Jeff Ware (ice hockey)

Jeff Ware
Jeff Ware
Born	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.

Biography

As a youth, Ware played in the 1991 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Marlboros minor ice hockey team.^[1] Ware attended high school at Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto, Ontario and Henry Street High School in Whitby, Ontario.^{[citation needed]}

Ware played major junior hockey for the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League, where he won the league championship in 1997.^{[citation needed]} During his junior career, he also won a gold medal with Team Canada at the World Juniors hockey tournament in Geneva, Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

The Toronto Maple Leafs drafted Ware in the first round, 15th overall, at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.^{[citation needed]} Ware played 21 career games in the NHL, tallying one assist and twelve penalty minutes.^{[citation needed]}

He retired from hockey in 2002 following five knee surgeries, and went on to earn his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

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

^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

Preceded by Éric Fichaud	Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick 1995	Succeeded by Nik Antropov

brothers mike ware tim ware

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[1] "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

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