Jason enters his 14th and, he says, final season with the Adanacs, hoping to repeat the decisive role he played in the Adanacs’ Mann Cup championship in 2001. He and his family lived in Calgary the following two years, but he returned to the Adanacs when he was hired as a municipal employee by the City of Vancouver in 2004.

Jason was born in Calgary and first played minor lacrosse at the age of six. He played Junior “A” in BC for Richmond from 1989 through 1991, appearing in two Minto Cup series and earning league All-Star team selection twice.

Drafted by the Adanacs in 1992, Jason was the WLA Rookie of the Year. His laser-like shot, pinpoint passing and mesmerizing multiple fakes make him a fan favourite and a scourge of goaltenders in the NLL and the WLA. His ironic sense of humour, a fusion of the sublime Stephen Wright and the mundane Trailer Park Boys, comes out at the most inappropriate times.

Jason was a WLA First All-Star in 1997 with 100 points in 26 games. In 2005 Jason led the WLA in regular season scoring with 40 goals and 48 assists for 88 points in 18 games and was a First Team All-Star selection as well as Adanac MVP. He missed most of that year’s playoffs due to injury which probably cost the A’s a Mann Cup berth. Last year he was 2nd in WLA scoring and, rather oddly, named to the Second All Star Team. Jason again led the Adanacs in scoring in the 2007 regular season. His career WLA stats through game two of the WLA finals include 374 goals and 585 assists for a whopping 959 points with 520 PiM in 329 games. This summer he became the Adanacs’ all time leading scorer, eclipsing the previous standard of 910 points set by the great Hall of Fame member Jim Aitchison.

Jason says, “I’m proud to be the youngest Adanac right-handed shooter; Peter Veltman doesn’t count because he looks like he is over 40.”

Jason played pro lacrosse for New York from 1994 through 2001 and through 2006 for the Calgary Roughnecks, helping lead them to the NLL championship in 2004. He played last year in Edmonton. His career NLL stats to date include 206 goals and 308 assists for 514 points and 649 loose balls retrieved in 171 games.

Jason aspires to work for the City of Vancouver until he retires and then “buy a van and drive around and solve mysteries”. He and his wife Tracey were married on November 26, 1999. They own a home in Chilliwack (long commute!) and are doting parents to their daughter Samantha, age 4 ½ and son Tyler who is 2 ½. They also are companions to a golden retriever named Bailee and a Bernese Mountain Dog named “Boo”.

He says that crossword puzzles, mowing the lawn, taking out the garbage and cleaning up dog droppings have replaced his old favourites of reading, movies, golf and skiing. He adds, “My taste in movies has changed from adult comedies and action films to Disney classics and whatever is showing on Treehouse. My favourite music is whatever is in the shuffle of the iPod from 50’s jazz to 90’s metal, excluding Tracey’s 70’s music she loaded on my iPod.” His favourite travel destination is Spuzzum, BC and anywhere tropical.His cooking specialties are macaroni & cheese, hot dogs and tomato soup.

He closes by saying, “I’m looking forward to the day when I can sit in the stands and watch my kids play lacrosse, hockey and tennis. Thanks to everyone in the Adanacs organization for their love and support over 15 years, especially the good Dr. Donald Hedges and Les Wingrove who’ve been with me from the beginning – they’ve been my adopted fathers.”