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Jason Bacashihua

Jason Bacashihua, American ice hockey player

Born
September 20, 1982
Age in 2026
44
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1982

About Jason Bacashihua

Jason Bacashihua is an American former ice hockey goaltender. He played 38 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 2002 to 2022, was spent in the minor leagues and then in various leagues through Europe and Asia. Internationally Bacashihua played for the American national team at the 2006 and 2007 World Championship. Bacashihua was selected in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, 26th overall. During the 2008–09 season between February and March, Bacashihua won a franchise-best eight straight games. Returning to the Monsters to set a career professional best in goals against average, Bacashihua appeared in 42 games for 23 wins to help guide the Monsters to their first post-season berth. He was selected as the AHL Player of the Week (February 23 – March 1), to mark the first time in franchise history a Monsters player had received the award.

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Jason Bacashihua timeline

  1. Bacashihua was selected in the first round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, 26th overall.
  2. Internationally Bacashihua played for the American national team at the 2006 and 2007 World Championship.
  3. During the 2008–09 season between February and March, Bacashihua won a franchise-best eight straight games.

The world when Jason Bacashihua was born

Jason Bacashihua was born in 1982. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1982

  • #1 song"Physical" – Olivia Newton-John
  • Top movieE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  • Top TV showDallas
  • Best-selling bookThe Color Purple – Alice Walker

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentItaly wins the FIFA World Cup in Spain
  • Top headlineFalklands War between UK and Argentina
  • Technology milestoneCompact disc (CD) released commercially
  • Defining fadValley Girl speak
  • Notable inventionCompact disc (CD)
  • World population4.61 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderRonald Reagan
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population231.7M

1982 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jason Bacashihua's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19822026
Gas$1.22$3.45/gal
Average home$67,800$435,000
Average income$23,433$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.94$11.95
Postage stamp$0.20$0.73
Population231.7M341 million

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