TEAM GUIDE

№46
JARED
SPURGEON
(SPUHR-juhn)
DEFENSEMAN
Shoots: Right • Ht: 5-9 • Wt: 164
Born: 11/29/89
Edmonton, AB, CAN
2015-16 HIGHLIGHTS
• Led team in blocked shots and ranked first amongst team defensemen in scoring
during Stanley Cup Playoffs.
• Set career highs in goals, points, PPG, PPP, games played, blocked shots and TOI/game.
• Ranked T-1st in the NHL with three shorthanded assists.
• Led team in blocked shots, ranked second in TOI/game and plus/minus rating. Led
team defensemen in goals and ranked second in scoring.
• Recorded season-high six shots vs. CGY (4/9).
• Skated season-high 29:04 vs. SJ (4/5).
• Tallied career-high two goals (both PPG) vs. CGY 3/24).
• Blocked season-high six shots vs. DET (12/28) and at OTT (3/15).
• Registered season-high four hits vs. EDM (2/18).
• Signed four-year contract extension through 2019-20 season (12/21).
• Whistled for a penalty in consecutive games for first time in career (12/19, 12/21).
• Notched a career-best, six-game point streak (2-5=7, 11/5-11/17).
• Tallied two assists in back-to-back games (0-4=4, 10/22, 10/24).
CAREER
• Franchise’s all-time leader in playoff blocked shots and scoring amongst team defensemen.
Ranks T-1st in career playoff games and goals by a defensemen.
• Has recorded the fewest penalty minutes amongst NHL defensemen that have
played in at least 350 games since entering the League in 2010-11.
• Led team in blocked shots and ranked T-1st in scoring amongst team defensemen
in 2015 playoffs.
• Set career highs in shots and shorthanded TOI/game (2:11) in 2014-15.
• Ranked third on team in blocked shots and TOI/game in 2014-15. Point total ranked
second amongst team defensemen.
• Notched 100th career point with an assist vs. LA (3/28/15).
• Notched career-high six hits at FLA (11/24/14).
• Recorded goal and career-high eight shots vs. BUF (11/13/14).
• Recorded franchise-record nine blocked shots at COL (10/11/14).
• Ranked second on team in TOI/game and blocked shots during 2014 playoffs.
• Tallied game-tying goal with 2:27 left in regulation in Game 7 of Western Conference
Quarterfinal at COL (4/30/14).
• Established career highs in assists, plus/minus rating, PIM and hits in 2013-14.
• Tallied goal and skated career-high 30:40 vs. EDM (3/12/14).
• Whistled for career-high four PIM at TB (10/17/13) and at MTL (11/19/13).
• Ranked second in scoring amongst team defensemen and third in TOI/game in
2012-13.
• Set team record for defensemen with plus-5 rating (with Clayton Stoner) at DAL
(3/25/13).
• Led team defensemen in scoring and shots in 2011-12. Ranked third on team in TOI/
game, fourth in blocked shots and power-play points (2-10=12).
• Recorded two PIM in 53 games during rookie season in 2010-11 to become third
NHL defenseman to play in 50 or more games in a season and register two or fewer
penalty minutes (Tomas Kaberle 2001-02, Bill Quackenbush 1948-49).
• Made NHL debut at CGY (11/29/10), recorded assist for first NHL point at CHI
(1/25/11) and notched first career NHL goal vs. EDM (2/22/11, Khabibulin).
• Ranked fifth in assists and ninth in scoring amongst Western Hockey League (WHL)
defensemen in 2009-10.
• Ranked seventh with a plus-36 rating and T-14th in scoring amongst WHL defensemen
in 2008-09.
• Member of 2008 Spokane Chiefs Memorial Cup championship team. Tallied five
assists in 21 playoff games including one helper in four Memorial Cup contests.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS
• Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on Sept. 23, 2010; Selected by N.Y. Islanders in the sixth round (156th
overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.
• Signed through 2019-20. Becomes an unrestricted free agent 2020-21.
PERSONAL
• Charitable interests include United Heroes League.
• Likes to watch football and lists the Minnesota Vikings as his favorite sports team.
• Chips and chocolate are his favorite snack foods.
• The Wild’s inaugural season (2000-01) was 16 years ago: He first drove a Honda Civic.
Goals, Game: 2 – vs. CGY, 3/24/16
Assists, Game: 2 – 11 times
Points, Game: 2 – 18 times
PIM, Game: 4 – two times
SPURGEON'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
+/-, Game: 5 – at DAL, 3/25/13
Shots, Game: 8 – vs. BUF, 11/13/14
TOI, Game: 30:40 – vs. EDM, 3/11/14
Goal Streak: 2g – 4/8-4/10/11
Assist Streak: 4g – 2/19-2/26/12
Point Streak: 6g – 11/5-11/17/15
Career Hat Tricks: None
Career Shootout: 0-1
SPURGEON VS. NHL
TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM TEAM GP G A PTS +/- PIM
ANA 17 2 2 4 -5 4 DET 14 0 2 2 -3 2 OTT 5 0 0 0 0 0
ARI 14 3 5 8 5 2 EDM 19 4 4 8 4 0 PHI 7 0 3 3 1 0
BOS 6 0 2 2 1 0 FLA 7 0 2 2 5 2 PIT 6 1 0 1 -5 2
BUF 7 2 2 4 6 2 LA 17 0 2 2 2 2 SJ 17 2 5 7 2 4
CAR 6 0 5 5 2 0 MIN – – – – – – STL 22 1 3 4 -1 2
CGY 23 3 3 6 -3 2 MTL 7 0 0 0 -2 4 TB 8 3 3 6 2 6
CHI 20 2 6 8 6 0 NJ 7 2 5 7 6 2 TOR 8 1 1 2 -2 2
CBJ 13 0 6 6 0 2 NSH 18 1 4 5 -8 4 VAN 22 3 6 9 -1 2
COL 28 2 6 8 15 0 NYI 9 1 2 3 5 0 WAS 3 1 0 1 -1 0
DAL 19 3 7 10 1 2 NYR 7 0 1 1 -4 0 WPG 16 0 6 6 -3 0
SPURGEON’S PROFESSIONAL CAREER
SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI
2010-11 MINNESOTA NHL 53 4 8 12 -1 2 2 0 1 38 10.5 45 37 15:04
Houston AHL 23 2 7 9 -5 10 1 0 0 34 5.9 – – –
2011-12 MINNESOTA NHL 70 3 20 23 -4 6 2 0 1 92 3.3 95 36 21:35
2012-13 MINNESOTA NHL 39 5 10 15 1 4 4 0 2 67 7.5 55 46 21:33
2013-14 MINNESOTA NHL 67 5 21 26 15 16 2 0 1 91 5.5 107 80 22:38
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL 66 9 16 25 3 6 3 0 2 128 7.0 124 48 22:37
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL 77 11 18 29 11 14 5 0 2 122 9.0 157 51 22:41
WILD/NHL TOTALS 372 37 93 130 25 48 18 0 9 538 6.9 583 298 21:15
SPURGEON’S PROFESSIONAL PLAYOFF CAREER
SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A PTS +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% BS H TOI
2010-11 Houston AHL 23 1 10 11 5 10 1 0 0 – – – – –
2012-13 MINNESOTA NHL 5 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 0 8 0.0 14 0 21:15
2013-14 MINNESOTA NHL 13 3 3 6 0 2 1 0 0 22 13.6 26 21 24:04
2014-15 MINNESOTA NHL 10 1 3 4 0 4 1 0 0 11 9.1 21 4 21:20
2015-16 MINNESOTA NHL 6 2 3 5 1 4 2 0 0 10 20.0 19 10 26:00
WILD/NHL TOTALS 34 6 9 15 -2 12 4 0 0 51 11.8 80 35 23:11
JARED SPURGEON
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