Jim Fahey

Jim Fahey
Date of birth	May 11, 1979
place of birth	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
size	182 cm
Weight	92 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1998 , 8th lap, 212th position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
1998-2002	Northeastern University
2002-2006	Cleveland Barons
2006-2007	Lowell Devils
2007-2008	Rockford IceHogs
2008-2010	Krefeld penguins

James M. "Jim" Fahey (born May 11, 1979 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 94 games for the San Jose Sharks and New Jersey Devils in between 1998 and 2010, among others of the National Hockey League in the position of defender . Fahey spent most of his career in the American Hockey League , and he also completed two seasons with the Krefeld Penguins in the German Ice Hockey League .

Career

Jim Fahey played for the Catholic Knights high school team in his youth before going to Northeastern University in Boston in 1998 . In the same year, the defender was selected by the San Jose Sharks in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft in the eighth round at position 212. Fahey then played for four years for the ice hockey team of the University and was 2001-02 for the Hobey Baker Award as the best player of the National Collegiate Athletic Association nominated .

In the summer of 2002, the legal protection of the Organization of the San Jose Sharks of closed and played two seasons in both the National Hockey League , and for the AHL - Farm Team Cleveland Barons . In the 2002/03 season, Fahey scored 20 points in 43 games and was able to attract attention for the first time. During the failure of the NHL season 2004/05 , the defender played exclusively for Cleveland, but could not continue to prevail in the NHL roster of the Sharks and came in 2005/06 only to 21 NHL appearances.

In the summer of 2006, his contract with the Sharks was extended, but before the start of the season, the American was transferred to the New Jersey Devils , in whose NHL team he started the season, but then injured himself in early November. Fahey was then put on the waiver list and finally sent to the farm team, the Lowell Devils , in the AHL. In the summer of 2007, the defender moved as a free agent within the AHL to the Rockford IceHogs , the new farm team of the Chicago Blackhawks , where he came up with twelve assists in 65 league games, but remained without a goal for the third season in a row.

For the 2008/09 season , Jim Fahey moved to the German Ice Hockey League for the Krefeld Pinguinen and spent two seasons there. After he announced the move within the league to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers in June 2010 , he stepped out of the existing contractual relationship only one month later and declared his career over at the age of 31.

International

At the international level, Fahey played his only international tournament with the United States national team at the 2003 World Cup in Finland . The defender was able to score one goal in six tournament games. With the 13th place in the final ranking, the US boys were able to prevent relegation to the second division.

Achievements and Awards

1999 Hockey East All-Rookie Team 2001 Hockey East Second All-Star Team 2002 Hockey East First All-Star Team

2002 Hockey East All-Academic Team 2002 NCAA East First All-American Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1998/99	Northeastern University	Hockey East		32	5	13	18th	34
1999/00	Northeastern University	Hockey East		36	3	17th	20th	62
2000/01	Northeastern University	Hockey East		36	4th	23	27	48
2001/02	Northeastern University	Hockey East		39	14th	32	46	50
2002/03	Cleveland Barons	AHL		25th	3	14th	17th	42		-	-	-	-	-
2002/03	San Jose Sharks	NHL		43	1	19th	20th	33		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		32	1	18th	19th	64		-	-	-	-	-
2003/04	San Jose Sharks	NHL		15th	0	2	2	18th		2	0	0	0	0
2004/05	Cleveland Barons	AHL		69	4th	22nd	26th	146		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	San Jose Sharks	NHL		21st	0	2	2	14th		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	Lowell Devils	AHL		28	0	9	9	37		-	-	-	-	-
2006/07	New Jersey Devils	NHL		13	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		77	1	15th	16	127		-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Krefeld penguins	DEL		47	5	16	21st	83		7th	1	1	2	6th
2009/10	Krefeld penguins	DEL		50	4th	20th	24	38		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				143	26th	85	111	194
AHL total				231	9	78	87	416		0	0	0	0	0
NHL overall				92	1	24	25th	67		2	0	0	0	0
DEL total				97	9	36	59	83		7th	1	1	2	6th

International

Represented the USA at:

• World Championship 2003

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2003	United States	WM	13th place		6th	1	0	1	2
Men overall					6th	1	0	1	2

( 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

• Jim Fahey at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Jim Fahey at eliteprospects.com (English)
• Jim Fahey at hockeydb.com (English)