| Jamie Benn | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Benn with theDallas Stars in October 2014 | |||
| Born | (1989-07-18)July 18, 1989 (age 36) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NHL team Former teams | Dallas Stars Hamburg Freezers | ||
| National team |  Canada | ||
| NHL draft | 129th overall,2007 Dallas Stars | ||
| Playing career | 2009–present | ||
Jamie Randolph Benn[1] (born July 18, 1989) is a Canadian professionalice hockey player who is aforward andcaptain for theDallas Stars of theNational Hockey League (NHL).
In the2007 NHL entry draft, Benn was drafted by the Dallas Stars 129th overall. He played his junior hockey career with theKelowna Rockets of theWestern Hockey League (WHL). He represented Canada at the2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he helped capture a gold medal. With Team Canada, he won a gold medal at the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi,Russia. In the2014–15 season, Benn was awarded theArt Ross Trophy as the league's leader in points while also being the runner-up for the awardthe following season. The Stars went to the2020 Stanley Cup Final under his leadership.
Benn grew up playing hockey for the Peninsula Eagles minor hockey association and attendedStelly's Secondary School as a teenager. He played for thePeninsula Panthers of theVancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL), a local Junior B team located inNorth Saanich,British Columbia, during the 2005–06 season. Following this, he played for theVictoria Grizzlies of the Junior ABritish Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) for parts of three seasons from 2006–2008.
Benn was drafted by theDallas Stars 129th overall in the2007 NHL entry draft from the Victoria Grizzlies. Following his draft, Benn began hismajor junior career with theKelowna Rockets in theWHL. He scored 65 points in his rookie season in2007–08, then improved to a team-high 46 goals along with 36 assists for 82 points in 56 games in the2008–09 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 2009Ed Chynoweth Cup title. In the subsequent2009 Memorial Cup tournament, held inRimouski,Quebec, Benn notched a four-goal game and added an assist in the second round-robin match against theDrummondville Voltigeurs, a 6–4 win, to secure the Rockets a berth in the tournament final. Although the Rockets lost to theWindsor Spitfires 4–1 in the Final, Benn was named to the Tournament All-Star team, along with teammateTyler Myers.[2]
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Benn made the Dallas Stars' roster for the2009–10 season and made his NHL debut in the season opener on October 3, 2009 in a 3–2 shootout loss to theNashville Predators.[3] Benn and scored his first NHL goal in his fourth NHL game on October 11 againstRoberto Luongo of theVancouver Canucks. Benn tied the score 3–3 late in the game, but the Stars lost 4–3 later in the shootout.[4]
After playing all 82 games for the Stars in 2009–10, his rookie season, he was sent down to the Stars'AHL affiliate, theTexas Stars, for the 2010Calder Cup playoffs. He scored 14 goals, 12 assists and had 26 points in 24 playoffs games as Texas fell to theHershey 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."[5]
On October 9, 2010, in a 5–3 win over theNew York Islanders, Benn suffered aconcussion as a result of a hit from Islanders' defencemanJames Wisniewski, resulting in Benn missing the next three games.[6] On January 24, 2011, in a 7–1 loss against theVancouver Canucks, Benn sustained what appeared to be a separated shoulder from a collision with Canucks' defencemanAlexander Edler, resulting in him missing the next 10 games.[7] Benn ended his sophomore season with 22 goals and 34 assists for 56 points in 69 games as the Stars heavily improved as a team, missing the2011 playoffs by two points.
After recovering from an emergencyappendectomy and missing five games, Benn participated in his first careerAll-Star game as he was named to teamChara.[8] He ended the2011–12 season with 26 goals and 37 assists for 63 points in 71 games as the Stars as a team once again missed out on the playoffs despite having a winning record, missing by six points.
With the2012–13 season delayed due to thelabour lock-out, Benn signed a contract for the duration of the dispute with theHamburg Freezers of the GermanDEL on October 2, 2012.[9] 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. On March 18, Benn recorded his 100th NHL assist on aLoui Eriksson goal in a 4–3 win over theCalgary Flames.[10]
Benn was named the sixth captain of the Dallas Stars on September 19, 2013.[11] On January 23, 2014, Benn recorded his 100th NHL goal in a 7–1 victory against theToronto Maple Leafs.[12] During the2013–14 season, his fifth NHL season and first year of captaincy, Benn had his first breakout season as he 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 against theAnaheim Ducks and scored his first playoff goal on Ducks goaltenderFrederik Andersen.[13] The Stars would eventually get defeated in the opening round of the2014 playoffs 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 theSt. Louis Blues.[14] On March 23, Benn recorded his 200th NHL assist on a goal byPatrick Eaves in a 4–3 win over theBuffalo Sabres.[15] On April 11, Benn scored 4 points in the Stars' last regular season game to finish with 87 points on the season and win theArt Ross Trophy. His final point, a secondary assist on a goal byCody Eakin with 8.5 seconds left in the game, allowed him to overtakeNew York Islanders forward and captainJohn Tavares for the award.[16] Benn finished the2014–15 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 theTed Lindsay Award as the most outstanding player which ultimately went toMontreal Canadiens goaltenderCarey Price.[17]
After recording a career high 41 goals along with 48 assists for a career high 89 points in all 82 games played in the2015–16 season, Benn was named a finalist for theHart 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 toChicago Blackhawks forwardPatrick Kane.[18][19] Benn's 89 points made him the runner-up for the Art Ross Trophy only behind Kane's 106 points.[20]
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.[21] On December 8, Benn recorded his 200th NHL goal in a 5–2 win over theNashville Predators on Predators' goaltenderPekka Rinne.[22]
On February 27, 2020, Benn recorded his 300th NHL goal in a 4–3 loss to theBoston Bruins on Bruins' goaltenderJaroslav Halák.[23] In the2020 playoffs, Benn and the Stars would go all the way to theStanley Cup Final against theTampa Bay Lightning where the Stars would get defeated in six games.[24]
On April 8, 2021, Benn recorded his 400th career NHL assist on a goal byRoope Hintz in a 5–1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.[25]
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, afterMike Modano.[26] Benn finished the2022–23 season playing all 82 games with 33 goals, 45 assists and 78 points recorded. During the2023 playoffs in the conference finals, Benn was suspended for two games after landing onVegas Golden Knights forwardMark Stone with his stick in game 3. He was assessed a game misconduct and ejected from the game.[27][28] After missing games 4 and 5 due to the suspension, Benn returned to the lineup for game 6 of the Western Conference finals, which the Stars lost 6–0 and the series 4–2 to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights.
On December 11, 2023, Benn recorded his 500th NHL assist on a goal byMiro Heiskanen in a 6–3 win over theDetroit Red Wings.[29] Benn would finish the2023–24 season with 21 goals, 39 assists for 60 points in all 82 contests as the Stars as a team clinched the top seed in the Western Conference.[30] In the2024 playoffs, Benn and the Stars would go on another lengthy run as they would make a second consecutive conference finals and third in his career and captaincy by defeating the defending Stanley Cup championVegas Golden Knights in seven games in the opening round followed by a second round victory in six games over theColorado Avalanche before getting defeated in the conference finals in six games for a second consecutive year, this time to theEdmonton Oilers.[31] Benn finished the playoffs with four goals and 11 assists for 15 points in all 19 playoff games.
On June 26, 2025, Benn agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract extension with $3 million in potential performance bonuses that runs through the2025–26 season.[32] On September 25, it was announced that Benn would miss at least four weeks after suffering acollapsed lung.[33] Benn scored the 400th NHL goal of his career off a feed fromWyatt Johnston during an 8–3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on November 25.[34]
 Benn representing Canada in 2012 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'sice hockey | ||
| Representing Canada | ||
| Winter Olympics | ||
 | 2014 Sochi | |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| 2009Canada | |
Playing in his second WHL season, Benn was named toTeam Canada, along withKelowna Rockets teammateTyler Myers, for the2009 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships inOttawa. He contributed 4 goals and 2 assists in 6 games, helping Canada to its record-tying fifth straight gold medal, defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final. Benn first represented the senior team at the2012 IIHF World Championship.
On January 7, 2014, Benn was named to the Canadian Olympic hockey team for the2014 Winter Olympics inSochi despite not being invited to the orientation camp during the summer of 2013.[35] In his first game as an Olympian, Benn scored the game-winning goal in Canada's first game againstNorway in a 3–1 victory.[36] He scored the only goal in a 1–0 win against theUnited States in the semifinal, to advance Canada to the gold medal game, where they eventually beatSweden 3–0.
Benn is the younger brother ofJordie Benn who played as adefenceman. The brothers previously played alongside one another on the Dallas Stars.[37]
Bold indicates led league
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2004–05 | Peninsula Panthers | VIJHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | Peninsula Panthers | VIJHL | 38 | 31 | 24 | 55 | 92 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 20 | ||
| 2005–06 | Victoria Salsa | BCHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006–07 | Victoria Grizzlies | BCHL | 53 | 42 | 23 | 65 | 78 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | ||
| 2007–08 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 51 | 33 | 32 | 65 | 68 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2008–09 | Kelowna Rockets | WHL | 56 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 71 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 18 | ||
| 2009–10 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Texas Stars | AHL | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 22 | ||
| 2010–11 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 69 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 71 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Hamburg Freezers | DEL | 19 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 41 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 81 | 34 | 45 | 79 | 64 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 2014–15 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 35 | 52 | 87 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2015–16 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 41 | 48 | 89 | 64 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | ||
| 2016–17 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 77 | 26 | 43 | 69 | 66 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017–18 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 36 | 43 | 79 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018–19 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 78 | 27 | 26 | 53 | 56 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 10 | ||
| 2019–20 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 69 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 53 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 32 | ||
| 2020–21 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 52 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2021–22 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 18 | 28 | 46 | 88 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2022–23 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 33 | 45 | 78 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 51 | ||
| 2023–24 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 82 | 21 | 39 | 60 | 41 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 2024–25 | Dallas Stars | NHL | 80 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 70 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 26 | ||
| NHL totals | 1,192 | 399 | 557 | 956 | 879 | 120 | 28 | 52 | 80 | 145 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Canada | WJC |  | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2012 | Canada | WC | 5th | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2014 | Canada | OG | | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Junior totals | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Senior totals | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Award | Year | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| CHL /WHL | ||
| West first All-Star team | 2008–09 | |
| Ed Chynoweth Trophy | 2009 | |
| Ed Chynoweth Cup champion | 2008–09 | |
| Memorial Cup All-Star team | 2009 | [38] |
| NHL | ||
| NHL All-Star Game | 2012,2016 | |
| NHL first All-Star team | 2014,2016 | |
| Art Ross Trophy | 2015 | |
| NHL second All-Star team | 2015 | |
| Awards and achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Winner of theArt Ross Trophy 2015 | Succeeded by |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by | Dallas Stars captain 2013–present | Incumbent |