John McCarthy (ice hockey player)

John McCarthy
Date of birth	August 9, 1986
place of birth	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
size	185 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	2006 , 7th round, 202nd position San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2004-2005	Des Moines Buccaneers
2005-2009	Boston University
2009-2014	San Jose Sharks Worcester Sharks
2014-2015	Chicago Wolves
2015	Worcester Sharks
2015-2019	San Jose Barracuda

John McCarthy (born August 9, 1986 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player and current coach . The left winger spent almost his entire active career in the organization of the San Jose Sharks , for which he played 88 games in the National Hockey League . Mostly, however, he was on the ice for their farm teams in the American Hockey League , the Worcester Sharks and the San Jose Barracuda . McCarthy also represented the USA national team at the 2018 Winter Olympics .

Career

McCarthy (front) in the Boston University jersey

McCarthy first played on the high school team at St. John's Prep School during his junior years until 2004 . In the fall of 2004 he then joined the Des Moines Buccaneers from the US junior league United States Hockey League . There he reached 18 scorer points in 60 encounters before moving to college . In the 2005/06 season, the left winger played parallel to his studies in economics for the hockey team at Boston University . As a rookie , he completed 32 of the 40 season games and at the end of the season won the championship of Hockey East , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . He contributed four scorer points. Then McCarthy was selected in the NHL Entry Draft 2006 in the seventh round in 202nd place by the San Jose Sharks from the National Hockey League . The striker was a regular for the university team for the following two seasons, but could hardly set any accents on the offensive. After completing his third year of college, he had only 16 points in 109 games. Nevertheless, he was elected to the Hockey East All-Academic Team in both years.

The American successfully completed his studies in his last year at Boston University. He was also named team captain. McCarthy recorded 29 points scorer over the entire season, which more than exceeded the values ​​in the categories of points, goals and assists in previous years. Under his aegis as captain, the team also had their best year since McCarthy joined them in 2005. In addition to triumphing in the prestigious Beanpot Tournament - which the university also successfully completed in 2006 and 2007 - against its big rival Boston College , the team won the Hockey East Division for the first time since 2006. There McCarthy was elected to the all-tournament team after leading the team by scorer points. Finally, the team crowned the season by winning the NCAA Division I Championship, the national college championship.

Following this, the San Jose Sharks got the striker to sign his first professional contract in early May 2009 when they offered him a two-year contract valid for the American Hockey League and National Hockey League for a two-year term. After the pre-season training camp McCarthy first found himself in the first half of the 2009/10 game year with the Worcester Sharks in the AHL, but made his NHL debut for the San Jose Sharks on January 9, 2010.

In the summer of 2014, his contract in San Jose was not renewed, so he joined the St. Louis Blues as a free agent . They gave it to their farm team, the Chicago Wolves , during preparation for the 2014/15 season . After only six months he was transferred back to the Worcester Sharks before he signed a new contract with the San Jose Sharks in July 2015, again as a free agent.

Internationally, he represented his home country at the 2018 Winter Olympics and finished seventh there with the team that competed without an NHL player.

In December 2019, McCarthy announced the immediate end of his active career and at the same time switched to the Barracuda coaching staff. He was previously diagnosed with a heart defect that resulted in an ischemic stroke .

Achievements and Awards

2006 Beanpot Tournament win with Boston University 2006 Hockey East Championship with Boston University 2007 Beanpot Tournament win with Boston University 2007 Hockey East All-Academic Team 2008 Hockey East All-Academic Team

2009 Beanpot Tournament win with Boston University 2009 Hockey East Championship with Boston University 2009 Hockey East All-Tournament Team 2009 NCAA Division I Championship with Boston University 2020 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2004/05	Des Moines Buccaneers	USHL		60	8th	10	18th	32		-	-	-	-	-
2005/06	Boston University	NCAA		32	2	2	4th	12
2006/07	Boston University	NCAA		39	2	3	5	18th
2007/08	Boston University	NCAA		38	4th	3	7th	24
2008/09	Boston University	NCAA		45	6th	23	29	24
2009/10	Worcester Sharks	AHL		74	15th	27	42	39		11	2	3	5	10
2009/10	San Jose Sharks	NHL		4th	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Worcester Sharks	AHL		25th	7th	5	12	13		-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	San Jose Sharks	NHL		37	2	2	4th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	Worcester Sharks	AHL		65	20th	27	47	41		-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	San Jose Sharks	NHL		10	0	0	0	10		-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Worcester Sharks	AHL		65	9	16	25th	12		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	Worcester Sharks	AHL		13	3	4th	7th	9		-	-	-	-	-
2013/14	San Jose Sharks	NHL		36	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Chicago Wolves	AHL		25th	5	3	8th	11		-	-	-	-	-
2014/15	Worcester Sharks	NHL		35	9	9	18th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
2015/16	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		67	16	29	45	22nd		4th	0	0	0	0
2015/16	San Jose Sharks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
2016/17	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		67	19th	14th	33	26th		15th	2	5	7th	18th
2017/18	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		56	10	16	26th	18th		4th	0	1	1	0
2018/19	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		67	13	17th	30th	26th		4th	1	2	3	0
2019/20	San Jose Barracuda	AHL		18th	4th	0	4th	8th		-	-	-	-	-
USHL total				60	8th	10	18th	32		-	-	-	-	-
NCAA overall				154	14th	31	45	78
AHL total				577	130	167	297	233		38	5	11	16	28
NHL overall				88	3	3	6th	22nd		-	-	-	-	-

International

Represented the USA at:

• Olympic Winter Games 2018

year	team	event	result		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2018	United States	Olympia	7th place		5	0	0	0	2
Men overall					5	0	0	0	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

• John McCarthy in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
• John McCarthy at eliteprospects.com (English)