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Jason Spezza
Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza (born June 13, 1983) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators and Dallas Stars. After beginning his major junior career at the early age of 15 in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Spezza was selected second overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators, eventually serving as their team captain following the departure of Daniel Alfredsson. Playing in the American Hockey League (AHL) in 2004–05 due to the NHL lockout, he won the Les Cunningham Award as league MVP with the Binghamton Senators. In 2005–06, Spezza set an Ottawa Senators franchise record with 71 assists, while hitting the 90-point mark for the first of two times in his NHL career. Internationally, Spezza has represented Canada at three World Junior Championships and two World Championships. When he made his World Junior debut in 2000, he became just the third 16-year-old in history to make the team, behind Wayne Gretzky and Eric Lindros.
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1983-06-13
Birth Place
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Jason Spezza should have no regrets about not getting 1000 points

It was just over two weeks ago that Jason Spezza announced his retirement and accepted a job in the Maple Leafs’ front office. The 19-season veteran called it a career after amassing a total of 995 points in 1248 career regular season games and an additional 76 points across 97 career playoff games. However, the ink had not yet dried on Spezza’s new contract as special assistant to Kyle Dubas when speculation began in some corners of the Leafs’ fanbase that he could come out of retirement and rejoin the team.
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Toronto Maple Leafs: The Worst Idea Is Finding a “New” Jason Spezza

The Toronto Maple Leafs and their fans really enjoyed the last three years of Jason Spezza’s career. Playing on a series of one-year contracts at the league minimum, Jason Spezza provided offense and leadership on the Toronto Maple Leafs 4th line and 2nd power-play unit for the last three seasons.
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Jason Spezza Retires a Maple Leaf, Remains a Senators’ Legend

A number of kids who grew up local to Canada’s capital city have something of a shared memory. Maybe a Friday or a Saturday night, just shortly after 10:00PM. Their favourite team, the Ottawa Senators just won. Pizza coupon in hand, they were whisked by their parents through the snaking parking lots in Kanata. The car buzzed away, slow to start in the frigid December night. But there was no amount of sleep or warmth that would rival the feeling of what was just witnessed. An offensive onslaught of fast, physical hockey, propelled by the top line. Jason Spezza may retire as a Toronto Maple Leaf, but he forever remains a Senators’ legend.
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Maple Leafs Fans Could See Jason Spezza On the Ice Again

We recently wrote about a couple of ways the Toronto Maple Leafs can maximize their player’s effectiveness by thinking out of the box. In that post, we noted that if the Maple Leafs were stuck with the players they had one way to solve problems was to make changes from the inside rather than from the outside.
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Maple Leafs’ Jason Spezza Continues Legacy in Retirement

We were in the middle of writing a piece that asked the question, should the Toronto Maple Leafs bring back Jason Spezza when the man himself made us return to the drawing board by announcing his retirement. However, he’s not done with the Maple Leafs. He’ll be joining management in a job that will be defined over the next few years.
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Jason Spezza: Potential Future GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs

Jason Spezza announced his retirement from the NHL on Sunday, May 29th, 2022. He also announced that he is joining the Toronto Maple Leafs in a front-office position. Spezza will be an assistant to current team general manager Kyle Dubas. There is no news yet as to what specific job(s)...
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19-year NHL vet Jason Spezza announces retirement

Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza has announced his retirement, ending an NHL career that lasted over 1,200 games. As part of the announcement, it was revealed that Spezza will be joining Toronto’s front office as special assistant to GM Kyle Dubas. Spezza gave a statement regarding his decision, saying:
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Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza retires, takes front-office role

Toronto Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza announced Sunday that his playing career in the NHL is over and that he'll step into a front-office role with the team as special assistant to general manager Kyle Dubas. Spezza, 38, played the first 11 years of his career with the Ottawa Senators...
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