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Jay McClement

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.

Jay McClement is a well known hockey player. He was born on 2nd March 1983 in Kingston, Ontario. His height is six feet one inch, with weight 193 pounds. His position is center and plays for St. Louis Blues team. In 2005 06 he made his NHL debut on October 5th at Detroit and became the fifth player in league history to score his first career goal on a penalty shot on October 11th versus Chicago.

In 2003 04 he notched 25 points games with Worcester. He led the IceCats, and was tied for first among all American hockey League, AHL rookies, with two short handed goals ranking third on Worcester with a plus-six rating. He was named the Ontario Hockey League’s top faceoff man for the postseason, becoming the first Battalion player to win a postseason award. He was also named the Eastern Conference’s top player in the Best on Faceoffs, Best Defensive Forward, Best Checker and Best Penalty Killer categories.

Jay McClement 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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