Jets sign three to AHL contracts

[NHLWinnipeg]

Jets sign three to AHL contracts

By: Ed Tait

Posted: 08/4/2011 9:55 AM

The Winnipeg Jets continue to stockpile organizational depth and talent with the addition of three more players who will wear the colours of the St. John’s IceCaps.

The Jets announced the signings of defencemen Jason DeSantis and Jake Marto and former Manitoba Moose winger Jason King, all to American-Hockey-League contracts.

The 24-year-old DeSantis split last season between the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers. He has played in 85 career AHL games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and the Philadelphia Phantoms after four seasons of college hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Marto, 23, recently finished his senior season with the University of North Dakota where he played 157 games over four years.

King, meanwhile, has played the last three years in Germany, most recently with the Hamburg Freezers. A proud product of Corner Brook, NL, King has 59 NHL games under his belt with Anaheim and Vancouver and has appeared in 256 AHL games with the Moose and Portland. He is fourth on the Moose all-time goal-scoring list with 77

King was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the seventh round, 212th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

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Jason DeSantis

Position: Defence
Shoots: Left
Born: March 9, 1986
Place: Oxford, MI
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185
Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 27, 2011
Draft status: Undrafted

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2004-05 Ohio State University CCHA 42 4 5 9 32
2005-06 Ohio State University CCHA 24 2 4 6 30
2006-07 Ohio State University CCHA 37 5 20 25 50
2007-08 Ohio State University CCHA 41 5 15 20 38
2007-08 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 10 0 5 5 6 10 0 1 1 6
2008-09 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL 56 1 16 17 12 -- -- -- -- --
2009-10 Liberec Bili Tygri HC Czech 14 2 3 5 10
2010-11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen AHL 19 1 4 5 8 -- -- -- -- --
2010-11 Wheeling Nailers ECHL 45 6 21 27 38 15 1 2 3 18
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Jake Marto

Position: Defence
Shoots: Left
Born: August 11, 1986
Place: Grand Forks, ND
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 183
Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 27, 2011
Draft status: Undrafted
--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2005-06 Omaha Lancers USHL 54 1 21 22 18 5 0 2 2 0
2006-07 Omaha Lancers USHL 60 5 18 23 36 5 0 2 2 4
2007-08 U. of North Dakota WCHA 28 2 6 8 4
2008-09 U. of North Dakota WCHA 43 6 11 17 20
2009-10 U. of North Dakota WCHA 42 5 13 18 16
2010-11 U. of North Dakota WCHA 44 8 11 19 8
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Jason King

Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Left
Born: September 14, 1981
Place: Corner Brook, NL
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 182
Acquired: Signed as a free agent August 2, 2011
Draft status: Vancouver's 7th round pick, 212th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft


--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----
Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 53 3 7 10 8 10 0 0 0 2
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 72 48 41 89 78 6 3 2 5 16
2001-02 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 61 63 36 99 39 13 9 8 17 13
2002-03 Vancouver Canucks NHL 8 0 2 2 0 -- -- -- -- --
2002-03 Manitoba Moose AHL 67 20 20 40 15 14 4 3 7 14
2003-04 Vancouver Canucks NHL 47 12 9 21 8 1 0 0 0 0
2003-04 Manitoba Moose AHL 29 12 11 23 6 -- -- -- -- --
2004-05 Manitoba Moose AHL 59 26 27 53 22 -- -- -- -- --
2005-06 Manitoba Moose AHL 36 19 14 33 34 13 3 4 7 8
2006-07 Skelleftea HC SEL 55 15 4 19 20 -- -- -- -- --
2007-08 Portland Pirates AHL 65 29 30 59 42 13 6 3 9 12
2007-08 Anaheim Ducks NHL 4 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --
2008-09 Mannheim Eagles DEL 37 7 10 17 70 7 3 1 4 2
2009-10 Hamburg Freezers DEL 53 25 23 48 42 -- -- -- -- --
2010-11 Hamburg Freezers DEL 50 16 13 29 22 -- -- -- -- --
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NHL Totals 59 12 11 23 8 1 0 0 0 0

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[jjmoohead]

Another UND vet. I would say these guys at UND want to stay close to "home" but then they are taking off to the east coast.

[Ric O.]

Pretty hard to get excited about these guys with no NHL resume to speak of (yeah I know they're signed for the farm). I do see a glimmer of potential with Jason King...but way back in 2003/04...a long time ago to be sure. I'm guessing he's had a lot of lost time due to injuries.

[pank]

I never thought King got a fair shake with the Canucks. He seemed pumped about playing in his home province and about the chance to play for the Jets, in the same city that launched his pro career.