Career
Between 1989 and 1998, he played for five teams in the National Hockey League: the Saint Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montreal Canadiens, Phoenix Coyotes and Carolina Hurricanes. Jablonski, who played junior hockey the Windsor Spitfires of the Ontario Hockey League, was drafted by Saint Louis 139th overall in the 1985 National Hockey League Entry Draft. After three years with the Blues" farm team, the Peoria Rivermen, Jablonski was called up to the National Hockey League at the start of the 1989-1990 season and played four games with the Blues, losing all four.
He returned to Peoria until February 1991, when he replaced an injured Curtis Joseph.
Jablonski shared goaltending duties with Vincent Riendeau for the remainder of the regular season, as well as for three games in a playoff series with the Minnesota North Stars. Continuing as a backup for Saint Louis in the 1991-1992 season, Jablonski was traded to the expansion Tampa Bay Lightning in June 1992, and was named the starting goaltender for their inaugural season of 1992-1993.
Jablonski played 42 games that season, including his only career National Hockey League shutout. Against the Ottawa Senators in November.
He played 15 games for the Lightning in 1993-1994 before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in February 1994.
Jablonski never played in the National Hockey League for Toronto, spending his time in the lockout-shortened 1994-1995 season between their farm team in Saint John"s and the Chicago Wolves and Houston Aeros of the International Hockey League. He returned to the Blues as a free agent in the summer of 1995, but only played one game for Saint Louis before being traded to the Montreal Canadiens in November. After Patrick Roy was traded to the Colorado Avalanche that December, Jablonski shared goaltending duties with Jocelyn Thibault for the remainder of 1995-1996 and into the 1996-1997 season, but was traded to the Phoenix Coyotes in January 1997.
In Phoenix, Jablonski saw little playing time, only playing two games as a replacement for Nikolai Khabibulin.
He signed as a free agent with Carolina in August 1997, and played five games in the 1997-1998 season for the Hurricanes, with most of the rest of the season spent with the IHL"s Cleveland Lumberjacks. Jablonski never played in the National Hockey League again.
He played the 1998-1999 season with the Chicago Wolves of the IHL, followed by two seasons for Västra Frölunda The Human Context in Sweden.