Jake Allen

Jake Allen may refer to:

Jake Allen (ice hockey)

Jake Allen (born August 7, 1990) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Allen was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the second round of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft with the 34th overall pick.

Early life

Allen was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick as the son of Kurt and Susan Allen of Fredericton. Allen grew up in St. Stephen, New Brunswick where his father worked as a high school teacher until 1999 when they moved to New Maryland, New Brunswick. He started playing hockey at a young age, first as a skater, then switched to the goalie position.

Playing career

Allen played for the Midget "AAA" Canadians under Kevin Pottle, before being drafted in the 3rd round of the QMJHL draft to the St. John's Fog Devils. After one season with the Fog Devils Allen was picked to play for the Under-18 World Hockey Championship in Kazan, Russia where he won gold, and was named tournament MVP and top goalie. The next season the Fog Devils were sold and moved to Montreal becoming the Montreal Juniors. One season later he was picked to play in the World Juniors in Saskatoon, winning silver and posting 4 wins 1 loss in the final to the Americans. Allen was traded to Drummondville after the World Juniors tournament and had a record of 18 wins and 3 losses with a save percentage of .933% and 1.75 GAA. Allen won the Jacques Plante trophy as goalie of the year in the QMJHL in 2009–10.

Jake Allen (American football)

Jjathus Illimski "Jake" Allen (born January 19, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Mississippi College. He also played for the Cleveland Browns.

Professional career

Green Bay Packers

Allen was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He spent the 2008 season on the team's practice squad, and was signed to a future contract at the end of the season. On October 27, 2009 Allen was signed from the practice squad to the active roster after wide receiver Brett Swain was placed on injured reserve. He was waived on November 18.

Cleveland Browns

Allen was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns on November 18, 2009. He was listed as inactive for each of the remaining games of the 2009 season. At the end of training camp in 2010, Allen was released on September 3, 2010.

Calgary Stampeders

Allen was signed by the Calgary Stampeders on May 31, 2011.