Jets sign three to AHL contracts

By: Ed Tait Posted: 9:55 AM CDT Thursday, Aug. 4, 2011

The Winnipeg Jets continue to stockpile organizational depth and talent with the addition of three more players who will wear the colours of the St. John’s IceCaps.

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The Winnipeg Jets continue to stockpile organizational depth and talent with the addition of three more players who will wear the colours of the St. John’s IceCaps.

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The Winnipeg Jets continue to stockpile organizational depth and talent with the addition of three more players who will wear the colours of the St. John’s IceCaps.

The Jets announced the signings of defencemen Jason DeSantis and Jake Marto and former Manitoba Moose winger Jason King, all to American-Hockey-League contracts.

The 24-year-old DeSantis split last season between the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and ECHL’s Wheeling Nailers. He has played in 85 career AHL games with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and the Philadelphia Phantoms after four seasons of college hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Marto, 23, recently finished his senior season with the University of North Dakota where he played 157 games over four years.

King, meanwhile, has played the last three years in Germany, most recently with the Hamburg Freezers. A proud product of Corner Brook, NL, King has 59 NHL games under his belt with Anaheim and Vancouver and has appeared in 256 AHL games with the Moose and Portland. He is fourth on the Moose all-time goal-scoring list with 77

King was originally drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in the seventh round, 212th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

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Jason DeSantis

Position: Defence
Shoots: Left
Born: March 9, 1986
Place: Oxford, MI
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 185
Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 27, 2011
Draft status: Undrafted

     — Regular Season — —- Playoffs —-
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A Pts PIM GP   G   A Pts PIM
————————————————————————————–
2004-05 Ohio State University       CCHA   42    4    5    9   32
2005-06 Ohio State University       CCHA   24    2    4    6   30
2006-07 Ohio State University       CCHA   37    5   20   25   50
2007-08 Ohio State University       CCHA   41    5   15   20   38
2007-08 Philadelphia Phantoms       AHL    10    0    5    5    6 10   0   1   1   6
2008-09 Philadelphia Phantoms       AHL    56    1   16   17   12 — — — — —
2009-10 Liberec Bili Tygri HC       Czech 14    2    3    5   10
2010-11 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen   AHL    19    1    4    5    8 — — — — —
2010-11 Wheeling Nailers            ECHL   45    6   21   27   38 15   1   2   3 18
————————————————————————————–

Jake Marto

Position: Defence
Shoots: Left
Born: August 11, 1986
Place: Grand Forks, ND
Height: 6’0″
Weight: 183
Acquired: Signed as a free agent July 27, 2011
Draft status: Undrafted
                                            — Regular Season — —- Playoffs —-
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A Pts PIM GP   G   A Pts PIM
————————————————————————————–
2005-06 Omaha Lancers               USHL   54    1   21   22   18   5   0   2   2   0
2006-07 Omaha Lancers               USHL   60    5   18   23   36   5   0   2   2   4
2007-08 U. of North Dakota          WCHA   28    2    6    8    4
2008-09 U. of North Dakota          WCHA   43    6   11   17   20
2009-10 U. of North Dakota          WCHA   42    5   13   18   16
2010-11 U. of North Dakota          WCHA   44    8   11   19    8
————————————————————————————–

Jason King

Position: Right Wing
Shoots: Left
Born: September 14, 1981
Place: Corner Brook, NL
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 182
Acquired: Signed as a free agent August 2, 2011
Draft status: Vancouver’s 7th round pick, 212th overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft

                                            — Regular Season — —- Playoffs —-
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A Pts PIM GP   G   A Pts PIM
————————————————————————————–
1999-00 Halifax Mooseheads          QMJHL 53    3    7   10    8 10   0   0   0   2
2000-01 Halifax Mooseheads          QMJHL 72   48   41   89   78   6   3   2   5 16
2001-02 Halifax Mooseheads          QMJHL 61   63   36   99   39 13   9   8 17 13
2002-03 Vancouver Canucks           NHL     8    0    2    2    0 — — — — —
2002-03 Manitoba Moose              AHL    67   20   20   40   15 14   4   3   7 14
2003-04 Vancouver Canucks           NHL    47   12    9   21    8   1   0   0   0   0
2003-04 Manitoba Moose              AHL    29   12   11   23    6 — — — — —
2004-05 Manitoba Moose              AHL    59   26   27   53   22 — — — — —
2005-06 Manitoba Moose              AHL    36   19   14   33   34 13   3   4   7   8
2006-07 Skelleftea HC               SEL    55   15    4   19   20 — — — — —
2007-08 Portland Pirates            AHL    65   29   30   59   42 13   6   3   9 12
2007-08 Anaheim Ducks               NHL     4    0    0    0    0 — — — — —
2008-09 Mannheim Eagles             DEL    37    7   10   17   70   7   3   1   4   2
2009-10 Hamburg Freezers            DEL    53   25   23   48   42 — — — — —
2010-11 Hamburg Freezers            DEL    50   16   13   29   22 — — — — —
————————————————————————————–
        NHL Totals                         59   12   11   23    8   1   0   0   0   0