Jason Pominville, an ice hockey player 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, Marco Scandella and a 2018 fourth-round pick to Buffalo in exchange for Tyler Ennis, Marcus Foligno 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.