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Jeremy Roenick
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Former American NHL center who played twenty seasons, recorded over five hundred goals, later worked as a television hockey analyst and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Biography
Jeremy Shaffer Roenick (born January 17, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey center whose twenty-season NHL career included the Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks. Drafted eighth overall by Chicago in 1988 after excelling at Thayer Academy, he spent most of the 1988–89 season with the Hull Olympiques before a late-season call-up. Roenick recorded the first of thirteen 20-goal campaigns in 1989–90, produced consecutive 50-goal seasons in 1991–92 and 1992–93, and reached the Stanley Cup Final in 1992.
In 1996 he was traded to the Coyotes and later signed with the Flyers in 2001, where he reached the 1,000-point milestone. Roenick became the third American-born player to reach 500 goals in 2007 and retired in 2009 with 513 goals and 703 assists in 1,363 games. He represented Team USA internationally, worked as a television hockey analyst for NBC Sports from 2010 to 2020, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2024.
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Books by Jeremy Roenick
J.R.
J.R. is Roenick’s frank autobiography in which he recounts his life and NHL career, offering a behind-the-scenes, candid account of his playing years and personal experiences.