Jardine was born in
Carleton Place,
Ontario, and played
major junior with the
Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds of the
Ontario Hockey League and his
Junior A with the
Kanata Stallions of the
Canadian Junior Hockey League. Jardine was drafted 89th overall in the
1998 NHL Entry Draft by the
Florida Panthers of the
National Hockey League. After spending the
2000–01 AHL season with the
Louisville Panthers of the
American Hockey League (AHL), Jardine played eight games for the Panthers during the
2001–02 NHL season with two assists. Jardine played in 64 regular season games and four playoff games for the
Utah Grizzlies of the AHL during the
2001–02 AHL season and then spent the next three seasons with the
San Antonio Rampage, also of the AHL. On September 3, 2011, Jardine signed with
Lørenskog IK of
GET-ligaen. On September 21, 2011, after playing two games and accumulating 2 Assists for Lørenskog IK, Jardine was granted his request to be released by the team for familial reasons. On October 2, 2011, Jardine signed with the
Chicago Wolves of the AHL, and was reassigned to the Mavericks, the Wolves' new CHL affiliate, the next day. On August 1, 2013, Jardine signed with the
Cornwall River Kings of
Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. In July 2014, Missouri Mavericks fans voted Jardine the fourth-greatest Mavericks player in a poll of the
Top-10 Mavericks players from the first 5 years of the team's existence. ==Career statistics==