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Background

Jason Pominville, an <a href="/biography/jason-pominville">ice hockey player</a> by profession, was born on November 30th, 1982. He was born in Repentigny, QC, CAN. His father was a Canadian by nationality and his mother was an American and hence Jason has dual citizenship from both Canada and the US. Jason had an interest in hockey since he was very young and started playing the game while he was studying.

Early Years

He was the part of his high school and college hockey teams and performed well there to come into notice of various teams at the national level. He play hockey for the Shawinigan Cataractes in a Junior Hockey League and gained some recognition there. In his final year with Shawinigan, Pominville scored 121 goals in 66 games and was awarded the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy as the league’s most gentlemanly player. Pominville is known to be gentlemanly while playing and is less aggressive as compared to most of the players.

Professional Life

Jason was just 18 years old when the Buffalo Sabres drafted him with the 55th-overall draft pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He, later on, signed a contract with the team Buffalo Sabres in the year 2001 and made his NHL debut with the team.

Over the years, Pominville has impressed everybody with his performances and led his team to win many championships and trophies. He himself made many records and won many awards during his professional stint with the team and because of his performances he was made the 16th captain of the team in the year 2011. He continued to play on for the team until the year 2014 but because of a below average performance of the team Buffalo Sabres, he was traded to the team Minnesota Wild in the year 2014. Jason Pominville signed a 5 year / $28,000,000 contract with the Minnesota Wild, including a $2,500,000 signing bonus, $28,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $5,600,000. In 2015-16, however, Pominville managed only 36 points in 75 games. It was his worst effort in a non-lockout season since his 30-point rookie debut in 2005-06. On June 30, 2017, Pominville returned to the Sabres in a trade that sent him, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Scandella">Marco Scandella</a> and a 2018 fourth-round pick to Buffalo in exchange for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyler_Ennis_(ice_hockey)">Tyler Ennis</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Foligno">Marcus Foligno</a> and a 2018 third-round pick and has been playing with the team ever since. Jason, because of having dual citizenship of Canada and US, had the option to play for the national teams of both the countries. Jason, however, selected the US and currently plays for the national US team at international level and has gained much fame there because of his game performances and has been awarded All-Star award multiple times.

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Personal Life

Jason is married to his present wife and his past girlfriend Kim Pominville. The couple got married in the year 2008 after dating for some years and has been staying together since their marriage. They also have 2 kids together and Jason likes to spend his free time with his kids and his wife. Jason is believed to be drawing a huge annual salary because of his performances and his contracts with his present and the past teams. His estimated net worth is calculated to be around $31 million and his worth is projected to increase in the future as well because of his present and future anticipated contracts and his continued stupendous performances for his teams. He is also active on social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram and has got many followers on his Twitter account. He keeps on updating his recent pictures both from his personal and professional life on these social media sites.

1000th NHL Game

Pominville was recently honored before a game by the Buffalo organization for playing in his 1,000th career NHL game. Buffalo Sabres <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Eichel">captain</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Eichel">Jack Eichel</a> says that Pominville deserves every bit of the congratulations he received for skating in his 1000th game. “He’s just so well –respected around the league, around the community. He’s such a <a href="/biography/jason-pominville">professional</a>. I’m so happy he’s played a thousand games and had as much success as he’s had.” Former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Scandella">teammate</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Scandella">Marco Scandella</a> also speaks highly of Pominville:  “When you play with him, you notice what a professional he is. Every day he’s taking care of his body, but also he tries to get better, shooting pucks after practice and it goes a long ways being an example for guys.” Pominville played his 1000th game in high style, scoring two goals and an assist while routing the Senators 9-2. There are just not very many players that score three goals, including the game winner, when they have played in as many games as Pominville. Last season, Pominville played in all 82 games with the Sabres - his sixth time doing so with Buffalo and eighth time overall in his career. He put up 34 points, including 16 goals and 18 assists. He’s now scored 206 goals and 294 assists in 672 games with the team. Pominville has spent more than two-thirds of his NHL career with the Sabres organization, and has undoubtedly made his mark on the franchise. Hitting 500 points as a member of the Buffalo Sabres puts him at eighth-most among career leaders; with that, he is also tenth on the list of career games played for the Sabres.

Current

In terms of professional hockey, thirty is considered old; Pominville turns 36 this month. He’s been able to play this long and contribute because he cares about his body, “I’ve always taken pride in my summer workout, it’s habits and taking care of myself whether it’s at the rink or during the summer and it goes a long way.”Pominville has no idea how long his career is going to go; he’s in the here and now, “I’m just trying to enjoy the moment and go a day at a time. A lot of it is after the season, to see how your body holds up and family decisions.” Jason Pominville resides with his family year-round in East Amherst, New York. In 2018-19, Pominville will earn a base salary of $5,000,000, while carrying a cap hit of $5,600,000.

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