Jeff Finger

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Jeff Finger
Date of birth 18th December 1979
place of birth Houghton , Michigan , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
number # 4
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 8th lap, 240th position
Colorado Avalanche
Career stations
1997-2000 Green Bay Gamblers
2000-2003 St. Cloud State University
2003-2005 Hershey Bears
2005-2006 Lowell Lock Monsters
2006-2008 Colorado Avalanche
2008-2010 Toronto Maple Leafs
2010–2012 Toronto Marlies

Jeff Finger (born December 18, 1979 in Houghton , Michigan ) is a former American ice hockey player who has played for the Colorado Avalanche and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League during his active career .

Career

The 1.85 m tall defender first played with the Green Bay Gamblers in the junior league United States Hockey League , during his college days he was on the team of St. Cloud State University , which competed in the Hockey Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft , the left-handed shooter was finally selected ( drafted ) as 240th in the eighth round of the Colorado Avalanche .

First, the defender was used by the Avalanche in various farm teams in the ECHL and the American Hockey League , on February 20, 2007 he finally made his NHL debut against the Calgary Flames . Finger scored his first scorer point seven days later in the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets , when he acted as an assist provider for Paul Stastny . On March 1 of the same year, the American finally scored his first goal in the highest North American professional league in the game against the Chicago Blackhawks . In the summer of 2008, Finger signed a four-year, $ 14 million free agent contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs . Subsequently, Finger, who had only been part of the farm team for the Toronto Marlies in the last two seasons , ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1997/98 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 51 5 9 14th 208 4th 0 0 0 18th
1998/99 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 55 11 28 39 199 6th 0 3 3 14th
1999/00 Green Bay Gamblers USHL 55 13 35 48 154 14th 3 11 14th 40
2000/01 St. Cloud State University WCHA 41 4th 5 9 84
2001/02 St. Cloud State University WCHA 42 6th 20th 26th 105
2002/03 St. Cloud State University WCHA 24 5 8th 13 46
2003/04 Reading Royals ECHL 10 2 5 7th 24 - - - - -
2003/04 Hershey Bears AHL 63 2 9 11 88 - - - - -
2004/05 Hershey Bears AHL 75 4th 11 15th 125 - - - - -
2005/06 Lowell Lock Monsters AHL 70 3 20th 23 116 - - - - -
2006/07 Albany River Rats AHL 44 3 10 13 65 5 1 1 2 4th
2006/07 Colorado Avalanche NHL 22nd 1 4th 5 11 - - - - -
2007/08 Colorado Avalanche NHL 72 8th 11 19th 40 5 0 2 2 4th
2008/09 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 6th 17th 23 43 - - - - -
2009/10 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 39 2 8th 10 20th - - - - -
2010/11 Toronto Marlies AHL 23 0 5 5 8th - - - - -
2011/12 Toronto Marlies AHL 31 3 7th 10 44 - - - - -
USHL total 161 29 72 101 561 24 3 14th 17th 72
WCHA overall 107 15th 33 48 235
AHL total 306 15th 62 77 446 5 1 1 2 4th
NHL overall 199 17th 40 57 114 5 0 2 2 4th

( 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 Finger, Jeff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 18th December 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Houghton , Michigan