Player's Profile
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- Name: Jamie Benn
- Position: LW
- Shoots: Left
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 185 lbs
- Birthdate: 1989-08-18
- Eligible for Draft: 2007
- Drafted: 2007
- Hometown: Victoria, British Columbia
- Acquired: 5th round (129th overall), 2007 by DAL
- Playing In: Pro
Jamie Benn
Prospect Grade: 7.5 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2006-07: Benn spent the season playing for the BCHL’s Victoria Grizzlies, scoring 42 goals and 23 assists in 53 games. Nearly half of his goals (19) came on the power play. He showed consistent and rapid improvement over the course of the season.
2007-08: Had a good start to his WHL career for Kelowna. Before an ankle injury in January, Benn was just coming off a 10-game point-scoring streak that yielded 10 goals and 25 points. He led all WHL rookies in goals (14th among all players) despite missing more than 20 games. He scored in all seven of the Rockets playoff games
The Stars signed him to his entry-level contract in July of 2008.
Talent Analysis
Benn is a pure sniper with both good shooting and deking abilities in close. He has an uncanny knack for finding loose pucks, finding the space to make himself available for a pass and being in the right spot to bury rebounds. But his skating is average at best. How he will adjust to less time and space in the pros is an open question.
At 6’2, 185 lbs he doesn’t use his size particularly well and he’s not an overly physical force. He is extremely effective when he has the time to set up and shoot or on odd-man rushes. His defensive play will need improvement.
Future
Potential: Top-six goal-scoring winger, style comparing to Wojtek Wolski.
Stats
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Profile Last Updated: March, 11th 2010
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