Jason Bacashihua

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Jason Bacashihua
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Born (1982-09-20) September 20, 1982 (age 39)
Dearborn Heights, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 177 lb (80 kg; 12 st 9 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
EIHL team
Former teams		 Manchester Storm
St. Louis Blues
Straubing Tigers
HC 05 Banská Bystrica
High1
KS Cracovia
WSV Sterzing Broncos
Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák
National team  United States
NHL Draft 26th overall, 2001
Dallas Stars
Playing career 2002–present

Jason Bacashihua (born September 20, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Manchester Storm in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).[1] He has played in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues, various teams in the AHL and ECHL, HC 05 Banská Bystrica of the Slovak Extraliga, and High1 in Asia League Ice Hockey.

Playing career[]

Bacashihua was selected in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, 26th overall. He spent two seasons with the Stars' AHL affiliate Utah Grizzlies before he was traded on June 25, 2004 to the St. Louis Blues for Shawn Belle.[2]

Jason played for the Blues AHL affiliates, the Worcester IceCats and the Peoria Rivermen, before being called up to the main Blues roster and making his NHL debut in the 2005–06 season. After failing to make the team out of training camp, Bacashihua was assigned to Peoria prior to the 2007–08 season.

On November 8, 2007, Bacashihua was traded by the Blues to the Colorado Avalanche for future considerations, and was assigned to the Avalanche's affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters.[3] The Monsters are the same Grizzlies franchise, renamed and relocated, with whom Bacashihua started his AHL career. Bacashihua spent the next season and a half with the Monsters rotating the starting position with Tyler Weiman. During the 2008–09 season between February and March, Bacashihua won a franchise-best eight straight games. He was selected as the AHL Player of the Week (February 23 – March 1), to mark the first time in franchise history a Monsters player had received the award.[4]

On July 31, 2009, Bacashihua signed a one-year contract with the Hershey Bears of the AHL for the 2009–10 season.[5] He appeared in pre-season games for the Washington Capitals before being reassigned to Hershey. In 22 regular season games he won an impressive 17 however he was demoted to third choice goalie behind Capitals prospects and failed to make a playoff appearance for the Calder Cup winning Bears.

On July 2, 2010, Bacashihua returned to the Colorado Avalanche organization, signing a one-year contract as a free agent for the 2010–11 season.[6] Assigned to reacquaint with the Lake Erie Monsters, Bacashihua split the season with former NHL goaltender John Grahame to form one of the best performing tandems in the AHL. He was recalled by the Avalanche on one occasion to serve as backup in place of the injured Craig Anderson, however failed to make his Avalanche debut.[7] Returning to the Monsters to set a career professional best in goals against average, Bacashihua appeared in 42 games for 23 wins to help guide the Monsters to their first post-season berth.

On July 19, 2011, Bacashihua signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.[8] Used primarily as a veteran backup within the Flyers organization, he spent the majority of the year with AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms. He was recalled twice to Philadelphia to dress and serve as a backup, however again was unable to mark a return to the NHL since 2007.

On July 22, 2012, Bacashihua was signed to his first professional European contract on a one-year deal to become a number one starter with German club, Straubing Tigers of the DEL.[9] In making his DEL debut during the 2012–13 season, Bacashihua responded with the strong start with the Tigers to earn a one-year extension on December 28, 2012. He appeared in every game with the Tigers as their starting goalie to help gain a playoff position through qualification before losing in the first round.

In the two following seasons with the Tigers, Bacashihua was unable to prevent the club from missing the playoffs. With a decline statistically in his third season, Bacashihua was not offered a new contract at season's end with Straubing on March 3, 2015.[10]

After not receiving a new contract, he moved to the Slovak Extraliga, where he played two seasons with HC 05 Banská Bystrica, leading the league in his second season with a 2.05 goals against average and helping Bystrica claim the Championship. For the 2017–18 season, he moved to South Korea and played with High1 in Asia League Ice Hockey.

At the start of the 2018–19 season, he continued his journeyman career in moving to Poland to play for Cracovia on September 28, 2018.[11]

After spells with WSV Sterzing Broncos and Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák, Bacashihua signed for UK EIHL side Manchester Storm in November 2021, following an injury to the Storm's starting goaltender Matt Ginn.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1999–00 Chicago Freeze NAHL 41 20 19 2 2432 118 2 2.91 2 0 2 103 12 0 6.97
2000–01 Chicago Freeze NAHL 39 24 14 0 2246 121 1 3.23 3 1 2 190 12 0 3.79
2001–02 Plymouth Whalers OHL 46 26 12 7 2688 105 5 2.34 .921 6 2 4 360 15 0 2.50 .901
2001–02 Utah Grizzlies AHL 1 0 1 0 61 3 0 2.95 .930 — — — — — — — —
2002–03 Utah Grizzlies AHL 39 18 18 2 2245 118 3 3.15 .907 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.03 .941
2003–04 Utah Grizzlies AHL 39 13 19 5 2234 99 3 2.66 .916 — — — — — — — —
2004–05 Worcester IceCats AHL 35 18 13 1 1909 80 2 2.51 .902 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Peoria Rivermen AHL 15 9 4 0 820 36 2 2.63 .903 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 St. Louis Blues NHL 19 4 10 1 966 52 0 3.23 .899 — — — — — — — —
2006–07 Peoria Rivermen AHL 20 5 10 4 1139 55 1 2.90 .885 — — — — — — — —
2006–07 St. Louis Blues NHL 19 3 7 3 894 47 0 3.15 .896 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Peoria Rivermen AHL 4 1 3 0 208 11 0 3.17 .869 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Johnstown Chiefs ECHL 1 1 0 0 65 4 0 3.70 .886 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 19 5 11 2 1074 60 1 3.35 .905 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 39 13 21 3 2255 104 2 2.77 .905 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Hershey Bears AHL 22 17 3 1 1258 52 1 2.48 .911 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 42 23 16 3 2466 94 4 2.29 .917 2 1 1 118 5 0 2.54 .909
2011–12 Adirondack Phantoms AHL 23 8 11 1 1244 62 0 2.99 .901 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Straubing Tigers DEL 52 25 27 0 3123 137 3 2.63 .915 7 3 4 422 22 0 3.13 .910
2013–14 Straubing Tigers DEL 50 20 28 0 2959 130 3 2.64 .919 — — — — — — — —
2014–15 Straubing Tigers DEL 35 9 22 0 1916 100 0 3.13 .898 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 HC 05 Banská Bystrica Slovak 40 22 11 3 2387 83 5 2.09 .926 17 10 7 1056 31 3 1.76 .939
2016–17 HC 05 Banská Bystrica Slovak 36 23 9 4 2167 74 0 2.05 .929 13 10 3 — — 1 1.92 .934
2017–18 High1 AL 25 — — — — — — 2.81 .913 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 KS Cracovia PHL 5 3 2 0 305 12 0 2.36 .906 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Deggendorf SC DEL2 26 11 12 0 1466 93 1 3.81 .908 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 WSV Sterzing Broncos AlpsHL 39 22 16 0 2190 118 0 3.23 .904 — — — — — — — —
2020–21 Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák Erste 14 5 9 0 — — — 4.66 .909 — — — — — — — —
NHL totals 38 7 17 4 1860 99 0 3.19 .897 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honours[]

Award Year
OHL
First All-Rookie Team 2002
F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy 2002
Dave Pinkney Trophy 2002
CHL All-Rookie Team 2002

References[]

  1. ^ "BREAKING | STORM BRING IN FORMER NHL GOALTENDER JASON BACASHIHUA – Manchester Storm".
  2. ^ "Blues get Bacashihua". NBC Sports. 2004-06-24. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  3. ^ "Blues trade Bacashihua to Colorado for future considerations". St. Louis Blues. 2007-11-08. Retrieved 2008-11-23.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Lake Erie enjoys success in year two". Colorado Avalanche. 2009-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  5. ^ "Bears bag Bacashihua for 2009-10". AHL. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 2009-08-01.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Avalanche signs Quincey, Winnik and six others". Colorado Avalanche. 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  7. ^ "Anderson injured prior to Vancouver game". Colorado Avalanche. 2010-10-25. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  8. ^ "Flyers Sign Three". Philadelphia Flyers. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
  9. ^ "New number one Tiger is clear: AHL goalie Jason Bacashihua comes" (in German). Straubing Tigers. 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  10. ^ "Time for a break: Eight leave Tigers" (in German). Straubing Tigers. 2015-03-03. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-03.
  11. ^ "Jason Bacashihua agrees to terms to play in PHL!" (in Polish). KS Cracovia. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2018-09-28.

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Dallas Stars first round draft pick
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