{"id":7242,"date":"2025-07-17T15:07:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/?post_type=team&#038;p=7242"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:27:03","slug":"jamal-mayers-board-member","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/?team=jamal-mayers-board-member","title":{"rendered":"Jamal Mayers &#8211; Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Jamal Mayers was a gritty, physical right winger who played\u00a0<b>14 NHL seasons<\/b>\u00a0(1996\u20132013) across five teams\u2014most notably the\u00a0<b>St.\u202fLouis Blues<\/b>, and concluding with a\u00a0<b>Stanley Cup<\/b>\u00a0win in\u00a0<b>2013<\/b>\u00a0with the\u00a0<b>Chicago Blackhawks.<\/b>He appeared in\u00a0<b>915 regular-season games<\/b>, scoring\u00a0<b>90 goals<\/b>,\u00a0<b>219 points<\/b>, and accumulating\u00a0<b>1,200 penalty minutes.\u00a0<\/b>Mayers\u2019 strength lay in his\u00a0<b>work ethic, physical presence, and team-first attitude<\/b>\u2014consistently contributing on the penalty kill, blocking shots, and setting the tone with hits and grit\u00a0.\u00a0Internationally, he represented Canada at three World Championships, helping win\u00a0<b>gold in 2007<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0<b>silver in 2008.\u00a0<\/b>After retiring in December 2013, Mayers became a broadcaster and community liaison for the Blackhawks and continues to advocate for diversity and inclusion in hockey, working with youth programs and the NHL\u2019s inclusion coalition.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5674,"menu_order":10,"template":"","team_designation":[],"team_department":[],"class_list":["post-7242","team","type-team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/team\/7242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"team_designation","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fteam_designation&post=7242"},{"taxonomy":"team_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhlalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fteam_department&post=7242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}