Greg Jacina Explained

Caption:Jacina with the Rochester Americans in 2005
Team:Nottingham Panthers
League:EIHL
Former Teams:Florida Panthers
Lukko Rauma
Tappara
VIK Västerås HK
SV Renon
Odense Bulldogs
Frederikshavn White Hawks
Rosenborg IHK
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:203
Birth Date:May 22, 1982
Birth Place:Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:2003
Career End: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. In the Panthers organization, Jacina made his NHL debut and played in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons in the NHL.

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.

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 seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1998–99Orangeville CrushersMWJHL25 13 12 25 33
1998–99Guelph StormOHL6 1 0 1 0
1999–00Owen Sound PlatersOHL66 12 29 41 62
2000–01Owen Sound AttackOHL57 25 26 51 1014 0 1 1 15
2001–02Owen Sound AttackOHL33 15 20 35 64
2001–02Mississauga IceDogsOHL28 14 26 40 43
2002–03Mississauga IceDogsOHL56 19 47 66 1045 6 5 11 4
2003–04San Antonio RampageAHL13 0 4 4 22
2003–04Augusta LynxECHL58 15 23 38 170
2004–05San Antonio RampageAHL78 11 20 31 150
2005–06Florida PanthersNHL11 0 1 1 4
2005–06Rochester AmericansAHL35 7 4 11 152
2006–07Florida PanthersNHL3 0 0 0 2
2006–07Rochester AmericansAHL61 15 20 35 963 0 1 1 4
2008–09LukkoFIN16 2 4 6 20
2008–09TapparaFIN10 1 0 1 39
2008–09Västerås IKSWE-214 3 3 6 39
2009–10Ritten/RenonITA37 17 29 46 8215 5 9 14 36
2010–11Odense BulldogsDEN38 13 29 42 118
2011–12Frederikshavn White HawksDEN40 15 24 39 784 2 2 4 10
2012–13Ritten/RenonITA41 16 27 43 917 2 0 2 4
2013–14Rosenborg IHKNOR28 8 15 23 130
2013–14Nottingham PanthersEIHL23 4 10 14 322 0 0 0 0
2014–15Nottingham PanthersEIHL47 13 17 30 1072 0 0 0 4
AHL totals187 33 48 81 4203 0 1 1 4
NHL totals14 0 1 1 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-02-11. 2019-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf. dead.
  2. News: Canadian Greg Jacina signs on in Nottingham . . 2014-05-08 . 2014-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140521040445/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Canadian-Greg-Jacina-signs-Nottingham-Panthers/story-21075590-detail/story.html . 2014-05-21 . dead .