Jared Aulin

Jared Aulin (born March 15, 1982) is a Canadian former professional hockey centre. 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.

Jared Aulin
Aulin with Örebro HK in 2013
Born (1982-03-15) March 15, 1982
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 192 lb (87 kg; 13 st 10 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Los Angeles Kings
Örebro HK
SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers
Straubing Tigers
Manchester Storm
NHL Draft 47th overall, 2000
Colorado Avalanche
Playing career 2002–2021

Playing career

Amateur

As a youth, Aulin played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Calgary Junior Flames minor ice hockey team.[1]

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. After leading the league in points through nine games, he played through an ankle injury which caused his production to dip, finishing with 55 points during the 1999–2000 season (57 games), attracting the attention of the Colorado Avalanche, who drafted Aulin in the second round (47th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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 an NHL player returned to play in the CIS.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11]

On June 28, 2011, Aulin signed a one-year deal to remain in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Örebro HK.[12]

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, SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers of the National League B (NLB) on June 23, 2015.[13]

In his third season with the Lakers, Aulin helped the club clinch promotion from the Swiss League back to the National League. In the following 2018–19 season, Aulin played 19 games registering just 4 assists in the top flight league, before leaving the club mid-season in joining German outfit, the Straubing Tigers of the DEL for the remainder of the year on December 28, 2018.[14]

On 9 August 2019, Aulin joined his brother-in-law Layne Ulmer by signing for UK EIHL side Manchester Storm.[15][16]

On July 26, 2021, Jared announced his retirement from hockey via his Instagram page.

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
1999–2000 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 CWUAA 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 SUI.2 45 11 34 45 22 12 3 6 9 0
2016–17 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers SUI.2 47 19 35 54 24 14 2 6 8 14
2017–18 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers SUI.2 39 11 35 46 18 13 4 10 14 2
2018–19 Rapperswil–Jona Lakers NL 19 0 4 4 8 — — — — —
2018–19 Straubing Tigers DEL 19 1 9 10 0 2 0 0 0 0
2019–20 Manchester Storm EIHL 48 10 35 45 26 — — — — —
AHL totals 257 54 112 166 131 14 1 5 6 10
NHL totals 17 2 2 4 0 — — — — —
Allsv totals 133 51 87 138 86 14 3 4 7 12
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Pardubice

International
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Canada U18 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 1 2 3 2
2002 Canada WJC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 4 5 9 4
Junior totals 10 5 7 12 6

Awards and honours
Award Year
WHL
West First Team All-Star 2000–01 [17]
West First Team All-Star 2001–02 [18]

References
  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. Gallo, Tyler (January 13, 2021). "Jared Aulin talks playing in the NHL, injury setbacks, and reviving his career in Europe". Stranded Sports. Archived from the original on January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. Elliott, Helene (February 22, 2001). "Blake, Reinprecht traded to Colorado". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 10, 2008.
  4. "Washington gets injured forward Aulin". ESPN. March 9, 2004. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  5. "Falcons sign Aulin to PTO". AHL. October 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 12, 2006. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  6. "Stick swinging slash sours Aulin on sport he loves". Canoe.ca. July 13, 2007. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  7. "Former NHLer Jared Aulin heads Dinos' list of recruits". Canada West. September 19, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
  8. "Aulin on comeback trail". Blogspot. August 6, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  9. "Crunch sign center Jared Aulin". Syracuse Crunch. January 2, 2010. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  10. "Oilers trim roster by six". Edmonton Oilers. September 27, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  11. "Leksands recruit new center". hockeysverige.se (in Swedish). October 29, 2010. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
  12. "NA reveals: Aulin signed" (in Swedish). NA.se. June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  13. "Lakers add Canadian offensive firepower" (in German). Rapperswil-Jona Lakers. June 23, 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  14. "Jared Aulin strengthens Tigers offense" (in German). Straubing Tigers. December 28, 2018. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  15. "Jared Aulin". Elite Prospects.
  16. "Breaking News: All In For Jared Aulin!". Manchester Storm. August 9, 2019.
  17. Jesse Watts (2014). Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide (PDF). p. 242. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  18. Jesse Watts (2014). Western Hockey League 2014-2015 Official Guide (PDF). p. 242. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
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