Jason Herter
Canadian defenceman who played one NHL game for the Islanders.
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Jason Herter is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played one game in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Islanders during the 1995–96 season. Drafted in the first round, eighth overall by the Vancouver Canucks in the 1989 NHL entry draft, Herter is notable for his brief NHL career and his gold medal win with Canada at the 1990 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Lore & Background
Herter played midget high school hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, with the Notre Dame Hounds. During the 1986–87 season, his team placed second at the Air Canada Cup. The following season, the Hounds moved to Junior A in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), winning the Credential Cup, Anavet Cup, and Abbott Cup, and ultimately the 1988 Centennial Cup national Junior A championship.
Herter then played college hockey at the University of North Dakota, where he set single-season freshmen assist and point records. He was ranked as the top player available at the 1989 NHL entry draft by the NHL Central Scouting Bureau midway through his freshman season, and was drafted eighth overall by the Vancouver Canucks. Despite chronic groin injuries and a knee sprain in his sophomore season, he set a North Dakota single-season record for powerplay goals by a defenceman and was named to the WCHA Second All-Star Team.
Reader's Guide
Herter's significance lies in his unusual career path: a first-round draft pick who played only one NHL game. After signing with the Canucks, he was assigned to their IHL affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals, where groin injuries limited his playing time. In December 1995, he was recalled by the New York Islanders due to multiple injuries to their defencemen. He made his NHL debut on December 7 in a 7–4 loss to the Hartford Whalers, recording an assist on a goal by Zigmund Palffy and being partnered with NHL All-Star Mathieu Schneider.
He was on the ice for three of New York's four goals and none of Hartford's seven. That single game constitutes his entire NHL career. After retiring, Herter became a scout in the USHL, then head coach of the Russell Stover U16 team, and later an assistant coach with the Fargo Force and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. He is currently an associate head coach at Western Michigan.
Career statistics and honours
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1987–88 | Notre Dame Hounds | SJHL | 54 | 5 | 33 | 38 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1988–89 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 41 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989–90 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 38 | 11 | 39 | 50 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1990–91 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 39 | 11 | 26 | 37 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1991–92 | Milwaukee Admirals | IHL | 56 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992–93 | Hamilton Canucks | AHL | 70 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 68 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 92 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| 1994–95 | Kalamazoo Wings | IHL | 60 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 70 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| 1995–96 | Utah Grizzlies | IHL | 74 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 58 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 8 |
| 1995–96 | New York Islanders | NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 71 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | Kansas City Blades | IHL | 57 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997–98 | Orlando Solar Bears | IHL | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 1998–99 | EV Landshut | DEL | 46 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 29 |
| 1999–2000 | München Barons | DEL | 44 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 74 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 43 |
| 2000–01 | München Barons | DEL | 54 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 70 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 |
| 2001–02 | München Barons | DEL | 19 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| IHL totals | 394 | 63 | 145 | 208 | 379 | 62 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 54 | ||
| NHL totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| DEL totals | 163 | 39 | 52 | 91 | 236 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 88 | ||
International statistics
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Canada | WJC | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Junior totals | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Awards and honours
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1989–90 |
| WCHA All-Tournament Team | 1990 |
| All-WCHA Second Team | 1990–91 |
| WCHA All-Academic Team | 1990, 1991 |
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Jason Herter (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
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- He is of French Métis descent.
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