Jake Allen Biography

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.
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.
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.

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