What Happened to Jason Allison? Three Unlikely Second Acts

Jason Allison, former captain of the Boston Bruins

Jason Allison was one of the NHL’s most productive centers at the turn of the century, and in 2000-01 he scored 95 points as the Boston Bruins’ captain. Injuries brought his career to an early end after one season in Toronto. What came next took him into three industries with nothing to do with hockey, and far from any rink.

What happened to Jason Allison?

Jason Allison became a businessman with three very different lines of work: racehorses, movies and boats. As of April 2026, he was a co-founder of the California International Boat Show, whose first edition was set for 9 to 12 April 2026 at the Anaheim Convention Center, he told The Sporting Tribune in an interview ahead of the show. In the same interview, he said that after retiring, he got involved in a horse farm breeding racehorses and later started a film production company.

Jason Allison: then and now
Known for	95 points as Boston Bruins captain in 2000-01
Position	Center, shoots right
Born	29 May 1975, North York, Ontario
Drafted	1993, first round, 17th overall, Washington Capitals
NHL career	11 seasons, 552 games, 485 points, four teams
Last NHL season	2005-06, Toronto Maple Leafs
Current role	Co-founder, California International Boat Show, as of April 2026
Also	Film producer, Don Kee Productions

The indoor show focused on fishing and wake boats, performance boats, and yachts, and Allison said organizers expected around 20,000 visitors. Allison helped with earlier shows in Pomona and Long Beach before launching his own with marketing partner Spark & Sway, and he said more events are planned through 2027. Hockey never disappeared from his life: he spent eight years running a minor hockey organization in Canada. Looking back on life after the NHL, he told the South Bay news site Local Anchor that you need “something you are passionate about, something that keeps you engaged.”

Jason Allison the film producer: Arkansas and The Comeback Trail

Jason Allison’s production company is Don Kee Productions, and his best-known credits are two crime films with big casts. Arkansas, released in 2020, starred Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, and John Malkovich. The Comeback Trail paired Robert De Niro with Tommy Lee Jones and Morgan Freeman. In the credits of The Comeback Trail, Don Kee Productions is listed among the production companies and Allison among the executive producers.

The film business turned out to be as unpredictable as his hockey career. The Comeback Trail wrapped in 2020 but spent nearly five years waiting for a proper release before it reached American theaters and digital platforms in 2025. Allison said the pandemic, followed by the writers’ and directors’ strikes, hit his company hard, and that he had other projects in development.

Jason Allison’s draft: 17th overall by Washington in 1993

The Washington Capitals picked Jason Allison 17th overall in 1993 out of the London Knights of the OHL. It was the draft where Ottawa took Alexandre Daigle first overall, with Chris Pronger second and Paul Kariya fourth.

Of the 16 players picked ahead of Allison, only five finished with more NHL points: Kariya, Jason Arnott, Pronger, Chris Gratton and Viktor Kozlov. Each of them played at least 345 more NHL games than he did. Allison never found a regular place in Washington, with 29 points in 86 games, and the Capitals traded him to Boston late in the 1996-97 season.

Jason Allison’s Boston years: 95 points and the captain’s C

Boston is where Jason Allison became a star. In his first full season with the Bruins, 1997-98, he scored 33 goals and added 76 points in 1998-99. After the Bruins traded Ray Bourque to Colorado, they named Allison captain early in the 2000-01 season.

That season was the best of his career. He played all 82 games, scored 36 goals and 59 assists for 95 points, and was selected to the NHL All-Star Game. In 301 games for Boston, he scored 294 points, close to a point per game.

Jason Allison’s trade to the Los Angeles Kings

A contract standoff ended his Boston years. In October 2001, the Bruins traded Jason Allison, their holdout center, to Los Angeles with Mikko Eloranta for Jozef Stumpel and Glen Murray. He led the Kings in scoring in 2001-02 with 74 points, playing alongside Ziggy Palffy and Adam Deadmarsh, and had six points in a seven-game first-round series against Colorado.

Injuries limited him to 26 games in 2002-03, and he never played for the Kings again. After the lockout, he returned for the 2005-06 season with Toronto and scored 60 points in 66 games. It was his last NHL season. He tried out at the Maple Leafs’ training camp in 2009 but did not earn a contract, and by then injuries had taken their toll.

Jason Allison’s NHL stats

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P
1993-94	Washington	2	0	1	1
1994-95	Washington	12	2	1	3
1995-96	Washington	19	0	3	3
1996-97	Washington and Boston	72	8	26	34
1997-98	Boston	81	33	50	83
1998-99	Boston	82	23	53	76
1999-00	Boston	37	10	18	28
2000-01	Boston	82	36	59	95
2001-02	Los Angeles	73	19	55	74
2002-03	Los Angeles	26	6	22	28
2005-06	Toronto	66	17	43	60
Total		552	154	331	485

Figures are from Hockey-Reference. He added 25 points in 25 playoff games.

Over five seasons from 1997-98 through 2001-02, Jason Allison played 355 NHL games and scored 356 points. Of the 16 players drafted ahead of him in 1993, only Paul Kariya averaged more points per game.