Career
He most recently played for the The Human Context 05 Banská Bystrica of the Slovak Extraliga. He has also played in the National Hockey League with the Saint Louis Blues. Bacashihua was selected in the first round of the 2001 National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, 26th overall.
He spent two seasons with the Stars" AHL affiliate Utah Grizzlies before he was traded on June 25, 2004 to the Saint Louis Blues for Shawn Belle.
Jason played for the Blues AHL affiliate"s the Worcester IceCats and the Peoria Rivermen before being called up to the main Blues roster and making his National Hockey League debut in the 2005-2006 season. After failing to make the team out of training camp, Bacashihua was assigned to Peoria prior to the 2007-2008 season.
On November 8, 2007, Bacashihua was traded by the Blues to the Colorado Avalanche for future considerations, and was assigned to the Avalanche"s affiliate, the Lake Erie Monsters. The Monsters are the same Grizzlies franchise, renamed and relocated, with whom Bacashihua started his AHL career.
Bacashihua spent the next season and a half with the Monsters rotating the starting position with Tyler Weiman.
On July 31, 2009, Bacashihua signed a one-year contract with the Hershey Bears of the AHL for the 2009-2010 season. He appeared in pre-season games for the Washington Capitals before being reassigned to Hershey. On July 2, 2010, Bacashihua returned to the Colorado Avalanche organization, signing a one-year contract as a free agent for the 2010-2011 season.
Assigned to reacquaint with the Lake Erie Monsters, Bacashihua split the season with former National Hockey League goaltender John Grahame to form one of the best performing tandems in the AHL. He was recalled by the Avalanche on one occasion to serve as backup in place of the injured Craig Anderson, however failed to make his Avalanche debut.
Returning to the Monsters to set a career professional best in goals against average, Bacashihua appeared in 42 games for 23 wins to help guide the Monsters to their first post-season birth. On July 19, 2011, Bacashihua signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Flyers.
Used primarily as a veteran backup within the Flyers organization, he spent the majority of the year with AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms. He was recalled twice to Philadelphia to dress and serve as a backup, however again was unable to mark a return to the National Hockey League since 2007.
On July 22, 2012, Bacashihua was signed to his first professional European contract on a one-year deal to become a number one starter with German club, Straubing Tigers of the DEL. In making his DEL debut during the 2012-2013 season, Bacashihua responded with the strong start with the Tigers to earn a one-year extension on December 28, 2012.
He appeared in every game with the Tigers as their starting goalie to help gain a playoff position through qualification before losing in the first round. In the two following seasons with the Tigers, Bacashihua was unable to prevent the club from missing the playoffs. With a decline statistically in his third season, Bacashihua was not offered a new contract at seasons end with Straubing on March 3, 2015.