Jamie Langenbrunner

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Jamie Langenbrunner : biography

July 24, 1975 –

James Craig Langenbrunner ( born July 24, 1975) is an American professional ice hockey player that is a unrestricted free agent of the National Hockey League (NHL).. Langenbrunner was formerly the captain of the 2010 United States Olympic Team and a member of the 1999 Dallas Stanley Cup championship team and the 2003 New Jersey Devils Stanley Cup championship team.

Awards and achievements

  • 1995–96 IHL Michigan K-Wings MVP
  • 1996–97 NHL Calder Trophy Finalist for Rookie of the Year (Dallas Stars)
  • 1998 Member of the United States Olympic Hockey team
  • 1998–99 NHL Stanley Cup Champion (Dallas Stars)
  • 2002–03 NHL Stanley Cup Champion (New Jersey Devils)
  • 2002–03 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs Scoring Champion (New Jersey Devils)
  • 2004 Member of the United States team at the World Cup of Hockey
  • 2007–2011 New Jersey Devils Team Captain
  • January 2009 NHL Player of the Month
  • Named to 2010 United States Olympic Hockey team
  • Named Captain of 2010 United States Olympic Hockey team
  • 2010 Winter Olympic Silver Medalist ~Mens Ice Hockey

Statistics

As of January 19, 2011, Langenbrunner has played in 1000 regular season games in the NHL, scoring 233 goals and 388 assists for 621 points and is currently 29th on the all-time American-born scoring list for NHL players. In 137 playoff games, he has scored 33 goals and 53 assists for 88 points and is currently 15th among active NHLers in points scored, with 35 of those points coming in his two Stanley Cup-winning seasons.

He is widely credited for his impressive post-season performances, the most recent being the second overtime goal against the Ottawa Senators in the second round of the 2007 Playoff Series. It was his 12th game-winning goal and his fourth career playoff overtime goal. His 12 playoff game-winning goals top notable Hall of Famers such as Mario Lemieux, Cam Neely, and Paul Coffey and tie him with Legends such as Phil Esposito and Mark Messier.

Personal life

Jamie was born in Duluth in 1975 although the family lived in Moose Lake at the time. When he was 1, the family moved for a short time to Moorhead before moving to International Falls in 1979. Langenbrunner was well into his skating career by age 5. They moved to Cloquet in 1985.

Langenbrunner married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth, and together they have three children: daughter Laine (born 1998), and sons Landon (born 2000) and Mason (born 2002). While with the Devils, Langenbrunner lived in North Caldwell, New Jersey.Pates, Kevin. "FOR LANGENBRUNNER, SECOND CUP JUST AS SWEET", Duluth News Tribune, June 11, 2003. In the offseason Langenbrunner and his family live in his home state of Minnesota.

Playing career

Junior

In high school, Langenbrunner played for the Cloquet Lumberjacks in the Minnesota State High School Hockey League.

After scoring 148 points in 70 games during his Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior years in High School and leading the Lumberjacks to back to back State Tournament appearances, Langenbrunner was named the AP’s Minnesota High School Hockey player of the year. Following a spectacular State Tournament performance, Langenbrunner was drafted out of Cloquet 35th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars.

Langenbrunner would then forego playing his senior year of high school hockey and instead play his next two seasons with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL, scoring 75 goals and 115 assists for 190 points in only 124 games. Also with the Petes he tallied 12 goals and 20 assists for 32 points in 18 OHL playoff games. In his second year with the Petes (during the 1994–95 season) he made his NHL debut with the Dallas Stars.

Professional

The following year during the 1995–96 season he played 59 games with the Michigan K-Wings of the IHL scoring 25 goals and notching 40 assists for 65 points while tallying 13 points in 10 playoff games. His impressive numbers earned him the teams MVP award and also got him called up to the NHL where he played 12 games that year.