Jeff Farkas

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Jeff Farkas
Date of birth January 24, 1978
place of birth Williamsville , New York , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 3rd round, 57th position
Toronto Maple Leafs
Career stations
1994-1996 Niagara Scenic
1996-2000 Boston College
2000-2002 St. John's Maple Leafs
2002-2003 Manitoba mosses
2003 Chicago Wolves

Jeffrey Thomas Farkas (* 24. January 1978 in Williamsville , New York ) is a retired American ice hockey player , who during his playing career between 2000 and 2003 among other 16 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Thrashers in the National Hockey League on contested the position of the center .

Career

Farkas spent a very successful time at Boston College between 1996 and 2000 , with whose ice hockey team he was active in Hockey East , a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In addition to two championships in 1998 and 1999, the center forward was appointed to numerous selection teams. In the 1997 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the third round in 57th place by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League .

After finishing his career at college Farkas moved to the end of the 1999/2000 season in the professional area, where he made his debut for the Leafs during the play-offs . For the next two seasons, the attacker was mainly part of the farm team , the St. John's Maple Leafs from the American Hockey League . In the NHL, he was only used sporadically in the event of staff shortages. In the summer of 2002, Farkas moved to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Josh Holden . For the Canadian west coast franchise , he only played for the AHL farm team Manitoba Moose before being given to the Atlanta Thrashers in January 2003 . In return, Chris Herperger and Chris Nielsen moved to Vancouver.

The striker played three games for the Thrashers and otherwise worked for their farm team, the Chicago Wolves . During a mission for the Wolves towards the end of the season, Farkas fell head first into the gang and broke his fifth cervical vertebra and barely escaped a quadriplegia . The injury finally forced him to retire on July 28, 2003 at the age of 25.

International

Farkas represented his home country a total of three times at the Junior World Championships between 1996 and 1998. In addition to winning the silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1997 , there were two fifth places in 1996 and 1998. In 1998 Farkas finished the tournament with ten points as top scorer. He was also the top scorer with six goals.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1997 Hockey East All-Academic Team
  • 1998 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 1998 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
  • 1999 Hockey East Championship with Boston College
  • 1999 Hockey East All-Tournament Team
  • 2000 Hockey East First All-Star Team
  • 2000 NCAA East First All-American Team
  • 2000 NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2002 AHL All-Star Classic

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1996/97 Boston College Hockey East 35 13 23 36 34
1997/98 Boston College Hockey East 40 11 28 39 42
1998/99 Boston College Hockey East 43 32 25th 57 56
1999/00 Boston College Hockey East 41 32 26th 58 61
1999/00 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL - - - - - 3 1 0 1 0
2000/01 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2000/01 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 77 28 40 68 62 4th 1 2 3 4th
2001/02 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6th 0 2 2 4th 2 0 0 0 0
2001/02 St. John's Maple Leafs AHL 71 16 34 50 49 4th 0 0 0 0
2002/03 Manitoba mosses AHL 39 11 14th 25th 28 - - - - -
2002/03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 3 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2002/03 Chicago Wolves AHL 24 5 12 17th 14th - - - - -
Hockey East overall 159 88 102 190 193
AHL total 211 60 100 160 153 8th 1 2 3 4th
NHL overall 11 0 2 2 6th 5 1 0 1 0

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1996 United States June World Cup 5th place 6th 1 1 2 6th
1997 United States June World Cup 2nd place, silver 6th 1 1 2 4th
1998 United States June World Cup 5th place 7th 6th 4th 10 6th
Juniors overall 19th 8th 6th 14th 16

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Farkas, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farkas, Jeffrey Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Williamsville , New York