Jeff Ware (ice hockey)

Jeff Ware
Born (1977-05-19) May 19, 1977 (age 47)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg; 15 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs
Florida Panthers
AHL
St. John's Maple Leafs
Beast of New Haven
Louisville Panthers
Syracuse Crunch
NHL draft 15th overall, 1995
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1996–2002

Jeff Ware (born May 19, 1977) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Florida Panthers. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round (15th overall) of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

Hockey career

As a youth, Ware played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Marlboros minor ice hockey team.[1] Ware played major junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, where he captained the team for the 1995–96 season.[2] He won the league championship in 1997.[citation needed] During his junior career, he also won a gold medal with Team Canada at the 1997 World Juniors hockey tournament in Geneva, Switzerland.[3]

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Ware in the first round, 15th overall, at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.[4] He played in 16 games with the Maple Leafs, never scoring a point. On February 15, 1999, Ware was traded to the Florida Panthers for forward David Nemirovsky.[5] On July 1, 2000, Florida declined to offer Ware a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent.[6] The Panthers exposed him for selection in the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft, but he was not taken by either of the expansion teams.[7] He played 21 total career games in the NHL, tallying one assist.[4] He retired from hockey in 2002 following five knee surgeries.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1993–94 Wexford Raiders MetJHL 45 1 9 10 75 — — — — —
1994–95 Oshawa Generals OHL 55 2 11 13 86 7 1 1 2 6
1995–96 Oshawa Generals OHL 62 4 19 23 128 5 0 1 1 8
1995–96 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 2
1996–97 Oshawa Generals OHL 24 1 10 11 38 13 0 3 3 34
1996–97 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 13 0 0 0 6 — — — — —
1997–98 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 67 0 3 3 182 4 0 0 0 4
1997–98 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1998–99 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 55 1 4 5 130 — — — — —
1998–99 Beast of New Haven AHL 20 0 1 1 26 — — — — —
1998–99 Florida Panthers NHL 6 0 1 1 6 — — — — —
1999–2000 Louisville Panthers AHL 51 0 10 10 128 4 0 0 0 4
2000–01 Syracuse Crunch AHL 71 0 4 4 174 5 0 0 0 16
2001–02 Syracuse Crunch AHL 23 0 0 0 58 — — — — —
AHL totals 291 1 22 23 702 17 0 0 0 26
NHL totals 21 0 1 1 12 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event   GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Canada WJC 7 0 0 0 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 March 6, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ^ "Help us fill in our 'Missing Moments in History'". Oshawa Generals. January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  3. ^ Bell, Aaron (January 4, 2003). "Drive for five in Switzerland". Ontario Hockey League. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  4. ^ a b McGran, Kevin (October 3, 2020). "The Maple Leafs can dream big at No. 15 in Tuesday's NHL draft — as deep as the William Nylander crop of 2014". Toronto Star. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  5. ^ "Leafs Trade Ware For Nemirovsky". CBS Sports. February 17, 1999. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Activity". The Globe and Mail. July 1, 2000. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "NHL Expansion Draft Lists". The Globe and Mail. June 14, 2000. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick
1995 		Succeeded by