Jamie Benn

Jamie Randolph Benn[1] (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 career 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 Vancouver Canucks, and is a former teammate of Jamie's.[2] In the 2014–15 season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leading scorer with 87 points.

This article is about the ice hockey player. For the rugby league player, see Jamie Benn (rugby league). For the author, see James R. Benn.

Jamie Benn
Benn with the Stars in 2014
Born	(1989-07-18) July 18, 1989 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team Former teams	Dallas Stars Hamburg Freezers
National team	Canada
NHL Draft	129th overall, 2007 Dallas Stars
Playing career	2009–present

Playing career

Junior

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.

Kelowna Rockets

Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Victoria Grizzlies. Following his draft, Benn began his major junior career with the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL. He scored 65 points in his rookie season in 2007–08, then improved to a team-high 46 goals to go with 36 assists and 82 points in just 56 games in 2008–09. After being named to the WHL West First All-Star Team, Benn paced the Rockets with a playoff-leading 33 points en route to the 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup title. In the subsequent 2009 Memorial Cup tournament, held in Rimouski, Quebec, Benn notched a four-goal game and added an assist in the second round-robin match against the Drummondville Voltigeurs, a 6–4 win, to secure the Rockets a berth in the tournament final. Although Benn's Rockets lost to the Windsor Spitfires 4–1 in the Final, Benn was named to the Tournament All-Star Team, along with teammate Tyler Myers.[3]

Professional

Dallas Stars

Benn in his second NHL regular season game, October 2009

Benn made the Stars' roster for the 2009–10 season and scored his first NHL goal on October 11, 2009, against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks. Benn tied the score 3–3 late in the game, but the Stars lost later in the shootout.[4]

At the end of his rookie season, he was sent down to the Stars' AHL affiliate Texas Stars in the suburbs of Austin for the 2010 Calder Cup playoffs. He scored 14 goals and had 26 points in 24 playoffs games as Texas fell to the Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup Finals. Benn later spoke of the experience, "I had a fun summer here...it was a big part of my hockey career and helped me develop my game. I definitely loved playing here."[5]

Benn took an opportunity in February 2011 after teammate Brad Richards' concussion to take a leading role with the team. During the All Star Game's SuperSkills Competition, Benn participated in the Accuracy Shooting contest and won his leg against Steven Stamkos and Jonathan Drouin then the finals against Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matt Read with times of 13.583 and 10.204 seconds respectively.

With the 2012–13 season delayed due to the labour lock-out, Benn signed a contract for the duration of the dispute with the Hamburg Freezers of the German DEL on October 2, 2012.[6] Unable to initially agree to a contract with the Stars, Benn missed the first four games of the shortened NHL season before re-signing to a five-year, $26.25 million contract on January 24, 2013.

Benn during the 2013–14 season. Benn was named the captain of the Dallas Stars during the 2013 off-season.

Benn was named the sixth captain of the Dallas Stars on September 19, 2013.[7]

On April 11, 2015, Benn scored 4 points in the Stars' last regular season game to finish with 87 points on the season and win the Art Ross Trophy. His final point, a secondary assist with 8.5 seconds left in the game, allowed him to overtake John Tavares for the award.[8]

On July 15, 2016, Benn agreed to an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with Dallas that runs through the 2024–25 NHL season at an average annual value of $9.5 million.[9]

International play

Benn representing Canada
Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
Winter Olympics
	2014 Sochi
World Junior Championships
	2009 Canada

Playing in his second WHL season, Benn was named to Team Canada, along with Kelowna Rockets teammate Tyler Myers, for the 2009 World Junior Championships in Ottawa. He contributed 4 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, helping Canada to its record-tying fifth straight gold medal, defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final. Benn first represented the senior team at the 2012 IIHF World Championship.

On January 7, 2014, Benn was named to the Canadian Olympic hockey team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi despite not being invited to the orientation camp during the summer of 2013.[10] In his first game as an Olympian, Benn scored the game-winning goal in Canada's first game against Norway in a 3–1 victory.[11] He scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against the United States in the semi-final, to advance Canada to the gold medal game, where they eventually beat Sweden 3–0.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Bold indicates led league

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2004–05	Peninsula Panthers	VIJHL		4	1	2	3	2		2	0	0	0	0
2005–06	Peninsula Panthers	VIJHL		38	31	24	55	92		7	5	7	12	20
2005–06	Victoria Salsa	BCHL		6	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Victoria Grizzlies	BCHL		53	42	23	65	78		11	5	4	9	12
2007–08	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		51	33	32	65	68		7	3	8	11	4
2008–09	Kelowna Rockets	WHL		56	46	36	82	71		19	13	20	33	18
2009–10	Dallas Stars	NHL		82	22	19	41	45		—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Texas Stars	AHL		—	—	—	—	—		24	14	12	26	22
2010–11	Dallas Stars	NHL		69	22	34	56	52		—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Dallas Stars	NHL		71	26	37	63	55		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Hamburg Freezers	DEL		19	7	13	20	30		—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Dallas Stars	NHL		41	12	21	33	40		—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Dallas Stars	NHL		81	34	45	79	64		6	4	1	5	4
2014–15	Dallas Stars	NHL		82	35	52	87	64		—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	Dallas Stars	NHL		82	41	48	89	64		13	5	10	15	10
2016–17	Dallas Stars	NHL		77	26	43	69	66		—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Dallas Stars	NHL		82	36	43	79	54		—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Dallas Stars	NHL		78	27	26	53	56		13	2	8	10	10
2019–20	Dallas Stars	NHL		69	19	20	39	53
NHL totals				814	300	388	688	613		32	11	19	30	24

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2009	Canada	WJC			6	4	2	6	4
2012	Canada	WC	5th		8	3	2	5	4
2014	Canada	Oly			6	2	0	2	4
Junior totals					6	4	2	6	4
Senior totals					14	5	2	7	8

Awards and honours

Award	Year
WHL
West First All-Star Team	2008–09
Ed Chynoweth Trophy – Memorial Cup Leading Scorer	2009
Ed Chynoweth Cup	2008–09
CHL Memorial Cup All-Star Team	2009	[12]
NHL
All-Star Game	2012, 2016
First All-Star Team	2013–14, 2015-16
Second All-Star Team	2014–15
Art Ross Trophy	2014–15

References

1. "Razor With an Edge: Captain Benn". National Hockey League. October 27, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
2. "Stars' Jordie Benn stepping out of brother Jamies shadow". Toronto Sun. January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
3. "Benn nets four as Rockets take down Voltigeurs". TSN. May 18, 2009. Archived from the original on September 19, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
4. "Canucks yield late tying goal but beat Stars in shootout". USA Today. October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
5. "Dallas' Benn recovering on Cedar Park ice, eyes trip to NHL playoffs". Austin American Statesman. September 19, 2015. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
6. "NHL All-Star Jamie Benn joins the Freezers" (in German). Hamburg Freezers. October 2, 2012. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
7. "Stars announce Jamie Benn as new captain". Dallas News. September 19, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
8. Gretz, Adam. "Jamie Benn records assist with 9 seconds to play to win Art Ross Trophy". cbssports.com. April 11, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
9. "Jamie Benn signs eight-year extension with Stars". National Hockey League. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
10. "Canadian men's team announced". The Sports Network. January 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved January 7, 2014.
11. "Jamie Benn gets winner as Team Canada beats Norway". islandsportsnews.com. February 16, 2014. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
12. Memorial Cup All-Star Teams Archived January 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sidney Crosby	Winner of the Art Ross Trophy 2015	Succeeded by Patrick Kane
Sporting positions
Preceded by Brenden Morrow	Dallas Stars captains 2013–present	Incumbent