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Greg Jacina
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
Shoots 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–present

Greg Jacina (born May 22, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Winger currently playing with the Nottingham Panthers in the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).

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]

References

  1. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. 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.