Jeff Finley

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CanadaCanada  Jeff Finley Ice hockey player
Date of birth April 14, 1967
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1985 , 3rd round, 55th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1983-1984 Summerland Buckaroos
1984-1987 Portland Winter Hawks
1987-1993 New York Islanders
1993-1994 Philadelphia Flyers
1994-1995 Hershey Bears
1995-1996 Winnipeg Jets
1996-1997 Phoenix Coyotes
1997-1998 New York Rangers
1998-1999 Hartford Wolf Pack
1999-2004 St. Louis Blues
2005-2006 Hanover Scorpions

John Jeffrey Finley (born April 14, 1967 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach and current scout , who played 760 games for the New York Islanders , Philadelphia Flyers , Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Finley has been a scout for the Detroit Red Wings from the NHL since 2009 .

Career

Finley spent the beginning of his junior career in the 1983/84 season with the Summerland Buckaroos in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League . In addition, the defender made his debut in the same game year in the Western Hockey League with the Portland Winter Hawks . At the beginning of the 1984/85 season he was then an integral part of the team for the following three years, where he developed into an offensive defender who scored more than 65 points in each of his last two years . In addition, Finley was selected in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft in the third round in 55th place by the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League .

After completing his junior career, the defensive player was signed by the Islanders and for the next six years always commuted between the New York NHL squad and their farm teams in the American Hockey League . He played in the first four years mainly in the AHL, where he won the Calder Cup with the Springfield Indians in the 1989/90 season. After it appeared in the course of the following season , in which he played 51 games for New York, as if Finley had prevailed in the NHL, he found himself completely in the AHL in the 1992/93 season . There he was in the squad of the new cooperation partner Capital District Islanders .

When Finley's contract expired in the summer of 1993 and he was unable to stay in New York, the Islanders transferred the first negotiating rights for the future free agent in exchange for Chris Luongo to the Ottawa Senators . However, both parties could not agree on a commitment, so Finley joined the Philadelphia Flyers as a player without a contract , while the Senators received no compensation. With the Flyers, the Canadian managed to spend a full year in the NHL squad for the first time. However, this changed in the 1994/95 season , as the NHL started playing late due to the lockout . Finley was therefore the entire season with the Hershey Bears farm team in the AHL on the ice.

The following three and a half years from the summer of 1995 were characterized by numerous club changes. First, Finley was given to the Winnipeg Jets by the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Russ Romaniuk . There he came again in the course of the season in the AHL farm team, the Springfield Falcons , to some missions. By relocating the Winnipeg franchise in the summer of 1996 to Phoenix in the US state of Arizona , the defender played in the 1996/97 season for the Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL. Since his contract had expired after the game year, the New York Rangers signed him in August 1997 . After he had spent the first year in the NHL, the 1998/99 season was again characterized by longer periods of service in the AHL, before he was sent to the St. Louis Blues with Geoff Smith in February 1999 . In return, New York received Chris Kenady .

In the service of the St. Louis Blues Finley - now 31 years old and used exclusively as a defensive defender - finally established himself in the NHL. For the following five and a half seasons, the Canadian was a regular of the ambitious team, which with Chris Pronger and Al MacInnis had two of the best defenders in the league. Due to the repeated lockout, which resulted in the complete failure of the 2004/05 NHL season , Finley's time in St. Louis came to an end in the summer of 2004. He paused until summer 2005 and then moved to Europe. The left-handed shooter spent his last professional season with the Hannover Scorpions from the German Ice Hockey League and retired from active sport after the 2005/06 season at the age of 39.

After a year off, Finley returned to ice hockey in the summer of 2007. He worked for two years as an assistant coach with the Kelowna Rockets from the WHL under head coach Ryan Huska . Since the beginning of the 2009/10 season he has been working as an amateur scout for the Detroit Red Wings from the NHL.

International

At the international level, Finley represented his home country at the 2000 World Cup in Russia . There he finished fourth with the Canadians, to achieve which he contributed a goal and a template in seven tournaments.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1983/84 Summerland Buckaroos BCJHL 49 0 21st 21st 14th - - - - -
1983/84 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 4th
1984/85 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 69 6th 44 50 57 6th 1 2 3 2
1985/86 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 70 11 59 70 83 15th 1 7th 8th 16
1986 Portland Winter Hawks Memorial Cup 4th 0 2 2 2
1986/87 Portland Winter Hawks WHL 72 13 53 66 113 20th 1 21st 22nd 27
1987/88 New York Islanders NHL 10 0 5 5 15th 1 0 0 0 2
1987/88 Springfield Indians AHL 52 5 18th 23 50 - - - - -
1988/89 New York Islanders NHL 4th 0 0 0 6th - - - - -
1988/89 Springfield Indians AHL 65 3 16 19th 55 - - - - -
1989/90 New York Islanders NHL 11 0 1 1 0 5 0 2 2 2
1989/90 Springfield Indians AHL 57 1 15th 16 41 13 1 4th 5 23
1990/91 New York Islanders NHL 11 0 0 0 4th - - - - -
1990/91 Capital District Islanders AHL 67 10 34 44 34 - - - - -
1991/92 New York Islanders NHL 51 1 10 11 26th - - - - -
1991/92 Capital District Islanders AHL 20th 1 9 10 6th - - - - -
1992/93 Capital District Islanders AHL 61 6th 29 35 34 4th 0 1 1 0
1993/94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 55 1 8th 9 24 - - - - -
1994/95 Hershey Bears AHL 36 2 9 11 33 6th 0 1 1 8th
1995/96 Winnipeg Jets NHL 65 1 5 6th 81 6th 0 0 0 4th
1995/96 Springfield Falcons AHL 14th 3 12 15th 22nd - - - - -
1996/97 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 65 3 7th 10 40 1 0 0 0 2
1997/98 New York Rangers NHL 63 1 6th 7th 55 - - - - -
1998/99 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1998/99 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 42 2 10 12 28 - - - - -
1998/99 St. Louis Blues NHL 30th 1 2 3 20th 13 1 2 3 8th
1999/00 St. Louis Blues NHL 74 2 8th 10 38 13 1 2 3 8th
2000/01 St. Louis Blues NHL 72 2 8th 10 38 2 0 0 0 0
2001/02 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 0 6th 6th 30th 10 0 0 0 8th
2002/03 St. Louis Blues NHL 64 1 3 4th 46 6th 0 0 0 6th
2003/04 St. Louis Blues NHL 53 0 1 1 34 1 0 0 0 2
2004/05 without a contract not played because of lockout
2005/06 Hanover Scorpions DEL 50 3 7th 10 84 9 0 1 1 42
WHL overall 216 30th 156 186 253 46 3 31 34 49
AHL total 4141 33 152 185 303 23 1 6th 7th 31
NHL overall 708 13 70 83 457 52 1 6th 7th 38

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
2000 Canada WM 4th Place 7th 1 1 2 0
Men overall 7th 1 1 2 0

( 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 Finley, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Finley, John Jeffrey (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and scout
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta