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Jason York

NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. The league was established in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and it is composed of 30 teams out of which 24 teams based in U.S. and 6 in Canada. They have a regular season and playoffs leading to the Stanley Cup, which is the NHL Championship final.

Jason York is a well known hockey player. He was born on 20th May 1970 in Nepean, Ontario. His height is six feet one inch, with weight 208 pounds. His position is defenseman and plays for Boston Bruins team. He played his 700th NHL game on February 20th at Anaheim in 2003. He led the Predators with a then-franchise record 13 rating. He recorded his 200th NHL point with an assist in 2 efforts at January 27th at Buffalo and was a plus 4 in that game. He played his 600th NHL game on January 7th vs. St. Louis.

In 2000 01 he had four multiple-point games, all two-point efforts, including his first career two-goal game on December 2nd versus Philadelphia. In 1999 2000 he scored a career-high eight goals and played his 300th NHL game on January 16th versus Buffalo and recorded his 100th NHL point with an assist on February 1st at Vancouver.

Jason York is remembered as a powerful skater with a lethal shot who back-checked responsibly and played the game cleanly. He, with all his dedication and devotion in his play has achieved many goals in his overall hockey-playing career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by giving some extra hard work and efforts.

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