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JAKE HAUSWIRTH
Center • Height: 6’5” • Weight: 209 • Shoots: Left
Born: Feb. 16, 1988 (Merrill, Wisc.)
Acquired: Signed as a free agent, May 26, 2009
CAREER STATISTICS Regular Season Playoffs
Year Team League GP G A Pts PIM +/- PP SH GW S GP G A Pts PIM
2006-07 Marquette NAHL 55 21 19 40 74 - - - - - - - - - -
2007-08 Omaha USHL 57 13 10 23 36 16 - - - - 13 2 4 6 10
2008-09 Omaha USHL 58 28 24 52 22 16 - - - - 3 1 0 1 0
2008-09
Played in 58 games for Omaha (USHL) … Tied for first on the team and eighth in
the league with 28 goals … Added 24 assists to finish fourth on the team in points
with 52 … Registered 22 PIM; only one teammate played more games and had fewer
PIM … Led all forwards and was second on the team with a +16 rating … Had five
PPGs, two SHGs and three GWGs … Was third on the team in shots (169) and first
on the team in shooting percentage (16.6%) for any player that took more than 115
shots … Scored against Fargo (10/3) in the season opener … Registered a hat trick
and a +3 rating vs. Des Moines (10/10) … Had three points (2g-1a) at Fargo (11/7) …
Scored twice against Chicago (11/14) … Tallied three points (1g-2a) vs. Fargo (1/23)
… Netted two goals vs. Sioux City (2/17) … Recorded at least a point (5g-9a) in seven
straight games from 2/25—3/13 … Streak was highlighted by a +4 rating and three-
point game at Chicago (3/13, 1g-2a) … Had one goal in three playoff games.
Career
2007-08: Played in 58 games for Omaha as a rookie … Had 23 points (13g-10a)
… Was +16 on a team that featured only one player with a minus rating … Had two
PPGs and one GWG … Took 125 shots and had a conversion rate of 10.4% … Began
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the season with three straight +1 games … Had two goals 11/24 vs. Tri-City … Was
+3 and had two points (1g-1a) vs. Ohio (12/15) … Dished out three assists vs. Tri-
City (2/12) and had two goals at Tri-City (2/15) … Had six points (2g-4a) in 13 playoff
games to help Omaha win the USHL championship … Both of his goals came in the
best-of-five championship series against Waterloo, scoring in Game 2 and Game 5 …
Second on the team with a +6 rating in the playoffs after recording a +5 rating against
Waterloo. 2006-07: Skated in 55 games for Marquette (NAHL) … Tied for second on
the team with 21 goals and for fourth on the team with 40 points … Recorded 74 PIM.
NHL Transactions
Signed as a free agent by Washington, May 26, 2009.
Personal
Grew up a fan of the Detroit Red Wings … Favorite athletes are second baseman
Placido Polanco and third baseman Brandon Inge of the Detroit Tigers … Top
hockey memory is winning the 2008 USHL title in Omaha.