Jared Aulin

Jared Aulin
Born (1982-03-15) March 15, 1982
Calgary, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
NLB team
Former teams		 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Los Angeles Kings
Örebro HK
NHL Draft 47th overall, 2000
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2002–present

Jared Aulin (born March 15, 1982) is a Canadian professional hockey centre who is currently playing with the newly relegated Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League B (NLB). He was a second round selection of the Colorado Avalanche in the 2000 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft and played 17 NHL games for the Los Angeles Kings.

Playing career

Amateur

After playing with the Airdrie Extreme in 1997–98, Aulin joined the Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League as 16-year-old in 1998–99, netting 26 points in 55 games and a trip to the league finals. A 55-point 1999–2000 season (57 games) attracted the attention of the Colorado Avalanche, who drafted Aulin in the second round (47th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. In the 2000–01 season with the Blazers, Aulin scored a team leading 108 points in 70 games. During this time Aulin's rights were traded by the Avalanche to the Los Angeles Kings in an exchange that saw Rob Blake head to Colorado on March 22, 2001.[1]

Before the end of his junior career, Aulin won silver with Team Canada at the 2002 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, collecting 9 points in 7 tournament games.

Professional

On June 1, 2002, Aulin signed a three-year entry level contract with the Kings. Aulin made his professional debut in the following 2002–03 season with Kings affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs. During the season, Aulin also made his NHL debut with the Kings, appearing in 17 games. Aulin scored his only two goals against the Carolina Hurricanes in an 8-2 victory on February 7, 2003.

In the 2003–04 pre-season with the Kings, Aulin suffered a shoulder injury which required surgery. Aulin remained injured for the majority of the season and was subsequently traded to the Washington Capitals for Anson Carter on March 9, 2004.[2] Jared made his return from injury with the Capitals' AHL affiliate Portland Pirates to end the season.

Aulin spent the next two seasons with the Capitals' affiliates without a call-up to the NHL. After not being offered a contract with the Capitals for the 2006–07 season, Aulin signed with the AHL Springfield Falcons on October 7, 2006.[3] Jared played in only 13 games with the Falcons before he was released after aggravating his recurring shoulder injury.

During the summer of 2007, Aulin returned to hockey playing in a non-contact summer league with the TH Pirates in Calgary. While leading the league in scoring, Aulin was knocked unconscious and hospitalised when he was the victim of a two-handed slash to the neck in a game. Aulin pressed charges against the offender, but the incident left him jaded and considering retirement.[4] Aulin later returned to Hockey in the 2007–08 season with the University of Calgary in the CIS. This marked the first time in 20 years that a NHL player returned to play in the CIS.[5]

After further shoulder rehab, Aulin attempted a return to professional hockey and was invited to the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp for the 2009–10 season.[6] He was later reassigned to the Blue Jackets' AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch, training camp and made the Crunch's opening night on a try-out basis. After 31 games with Syracuse, and placing third in scoring, Aulin was signed to an AHL contract for the remainder of the season with the Crunch on January 2, 2010.[7]

A free agent prior to the 2010–11 season, Aulin accepted a tryout invitation to the Edmonton Oilers training before he was released during the pre-season on September 27, 2010.[8] On October 29, 2010, Aulin belatedly left North America and signed a one-year contract with Swedish team, Leksands IF, of the second tier HockeyAllsvenkan.[9]

On June 28, 2011, Aulin signed a one-year deal to remain in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Örebro HK.[10]

After four seasons with Örebro HK, the last two solidifying the club's position in the Swedish Hockey League, Aulin left Sweden as a free agent and signed a one-year deal with newly relegated Swiss club, Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the NLB on June 23, 2015.[11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1997–98 Kamloops Blazers WHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1998–99 Kamloops Blazers WHL 55 7 19 26 23 13 1 3 4 2
1999–00 Kamloops Blazers WHL 57 17 38 55 70 4 0 1 1 6
2000–01 Kamloops Blazers WHL 70 31 77 108 62 4 0 2 2 0
2001–02 Kamloops Blazers WHL 46 33 34 67 80 4 1 2 3 2
2002–03 Manchester Monarchs AHL 44 12 32 44 21 3 0 4 4 0
2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 17 2 2 4 0 — — — — —
2003–04 Portland Pirates AHL 10 2 1 3 4 6 1 1 2 4
2004–05 Portland Pirates AHL 65 11 28 39 30 — — — — —
2005–06 Hershey Bears AHL 61 11 28 39 38 5 0 0 0 6
2006–07 Springfield Falcons AHL 13 2 2 4 2 — — — — —
2007–08 University of Calgary CIS 16 14 20 34 22 — — — — —
2009–10 Syracuse Crunch AHL 64 16 21 37 36 — — — — —
2010–11 Leksands IF Allsv 36 10 20 30 28 5 3 0 3 6
2011–12 Örebro HK Allsv 49 25 33 58 24 9 0 4 4 6
2012–13 Örebro HK Allsv 48 16 34 50 34 — — — — —
2013–14 Örebro HK SHL 50 7 20 27 36 — — — — —
2014–15 Örebro HK SHL 47 7 17 24 6 3 0 2 2 2
2015–16 Rapperswil-Jona Lakers NLB 45 11 34 45 22 12 3 6 9 0
NHL totals 17 2 2 4 0 — — — — —
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
2002 Pardubice

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2002 Canada WJC 2nd, silver medalist(s) 7 4 5 9 4
Junior totals 7 4 5 9 4

Awards and honours

Award Year
WHL West First Team All-Star 2000–01 [12]
WHL West First Team All-Star 2001–02 [13]

References

  1. ↑ Elliott, Helene (2001-02-22). "Blake, Reinprecht traded to Colorado". LA times. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Washington gets injured forward Aulin". ESPN. 2004-03-09. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  3. ↑ "Falcons sign Aulin to PTO". AHL. 2006-10-07. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  4. ↑ "Stick swinging slash sours Aulin on sport he loves". Canoe.ca. 2007-07-13. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  5. ↑ "Former NHLer Jared Aulin heads Dinos' list of recruits". Canada West. 2007-09-19. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  6. ↑ "Aulin on comeback trail". Blogspot. 2009-08-06. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  7. ↑ "Crunch sign center Jared Aulin". Syracuse Crunch. 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
  8. ↑ "Oilers trim roster by six". Edmonton Oilers. 2010-09-27. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  9. ↑ "Leksands recruit new center" (in Swedish). hockeysverige.se. 2010-10-29. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  10. ↑ "NA reveals: Aulin signed" (in Swedish). NA.se. 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
  11. ↑ "Lakers add Canadian offensive firepower" (in German). Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. 2015-06-23. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
  12. ↑ Jesse Watts (2014). Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide (PDF). p. 242. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  13. ↑ Jesse Watts (2014). Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide (PDF). p. 242. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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