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JEFF JILLSON
Defense
Born:
July 24, 1980; North Smithfield, R.I.
Height:
6’3”
Weight:
220
Shoots:
Right
Last Amateur Club:
Michigan (NCAA - CCHA)
HOW ACQUIRED:
Acquired from SanJose on March 9, 2004, as part of athree-team trade in exchange for CurtisBrown.
2005-06:
Appeared in two regular seasongames for Buffalo, collecting four penaltyminutes… Played in four games for the Sabresduring the Eastern Conference Finals…Appeared in 73 games for the RochesterAmericans (AHL)… Finished the season with30 points (10+20)… Scored three game-winning goals… Collected 94 penalty minutes…Began the season with a three-game point streak… Picked up a pair of assists againstWilkes-Barre/Scranton (11/25)… Scored game-winning goal against Grand Rapids (12/16)…Had two assists vs. Binghamton on 12/18 and 12/29…Notched a goal and an assist in ashootout win over Binghamton… Scored the game-winning goal and added an assist ina 5-4 win over Iowa (2/28).
CAREER:
2004-05:
Appeared in 78 games for the Rochester Americans, collectingprofessional career-highs in goals (12), assists (17) and points (29)…Had four game-winninggoals…Picked up third multi-assist game on 3/13 against Syracuse…Collected three points(1+2) against Hamilton on 2/2…Scored one goal and added two assists against St. John’son 11/28…
2003-04:
Had career-high tying 13 assists…Set career high with 17 penaltyminutes @ Atlanta (3/17)…Picked up assist in third-straight game with helper on GWG vs.Montreal (3/24)…Performance tied career-best scoring streak (Oct. 11-16, 2001)…Assistedon GWG @ Florida (3/20)…Credited with first point/assist as Sabre @ Tampa Bay (3/18)…Made Sabres debut @ Washington (3/10) and was +2 in 25 shifts…Appeared in 50 gameswith Boston, recording four goals, 10 assists and 35 penalty minutes…Also had one PPGand one GWG…Picked up assists vs. Detroit (1/07) and vs. Pittsburgh (1/08)…Appearedin 100th NHL game (12/06)…Recorded first two-goal game, one being the GT marker, vs. New Jersey (10/08)…Game was first asBruin…
2002-03:
Began season in San Jose with six assists in 26 games before being assigned to Cleveland (AHL) in December…Tiedcareer high with two assists @ Columbus (10/25)…Had assists in back-to-back games (Tampa Bay, 11/15, and Florida, 11/16)…Creditedwith eight points (3+5) in 19 games with Cleveland before being traded to Boston, Jan. 23, with Jeff Hackett for Kyle McLaren and a2004 fourth-round draft pick…Appeared in 30 games with Providence (AHL), recording 15 points (4+11).
2001-02:
Led NHL rookieswith 12 PPAs and ranked second in League rookies with 15 PP points…Made NHL debut vs. Detroit (10/04)…Had two assists vs. TampaBay (10/11)…Scored first NHL goal vs. Columbus (10/27)…Assigned to Cleveland Dec. 9 and was recalled to San Jose three more times.
2000-01:
Named second-team All-American while scoring 30 points (10+20) at Michigan in 43 games…Led Michigan blue liners ingoals, assists and points…Selected to All-CCHA first team and led conference defensemen in points.
1999-2000:
A first-team NCAAWest All-American with 34 points (8+26) and 115 PIMs in 38 games…Selected to All-CCHA first team. 1998-99: Named to CCHA All-Rookie Team…Scored 24 points (5+19) in 38 games.
Regular Season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A TP +/- PIM PP SH GW GT S S% GP G A TP PIM
1998-99 U. of Michigan CCHA 38 5 19 24 -- 70 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --1999-00 U. of Michigan CCHA 38 8 26 34 -- 115 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --2000-01 U. of Michigan CCHA 43 10 12 30 -- 74 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --2001-02 San Jose NHL 48 5 13 18 2 29 3 0 2 0 47 10.6 4 0 0 0 0Cleveland AHL 27 2 13 15 -- 45 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --2002-03 San Jose NHL 26 0 6 6 -7 9 0 0 0 0 22 0.0 -- -- -- -- --Cleveland AHL 19 3 5 8 -- 12 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --Providence AHL 30 4 11 15 -- 26 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --2003-04 Boston NHL 50 4 10 14 -1 35 1 0 1 1 80 5.0 -- -- -- -- --Buffalo NHL 14 0 3 3 -3 19 0 0 0 0 35 0.0 -- -- -- -- --2004-05 Rochester AHL 78 12 17 29 +6 46 8 0 4 -- 160 .075 9 1 1 2 122005-06 Rochester AHL 73 10 20 30 -2 94 7 0 3 -- 141 7.1 -- -- -- -- --Buffalo NHL 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 4 0 0 0 0
NHL Totals 140 9 32 41 -9 96 4 0 3 1 185 15.6 8 0 0 0 0Buffalo Totals 16 0 3 3 -3 23 0 0 0 0 36 0.0 4 0 0 0 0
CAREER GAME HIGHS
Goals:
2, 10/08/03 vs. New Jersey
Assists:
2, three times. Most recent, 11/14/03 @ Columbus
Points:
2, five times. Most recent, 11/19/03 @ Atlanta (1+1)
Penalty Minutes:
17, 3/17/04 @ Atlanta
Longest Point Streak:
3, 3/18/04 @ Tampa Bay to 3/24/04 vs. Montreal (0+3)
JILLSON vs. NHL
Team GP G A TP PIM
Anaheim 6 0 1 1 2Atlanta 5 1 1 2 19Boston 3 0 1 1 0Buffalo 4 0 0 0 4Calgary 3 0 0 0 2Carolina 4 0 1 1 2Chicago 3 1 0 1 0Colorado 3 1 0 1 2Columbus 8 1 5 6 4Dallas 5 0 1 1 11Detroit 6 0 2 2 2Edmonton 2 0 0 0 0Florida 3 0 2 2 0Los Angeles 5 0 1 1 10Minnesota 6 0 1 1 2Montreal 7 0 1 1 2Nashville 7 0 1 1 2New Jersey 3 2 0 2 8N.Y. Islanders 3 0 0 0 2N.Y. Rangers 5 0 1 1 0Ottawa 5 1 0 1 0Philadelphia 3 0 1 1 0Phoenix 5 0 1 1 2Pittsburgh 7 0 3 3 7San Jose 1 0 1 1 0St. Louis 5 0 1 1 7Tampa Bay 6 0 4 4 2Toronto 6 0 1 1 4Vancouver 5 1 0 1 0Washington 6 1 1 2 0
NHL Totals 140 9 32 41 96
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