Personal life

Jamie Heward attended F.W. Johnson Collegiate in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Playing career

Heward was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round, 16th overall, of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. After several seasons in the Penguins organization without getting called up to the NHL, Heward became an unrestricted free agent and spent the 1994-95 season with the Canadian National Team scoring 5 assists in 8 games at the 1995 World Championships.

After the World Championships ended, Heward signed a contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs on May 4, 1995. Heward spent most of the 1995-96 season with Toronto's AHL affiliate the St. John's Maple Leafs before spending 5 games with the parent club in February 1996. Heward made his NHL debut against the Montreal Canadiens on February 3, 1996 recording 4 shots. Heward again spent the majority of the 1996-97 season in the AHL, however during 20 games with the Maple Leafs, Heward scored his first career NHL goal (and point) on November 2, 1996 against Mike Vernon and the Detroit Red Wings.

On July 31, 1997, Heward signed a free agent contract with the Philadelphia Flyers but spent the entire season with their AHL affiliate the Philadelphia Phantoms.

In 1998-99, Heward finally found a regular NHL job scoring 18 points in 63 games with the expansion Nashville Predators. After the Predators declined to offer Heward a qualifying offer, and in July 1999, Heward signed a 2 way free agent deal with the New York Islanders spending the 1999-2000 season with the team before being claimed on waivers by the Columbus Blue Jackets on May 26, 2000. Heward played 97 games with Columbus over the 2000-01 and 2001-02 seasons scoring 30 points.

After 3 seasons in Switzerland, Heward signed a 1 year free-agent contract with the Washington Capitals after the lockout ended and went on to record a career high 28 points for Washington. The 1 year contract was extended on February 22, 2006 for the 2006-07 season. On February 27, 2007, Heward was traded by the Capitals to the Los Angeles Kings for a conditional fifth round pick in the 2007 NHL draft. After the season ended, Heward signed a deal with SKA St. Petersburg of the Russian League on August 13, 2007. On September 16, 2008, the Tampa Bay Lightning invited Heward to training camp and signed him to a 1 year deal on October 3, 2008.

On March 4, 2009 in an attempt to dump salary the Lightning traded goaltender Olaf Kolzig, Heward, prospect Andy Rogers and a fourth round draft pick to the Toronto Maple Leafs for prospect Richard Petiot. At the date of his trade to the Maple Leafs, he was sidelined indefinitely with a concussion. :

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1987-88	Regina Pats	WHL		68	10	17	27	17		4	1	1	2	2
1988-89	Regina Pats	WHL		52	31	28	59	29		—	—	—	—	—
1989-90	Regina Pats	WHL		72	14	44	58	42		11	2	2	4	10
1990-91	Regina Pats	WHL		71	23	61	84	41		8	2	9	11	6
1991-92	Muskegon Lumberjacks	IHL		54	6	21	27	37		14	1	4	5	4
1992-93	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		58	9	18	27	64		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Cleveland Lumberjacks	IHL		73	8	16	24	72		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Canadian National	Intl		51	11	35	46	32		—	—	—	—	—
1995-96	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		73	22	34	56	33		3	1	1	2	6
1995-96	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		5	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		27	8	19	27	26		9	1	3	4	6
1996-97	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		20	1	4	5	6		—	—	—	—	—
1997-98	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		72	17	48	65	54		20	3	16	19	10
1998-99	Nashville Predators	NHL		63	6	12	18	44		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	New York Islanders	NHL		54	6	11	17	26		—	—	—	—	—
2000-01	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		69	11	16	27	33		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Columbus Blue Jackets	NHL		28	1	2	3	7		—	—	—	—	—
2001-02	Syracuse Crunch	AHL		14	3	10	13	6		10	0	4	4	6
2002-03	Genève-Servette HC	Swiss-A		39	8	23	31	60		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	ZSC Lions	Swiss-A		25	5	9	14	57		6	0	1	1	24
2004-05	SCL Tigers	Swiss-A		44	3	14	17	83		—	—	—	—	—
2005-06	Washington Capitals	NHL		71	7	21	28	54		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Washington Capitals	NHL		52	4	12	16	27		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		19	2	6	8	20		—	—	—	—	—
2007-08	SKA St. Petersburg	RSL		53	2	15	17	98		9	2	0	2	10
2008-09	Norfolk Admirals	AHL		20	6	8	14	25		—	—	—	—	—
2008-09	Tampa Bay Lightning	NHL		13	0	2	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				394	38	86	124	221		—	—	—	—	—

[ Source: Wikipedia ]