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Jamie Randolph Benn (born July 18, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger and captain of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). In the 2007 NHL Entry Draft, Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall. He played his junior hockey career with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He represented Canada at the 2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he helped capture a gold medal. With Team Canada, he won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. In the 2014–15 NHL season, Benn was awarded the Art Ross Trophy as the league's leader in points. The Stars went to the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals under his leadership. Playing career Junior Benn grew up playing hockey for the Peninsula Eagles minor hockey association and attended Stelly's Secondary School as a teenager. He played for the Peninsula Panthers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL), a local Junior B team located in North Saanich, British Columbia, during the 2005–06 season. Following this, he played for the Victoria Grizzlies of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for parts of three seasons from 2006-2008. Kelowna Rockets Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft from the Victoria Grizzlies. Following his draft, Benn began his major junior career with the Kelowna Rockets in the WHL. He scored 65 points in his rookie season in 2007–08, then improved to a team-high 46 goals along with 36 assists for 82 points in 56 games in the 2008–09 WHL season. After being named to the WHL West first All-Star team, Benn paced the Rockets with a playoff-leading 33 points en route to the 2009 Ed Chynoweth Cup title. In the subsequent 2009 Memorial Cup tournament, held in Rimouski, Quebec, Benn notched a four-goal game and added an assist in the second round-robin match against the Drummondville Voltigeurs, a 6–4 win, to secure the Rockets a berth in the tournament final. Although the Rockets lost to the Windsor Spitfires 4–1 in the Final, Benn was named to the Tournament All-Star team, along with teammate Tyler Myers. Professional Dallas Stars Early seasons in Dallas (2009–2013) Benn made the Dallas Stars' roster for the 2009–10 season. Benn made the Dallas Stars' roster for the 2009–10 NHL season and made his NHL debut in the season opener on October 3, 2009 in a 3–2 shootout loss to the Nashville Predators. Benn and scored his first NHL goal in his fourth NHL game on October 11 against Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks. Benn tied the score 3–3 late in the game, but the Stars lost 4–3 later in the shootout. After playing all 82 games for the Stars in 2009–10, his rookie season, he was sent down to the Stars' AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, for the 2010 Calder Cup playoffs. He scored 14 goals, 12 assists and had 26 points in 24 playoffs games as Texas fell to the Hershey Bears in the Calder Cup Finals. Benn later spoke of the experience, "I had a fun summer here...it was a big part of my hockey career and helped me develop my game. I definitely loved playing here." Following teammate Brad Richards absence due to a concussion, Benn took a leading role with the Stars in February 2011. During the All Star Game's SuperSkills Competition, Benn participated in the Accuracy Shooting contest and won his leg against Tampa Bay Lightning star forward Steven Stamkos then the finals against Philadelphia Flyers rookie Matt Read with times of 13.583 and 10.204 seconds respectively. With the 2012–13 NHL season delayed due to the labour lock-out, Benn signed a contract for the duration of the dispute with the Hamburg Freezers of the German DEL on October 2, 2012. Unable to initially agree to a contract with the Stars, Benn missed the first four games of the shortened NHL season before re-signing to a five-year, $26.25 million contract on January 24, 2013. Rising team and individual success, beginning captaincy (2013–2023) Benn was named the sixth captain of the Dallas Stars on September 19, 2013. During the 2013–14 season, his fifth NHL season and first year of captaincy, Benn recorded 34 goals, 45 assists and 79 points in 80 games to help the Stars clinch a playoff spot for the first time with him on the team, finishing as the eighth and final seed in the West. Benn made his Stanley Cup playoff debut on April 16, 2014 against the Anaheim Ducks and scored his first playoff goal on Ducks goaltender Frederik Andersen. The Stars would eventually get defeated by the top seeded Ducks in six games. On February 17, 2015, Benn scored his first career hat trick in a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. On April 11, Benn scored 4 points in the Stars' last regular season game to finish with 87 points on the season and win the Art Ross Trophy. His final point, a secondary assist on a goal by Cody Eakin with 8.5 seconds left in the game, allowed him to overtake New York Islanders forward and captain John Tavares for the award. Benn finished the 2014–15 season playing in all 82 contests with 35 goals, 52 assists and 87 points, which were all career highs. Benn was named a finalist for the Ted Lindsay Award as the most outstanding player which ultimately went to Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price. After recording a career high 41 goals along with 48 assists for a career high 89 points in all 82 games played in the 2015–16 season, Benn was named a finalist for the Hart Memorial Trophy for the first time in his career and was also a finalist the Ted Lindsay Award for the second consecutive season, which both were eventually awarded to Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane. Benn's 89 points made him the runner-up for the Art Ross Trophy only behind Kane's 106 points. On July 15, 2016, Benn agreed to an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with Dallas that runs through the 2024–25 NHL season at an average annual value of $9.5 million. In the 2020 playoffs, Benn and the Stars would go all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning where the Stars would get defeated in six games. On February 6, 2023, Benn played his 1,000th NHL game. He is the second player to play all 1,000 games with the stars, after Mike Modano. Benn finished the 2022–23 season playing all 82 games with 33 goals, 45 assists and 78 points recorded. During the 2023 Stanley Cup playoffs in the third round, Benn was suspended for two games after landing on Vegas Golden Knights forward Mark Stone with his stick in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. He was assessed a game misconduct and ejected from the game. Benn returned to the lineup for game 6 which the Stars lost the game 6-0 and the series 4-2 by the eventual Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights. Recent years (2023–present) On December 11, 2023, Benn recorded his 500th NHL assist on a goal by Miro Heiskanen in a 6–3 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Benn would finish the 2023–24 season with 21 goals, 39 assists for 60 points in all 82 contests. Intern.... Discover the Jamie Dallas popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jamie Dallas books.