Bobby Farnham

Bobby Farnham
Date of birth	January 21, 1989
place of birth	North Andover , Massachusetts , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2008–2012	Brown University
2012	Providence Bruins Worcester Sharks
2012-2015	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins
2015-2016	New Jersey Devils
2016-2017	St. John's IceCaps
since 2017	Springfield Thunderbirds

Robert T. "Bobby" Farnham (born January 21, 1989 in North Andover , Massachusetts ) is an American ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Springfield Thunderbirds of the American Hockey League since October 2017 and is on the left for them Winger plays.

Career

Farnham in the Pittsburgh Penguins jersey

Farnham, whose father was a professional Canadian football player and played for the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League , grew up in his native North Andover , Massachusetts , and attended high school there . In 2008, the striker began attending Brown University and played there for the local ice hockey team in ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Overall, Farnham stayed at college for four years and was appointed to the ECAC's All-Academic Team in all four seasons.

After graduating from university in March 2012, the attacker switched to the professional camp without drafting . First he joined the Providence Bruins from the American Hockey League on the basis of a trial contract for amateurs ( Amateur Tryout Offer ) for one month , for which he completed three games. Then he ran for the league rivals Worcester Sharks in as many games. With the beginning of the 2012/13 season Farnham signed a contract with the Wheeling Nailers from the ECHL . There he was able to recommend himself with four scorer points in nine missions, so that in early November 2012 he was loaned to the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins from the AHL. They took him under contract just a month later. At the end of the season, his expiring contract was extended by one year by the cooperation partner of the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins, the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League , and made valid for the NHL. Nevertheless, the winger remained in the AHL for the entire 2013/14 season , but received a new one-year contract in the summer of 2014. During the 2014-15 season , Farnham finally made his NHL debut, playing eleven times for Pittsburgh. But mainly he continued to play for Wilkes-Barre / Scranton in the AHL.

After his contract was extended by a year for the third time in July 2015, the American finally made it into the NHL squad for the Pittsburgh Penguins for the 2015/16 season . After three missions, the Penguins tried to send the striker to the farm team in the AHL via the waiver at the end of October . In this attempt, however, the New Jersey Devils secured the services of the attacker. For the Devils, Farnham completed 50 games over the rest of the season and posted ten scorer points, including eight goals. Since his expiring contract had not been extended this time, the attacker switched to the Canadiens de Montréal as a free agent in July 2016 . There he belonged to the squad of the AHL farm team St. John's IceCaps after the pre-season and spent the season there, while he was also used three times for the Canadiens. In August 2017 he received a trial contract with the New York Rangers , which did not result in a permanent engagement. He was then signed by the Springfield Thunderbirds from the AHL at the end of October 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2009 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2010 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2011 ECAC All-Academic Team
• 2012 ECAC All-Academic Team

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2018/19 season

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2008/09	Brown University	ECAC		31	4th	3	7th	24
2009/10	Brown University	ECAC		36	3	8th	11	14th
2010/11	Brown University	ECAC		31	8th	7th	15th	39
2011/12	Brown University	ECAC		31	8th	13	21st	51
2011/12	Providence Bruins	AHL		3	0	0	0	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Worcester Sharks	AHL		3	0	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Wheeling Nailers	ECHL		9	3	1	4th	46		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		65	3	8th	11	274		6th	0	0	0	4th
2013/14	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		64	7th	7th	14th	166		12	0	0	0	30th
2014/15	Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins	AHL		62	7th	7th	14th	226		8th	0	0	0	14th
2014/15	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		11	0	0	0	24		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		3	0	0	0	5		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	New Jersey Devils	NHL		50	8th	2	10	92		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	St. John's IceCaps	AHL		71	11	17th	28	137		4th	0	0	0	2
2016/17	Canadiens de Montréal	NHL		3	0	0	0	17th		-	-	-	-	-
2017/18	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL		69	11	10	21st	123		-	-	-	-	-
2018/19	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL		67	4th	13	17th	112		-	-	-	-	-
ECAC total				129	23	31	54	128
AHL total				404	43	62	105	1044		30th	0	0	0	50
NHL overall				67	8th	2	10	138		-	-	-	-	-

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Bobby Farnham  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Bobby Farnham in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• Bobby Farnham at eliteprospects.com (English)