Jeff Glass

Jeff Glass (born November 19, 1985) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League (AHL). Glass was selected by the Ottawa Senators in the 3rd round (89th overall) of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He joined their minor league affiliate and played several years with the organization before leaving as a free agent to join Barys Astana in 2009. He made his long-awaited NHL debut in the 2017–18 season with the Chicago Blackhawks.

For the Canadian hurdler, see Jeff Glass (athlete). For the theatre artist, see Jeff Glassman.

Jeff Glass
Born (1985-11-19) November 19, 1985
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 206 lb (93 kg; 14 st 10 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
AHL team
Former teams		 San Diego Gulls
Barys Astana
Sibir Novosibirsk
Spartak Moscow
CSKA Moscow
Lada Togliatti
Dinamo Minsk
Chicago Blackhawks
EHC Black Wings Linz
NHL Draft 89th overall, 2004
Ottawa Senators
Playing career 2005–present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Spengler Cup
2015 Davos
World Junior Championships
2005 United States

Playing career

Glass spent his junior career with the Kootenay Ice of the Western Hockey League (WHL), spending three seasons with the team from 2002–2005. At the conclusion of the 2004–05 season, Glass won the Del Wilson Trophy as the WHL's top goaltender, was named to the WHL First All-Star team, and was named CHL Goaltender of the Year as the best goaltender in Canadian major-junior hockey. That year, Glass was also named starting goaltender for Canada at the 2005 World Junior Championships in North Dakota. Glass went 5–0 with a 1.40 goals against average (GAA), backstopping Canada to its first gold medal at the tournament since 1997.

Glass was drafted by the Ottawa Senators in the third round, 89th overall, of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. After his stellar 2004–05 campaign, he signed a three-year entry level contract with the Senators. He spent the majority of the 2005–06 season with the Senators' ECHL affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers, before securing a full-time job with the Senators' top minor-league affiliate, the American Hockey League's Binghamton Senators, in 2006–07. For the next three seasons Glass shared time in Binghamton with Kelly Guard and Brian Elliott, compiling a record of 42–67–9.

After the 2008–09 season, Glass became a free agent and on August 30, 2009, he signed an undisclosed deal with the KHL's Barys Astana.[1] Glass had a stellar 2009–10 campaign with Astana, posting a 19–11–4 record with a 2.87 GAA and .918 save percentage. Astana lost its first round playoff series to the eventual Gagarin Cup champions, Ak Bars Kazan.[2]

Glass signed with Spartak Moscow before the 2013–14 season, however due to team financial problems he was sold to CSKA Moscow in January 2014. On July 9, 2014, Glass signed as a free agent to a one-year contract with Lada Togliatti.[3]

He signed with another KHL team for the 2015–16 campaign, joining Dinamo Minsk. In December 2015, he represented Team Canada at the Spengler Cup and helped capture the title.

On August 26, 2016, Glass having returned to North America after 7 seasons in the KHL, signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs on a professional try-out contract to attend training camp. On September 27, 2016, he was reassigned by the Maple Leafs to attend affiliate, the Toronto Marlies training camp in the AHL. He ended up being released from the Marlies and on January 10, 2017 signed a contract to play for the Rockford IceHogs, affiliate to the Chicago Blackhawks.[4] Glass appeared in 10 games with the IceHogs, before he was signed to a two-year, two-way NHL contract with the Blackhawks on February 23, 2017.[5] On March 3, 2017, Glass was recalled by the Blackhawks to back up Corey Crawford against the New York Islanders.

On December 29, 2017, Glass made his NHL debut in a 4–3 win over the Edmonton Oilers.[6]

On September 3, 2018, Glass agreed to attend hometown club, the Calgary Flames' training camp on a professional tryout.[7][8] After attending camp he was released from his tryout during pre-season. He secured a contract for the 2018–19 season, on October 4, 2018, signing to one-year AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies.[9] Glass appeared in 10 games with the Marlies for 3 wins before he was traded to the San Diego Gulls as a part of an NHL transaction between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks on December 10, 2018.[10]

Following a European season abroad in the Austrian Hockey League with the EHC Black Wings Linz, Glass returned to North America approaching the delayed 2020–21 season, securing a one-year contract in a return with the San Diego Gulls on January 11, 2021.[11]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2002–03 Kootenay Ice WHL 35 15 16 3 1884 77 4 2.45 .909 9 4 5 643 23 0 2.15 .921
2003–04 Kootenay Ice WHL 57 26 20 6 3263 128 5 2.35 .911 4 0 4 239 14 0 3.51 .878
2004–05 Kootenay Ice WHL 51 34 11 5 3061 90 8 1.76 .932 16 10 6 1027 39 0 2.28 .916
2005–06 Charlotte Checkers ECHL 39 19 15 4 2221 119 2 3.22 .907 — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Binghamton Senators AHL 6 1 4 0 312 20 0 3.85 .883 3 1 2 178 11 0 3.71 .875
2006–07 Binghamton Senators AHL 43 9 24 2 2174 149 1 4.11 .888 — — — — — — — —
2007–08 Binghamton Senators AHL 45 15 20 4 2313 111 2 2.88 .913 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Binghamton Senators AHL 41 17 19 3 2219 119 0 3.22 .903 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Barys Astana KHL 41 19 11 4 2113 101 1 2.87 .918 3 0 3 223 10 0 2.69 .929
2010–11 Barys Astana KHL 23 7 9 4 1240 61 1 2.95 .911 2 0 2 119 6 0 3.02 .910
2011–12 Barys Astana KHL 28 12 12 2 1546 83 1 3.22 .904 — — — — — — — —
2012–13 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 38 16 11 8 2198 74 4 2.02 .933 7 3 4 407 12 2 1.77 .941
2013–14 Spartak Moscow KHL 35 12 19 6 2098 81 4 2.32 .919 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 CSKA Moscow KHL 6 2 2 2 366 8 1 1.31 .944 4 0 4 212 11 0 3.11 .904
2014–15 Lada Togliatti KHL 14 1 9 0 676 39 0 3.46 .885 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Dinamo Minsk KHL 31 12 14 4 1756 81 4 2.77 .910 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Toronto Marlies AHL 2 1 1 0 117 4 0 2.05 .917 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Rockford IceHogs AHL 20 8 10 2 1165 51 2 2.63 .914 — — — — — — — —
2017–18 Rockford IceHogs AHL 28 15 9 3 1639 77 0 2.82 .904 3 2 1 202 5 0 1.48 .955
2017–18 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 15 3 7 3 821 46 0 3.36 .898 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Toronto Marlies AHL 10 3 4 1 460 33 0 4.31 .849 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 San Diego Gulls AHL 19 9 5 2 1024 53 1 3.10 .897 11 6 4 715 29 0 2.43 .912
2019–20 EHC Black Wings Linz EBEL 9 4 5 0 540 22 1 2.44 .920 3 3 0 — — 0 2.41 .920
KHL totals 173 68 64 26 9562 432 12 2.60 .917 16 3 13 961 39 2 2.43 .926
NHL totals 15 3 7 3 821 46 0 3.36 .898 — — — — — — — —

References
  1. "List of NHL Players to KHL". KHL.net. Archived from the original on June 24, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  2. "Gagarin Cup stays in Kazan". IIHF. May 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  3. "Lada has signed Canadian goalie Jeff Glass from CSKA" (in Russian). HC Lada Togliatti. July 9, 2014. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. "GOALTENDER JEFF GLASS, ICEHOGS AGREE TO TERMS". Rockford IceHogs. January 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. "Blackhawks agree to terms with Glass". Chicago Blackhawks. February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  6. Van Diest, Derek (December 30, 2017). "Glass boosts Blackhawks past Oilers in overtime in debut". NHL.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  7. Francis, Eric (September 5, 2018). "Goaltender Jeff Glass signs PTO with hometown Calgary Flames". sportsnet.ca. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  8. @FlyingOrr (September 3, 2018). "Jeff Glass just announced on our podcast (@BoscoPodcast) that he's signed a PTO with the Calgary Flames" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "Marlies sign Glass to AHL deal". American Hockey League. October 5, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  10. "Leafs trade Cracknell, Marlies deal Glass". The Sports Network. December 10, 2018. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  11. "San Diego sign Glass, Lowe, Kanzig and Brouillard". San Diego Gulls. January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
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