Born	July 18, 1989 (1989-07-18) (age 20), Victoria, BC, CAN
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
NHL team	Dallas Stars
NHL Draft	129th overall, 2007 Dallas Stars
Pro career	2009 – present

Medal record
Competitor for Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Gold	2009 Canada

Jamie Benn (born July 18, 1989 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Contents 1 Playing career 2 International play 3 Awards 4 Career statistics 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Playing career

Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Victoria Grizzlies of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). 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, 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.^[1]

Benn made the Stars' roster for the 2009–10 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.^[2]

[edit] International play

Playing in his second WHL season, Benn was named to the 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.

[edit] Awards

• Won a World Junior gold medal with Team Canada in 2009.
• Named to the WHL West First All-Star Team in 2009.
• Won the Ed Chynoweth Cup with the Kelowna Rockets in 2009.

[edit] Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2006–07	Victoria Grizzlies	BCHL		53	42	23	65	78		—	—	—	—	—
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
WHL totals				107	79	68	147	139		26	16	28	44	22

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Jamie Benn's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Official WHL Profile