John McFarland
 John McFarland 
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| Date of birth | April 2, 1992 |
| place of birth | Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada |
| size | 183 cm |
| Weight | 87 kg |
| position | center |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Draft | |
| NHL Entry Draft |
2010 , 2nd round, 33rd position Florida Panthers |
| Career stations | |
| 2008-2010 | Sudbury Wolves |
| 2010–2012 | Saginaw Spirit |
| 2012 | Ottawa 67's |
| 2012-2015 | San Antonio Rampage |
| 2016 |
Florida Panthers Portland Pirates |
| 2016-2017 | SaiPa |
| 2017-2018 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds |
| 2018-2019 |
Bakersfield Condors Wichita Thunder |
John McFarland (born April 2, 1992 in Richmond Hill , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The center played three games for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League in the 2015/16 season and was otherwise used in minor leagues .
Career
McFarland was first selected by the Sudbury Wolves in the 2008 OHL Priority Selection and as a result was honored with the Jack Ferguson Award . In August 2008 he signed a contract with the Wolves, for which he went on the ice in the Ontario Hockey League . After his second season in the OHL, in which he scored 50 points in 64 games, he was selected in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft in 33rd place by the Florida Panthers . After another twelve games for Sudbury, McFarland moved to league rivals Saginaw Spirit in December 2010 . For this, the attacker was on the ice until January 2012, before he was transferred to the Ottawa 67’s within the Ontario Hockey League .
He spent the 2012/13 and 2013/14 seasons alternately in the American Hockey League with the San Antonio Rampage and in the ECHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones . At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, he moved to the Panthers' new farm team, the Portland Pirates , and also made his debut with the Panthers in the NHL in February 2016.
After the 2015/16 season, McFarland moved to Europe for the first time and joined SaiPa from the Finnish Liiga . He then moved to HC La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss League before returning to North America after two years. There he briefly ran for the Bakersfield Condors in the AHL and the Wichita Thunder in the ECHL before he declared his career over in February 2019.
International
At the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009 McFarland won the gold medal with Team Canada Ontario , was the best scorer of the tournament with 13 points and was then elected to the All-Star team. In the same year he won the gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament , in which he led the Canadian team as captain on the ice. For Canada , he also took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2009 and 2010 .
Achievements and Awards
- 2008 Jack Ferguson Award
- 2008 OHL rookie of the month October
- 2010 Participation in the CHL Top Prospects Game
International
- 2009 gold medal at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2009 All-Star Team at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2009 top scorer at the World U-17 Hockey Challenge
- 2009 gold medal at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2008/09 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 58 | 21st | 31 | 52 | 36 | 6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | 2 | ||
| 2009/10 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 64 | 20th | 30th | 50 | 70 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2010/11 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 12 | 6th | 4th | 10 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010/11 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 37 | 19th | 9 | 28 | 33 | 12 | 5 | 4th | 9 | 6th | ||
| 2011/12 | Saginaw Spirit | OHL | 36 | 20th | 21st | 41 | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2011/12 | Ottawa 67's | OHL | 12 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2012/13 | Cincinnati Cyclones | ECHL | 23 | 12 | 13 | 25th | 12 | 12 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 6th | ||
| 2012/13 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 43 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | Cincinnati Cyclones | ECHL | 20th | 8th | 5 | 13 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2013/14 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 45 | 10 | 14th | 24 | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2014/15 | San Antonio Rampage | AHL | 46 | 10 | 9 | 19th | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | ||
| 2015/16 | Portland Pirates | AHL | 56 | 14th | 10 | 24 | 47 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2015/16 | Florida panthers | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2016/17 | SaiPa | Liiga | 21st | 3 | 6th | 9 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2017/18 | HC La Chaux-de-Fonds | Swiss League | 11 | 6th | 1 | 7th | 20th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2018/19 | Wichita Thunder | ECHL | 10 | 0 | 4th | 4th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2018/19 | Bakersfield Condors | AHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| OHL total | 219 | 90 | 100 | 190 | 180 | 22nd | 9 | 7th | 16 | 10 | ||||
| ECHL total | 53 | 20th | 22nd | 42 | 24 | 12 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 6th | ||||
| AHL total | 199 | 39 | 42 | 81 | 84 | 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6th | ||||
International
Represented Canada to:
- World U-17 Hockey Challenge 2009
- U18 Junior World Championship 2009
- Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2009
- U18 Junior World Championship 2010
| year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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| 2009 | Canada Ontario | U17-WHC |
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6th | 9 | 4th | 13 | 4th | |
| 2009 | Canada | U18 World Cup | 4th Place | 6th | 3 | 5 | 8th | 6th | |
| 2009 | Canada | HIMT |
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4th | 5 | 2 | 7th | 6th | |
| 2010 | Canada | U18 World Cup | 7th place | 6th | 4th | 1 | 5 | 8th | |
| Juniors overall | 22nd | 21st | 12 | 33 | 24 | ||||
( 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 McFarland in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- John McFarland at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- John McFarland at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McFarland, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Richmond Hill , Ontario , Canada |