Greg Jacina
Greg Jacina (born May 22, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey Winger. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, though most of his career, which lasted from 2003 to 2015, was spent in the minor leagues and then in Europe.
| Greg Jacina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Jacina with the Rochester Americans in 2005 | |||
| Born |
May 22, 1982 Guelph, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 203 lb (92 kg; 14 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| EIHL team Former teams |
Nottingham Panthers Florida Panthers Lukko Rauma Tappara VIK Västerås HK SV Renon Odense Bulldogs Frederikshavn White Hawks Rosenborg IHK | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 2003–2015 | ||
Biography
Jacina was born in Guelph, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from North York.[1] He played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League, before signing as an undrafted free agent to an entry-level contract with the Florida Panthers on August 12, 2003. In the Panthers organization, Jacina made his NHL debut and played in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons in the NHL.
He signed for Lukko Rauma of the SM-liiga in Finland, for the 2007–08 season but due to injury he could not complete on game that season. He started the following 2008–09 season in Lukko before after 16 games he switched to Tappara. After 10 games in Tampere, Jacina continued his journeyman campaign in moving to VIK Västerås HK of the HockeyAllsvenskan.
On May 8, 2014, Jacina agree to a one-year contract extension to remain in Notthingham of the EIHL.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1998–99 | Orangeville Crushers | MWJHL | 25 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Guelph Storm | OHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–00 | Owen Sound Platers | OHL | 66 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2000–01 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 57 | 25 | 26 | 51 | 101 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 2001–02 | Owen Sound Attack | OHL | 33 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001–02 | Mississauga IceDogs | OHL | 28 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2002–03 | Mississauga IceDogs | OHL | 56 | 19 | 47 | 66 | 104 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2003–04 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003–04 | Augusta Lynx | ECHL | 58 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2004–05 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 78 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 150 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005–06 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 35 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 152 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Florida Panthers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 61 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 96 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Lukko | FIN | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Tappara | FIN | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2008–09 | Västerås IK | SWE-2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Ritten/Renon | ITA | 37 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 82 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 36 | ||
| 2010–11 | Odense Bulldogs | DEN | 38 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Frederikshavn White Hawks | DEN | 40 | 15 | 24 | 39 | 78 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2012–13 | Ritten/Renon | ITA | 41 | 16 | 27 | 43 | 91 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2013–14 | Rosenborg IHK | NOR | 28 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 130 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 23 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Nottingham Panthers | EIHL | 47 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 107 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| AHL totals | 187 | 33 | 48 | 81 | 420 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| NHL totals | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
- "Canadian Greg Jacina signs on in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 2014-05-08. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-08.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database