camp, 2014
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| Born |
August 11, 1980 London, ON, CAN |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
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EIHL team Former teams |
Nottingham Panthers Detroit Red Wings Porin Ässät Chicago Blackhawks Atlanta Thrashers Columbus Blue Jackets Dallas Stars Pittsburgh Penguins HC Ambrì-Piotta Kölner Haie Ritten Sport |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2000–present | ||
Jason Williams (born August 11, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger. He is currently signed to the Nottingham Panthers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League, having last played for Ritten Sport of the Alps Hockey League.
Williams has played in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, Atlanta Thrashers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, and the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a member of the Detroit Red Wings 2002 Stanley Cup championship.
Williams was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Detroit Red Wings on September 18, 2000. He played the first few seasons with Detroit's minor league affiliates in the American Hockey League, the Cincinnati Mighty Ducks and the Grand Rapids Griffins. In 2001–02, he played 25 games with the Red Wings and scored his first career NHL goal. Williams would also suit up for the Red Wings in nine playoff games en route to a Stanley Cup championship.
When NHL play was halted due to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Williams played overseas in the SM-liiga with Porin Ässät. Returning to the Wings in 2005–06 under new head coach Mike Babcock, Williams broke out with 21 goals and 58 points, frequently playing on a line with Steve Yzerman and Robert Lang. On October 22, 2005, Williams notched his first career hat trick in a 6–0 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. All three goals came in the first period of that game; it was the first time Red Wings player scored three times in a single period since Darren McCarty's hat trick in the third period of game one against the Colorado Avalanche in the 2002 Western Conference Finals.
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