Greg Jacina

Greg Jacina
Jacina with the Rochester Americans in 2005
Born (1982-05-22) May 22, 1982 (age 42)
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

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.

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.[citation needed] In the Panthers organization, Jacina made his NHL debut and played in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons in the NHL.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Canadian Greg Jacina signs on in Nottingham". Nottingham Post. 2014-05-08. Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-08.