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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1983)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=October 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = Jason Spezza | image = JasonSpezza.jpg | image_size = 230px | caption = Spezza with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in January 2020 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|6|13}} | birth_place = [[Mississauga]], Ontario, Canada | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 214 | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shoots = Right | played_for = [[Ottawa Senators]]<br>[[SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers|Rapperswil-Jona Lakers]]<br>[[Dallas Stars]]<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]] | ntl_team = Canada | draft = 2nd overall | draft_year = 2001 | draft_team = [[Ottawa Senators]] | career_start = 2002 | career_end = 2022 }} '''Jason Rocco Anthony Spezza''' (born June 13, 1983) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[Centre (ice hockey)|centre]] and current assistant general manager of the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] of the [[National Hockey League]]. Spezza played 19 career seasons in the NHL from 2002 to 2022. After beginning his [[junior hockey#Major junior|major junior]] career at the early age of 15 in the [[Ontario Hockey League]] (OHL), Spezza was selected second overall in the [[2001 NHL Entry Draft]] by the [[Ottawa Senators]], eventually serving as their team captain following the departure of [[Daniel Alfredsson]]. Playing in the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) in [[2004β05 AHL season|2004β05]] due to the [[2004β05 NHL lockout|NHL lockout]], he won the [[Les Cunningham Award]] as league MVP with the [[Binghamton Senators]]. In [[2005β06 NHL season|2005β06]], Spezza set an Ottawa Senators franchise record with 71 assists, while hitting the 90-point mark for the first of two times in his NHL career. He later played for the [[Dallas Stars]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. Following his retirement, he spent a year in the Maple Leafs' front office, before taking his current role with the Penguins. Internationally, Spezza represented [[Canada national men's ice hockey team|Canada]] at three [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|World Junior Championships]] and two [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]]. When he made his World Junior debut in [[2000 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|2000]], he became the third 16-year-old in history to make the team, after [[Wayne Gretzky]] and [[Eric Lindros]].
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