Josh Hennessy

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Josh Hennessy
Date of birth 7th February 1985
place of birth Brockton , Massachusetts , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 86 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2003 , 2nd round, 43rd position
San Jose Sharks
Career stations
2001-2005 Remparts de Quebec
2005-2006 Cleveland Barons
2006-2010 Binghamton Senators
Ottawa Senators
2010-2011 HC Lugano
2011–2012 Providence Bruins
2012-2013 Vityaz Chekhov
2014 Kloten Flyers
Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk
2014-2017 Vaxjo Lakers
2017-2018 Providence Bruins

Joshua "Josh" Hennessy (born February 7, 1985 in Brockton , Massachusetts ) is a former American ice hockey player who played 34 games for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League between 2001 and 2018 has contested on the position of the center . In addition, he played 490 games in the American Hockey League and spent another seven seasons in Europe, where he celebrated the greatest success of his career in 2015 in the service of the Växjö Lakers by winning the Swedish championship .

Career

The 1.83 m tall center began his professional career with the Remparts de Québec in the Canadian junior league Ligue de hockey junior majeur du Québec before he was selected in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft as 43rd in the second round by the San Jose Sharks . The left shooter played with the Remparts as host in the final tournament of the Memorial Cup 2003, but the team failed after three defeats in the preliminary round.

Hennessy in the jersey of the Cleveland Barons

Until 2005, the American, who quickly developed into a leading player at the Remparts by learning the French language and was named team captain in his third season in the LHJMQ , played in Québec and then moved to the Cleveland Barons for the 2005/06 season , the farm team for the San Jose Sharks in the American Hockey League . The attacker played as one of only two players in all games of the regular season and was voted the team's internal “ Rookie of the Year ” with 63 points .

About the Chicago Blackhawks Hennessy was finally transferred to the Ottawa Senators on July 9, 2006 in a swap deal with players from all three franchises , who previously used him mainly with the Binghamton Senators in the AHL.

For the 2010/11 season Hennessy moved to HC Lugano and signed a contract for one season. On July 5, 2011, the striker received a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins , but was mostly used by the Providence Bruins in the AHL. In August 2012, Hennessy was committed by Vityas Chekhov from the Continental Hockey League . The American spent two seasons there before moving back to Switzerland at the end of the 2013/14 season and strengthening the Kloten Flyers in the National League A playoffs . For the 2014/15 season, the striker signed a contract with Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk from the KHL, before moving again within Europe after 27 appearances. From late December 2014 to spring 2017, Hennessy was a member of the Växjö Lakers from the Svenska Hockeyligan . He celebrated his greatest career success with the team in the 2014/15 season by winning the Swedish championship .

In the summer of 2017, he returned to the United States after six years abroad and played his last professional season for his ex-club Providence Bruins in the AHL. After the 2017/18 season , the 33-year-old declared his active career over.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 70 20th 20th 40 24 9 3 9 12 8th
2002/03 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 72 33 51 84 44 11 6th 9 15th 10
2003 Remparts de Quebec Memorial Cup 3 0 4th 4th 4th
2003/04 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 59 40 42 82 55 - - - - -
2004/05 Remparts de Quebec LHJMQ 68 35 50 85 39 13 2 9 11 6th
2005/06 Cleveland Barons AHL 80 24 39 63 60 - - - - -
2006/07 Binghamton Senators AHL 76 27 30th 57 54 - - - - -
2006/07 Ottawa Senators NHL 10 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
2007/08 Binghamton Senators AHL 76 22nd 29 51 49 - - - - -
2007/08 Ottawa Senators NHL 5 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2008/09 Binghamton Senators AHL 59 20th 17th 37 26th - - - - -
2008/09 Ottawa Senators NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2009/10 Binghamton Senators AHL 78 30th 38 68 26th - - - - -
2009/10 Ottawa Senators NHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
2010/11 HC Lugano NLA 36 9 10 19th 22nd - - - - -
2011/12 Providence Bruins AHL 69 19th 22nd 41 22nd - - - - -
2011/12 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
2012/13 Vityaz Chekhov KHL 48 11 14th 25th 53 - - - - -
2013/14 HK Vitjas KHL 19th 1 7th 8th 10 - - - - -
2013/14 Kloten Flyers NLA 1 0 0 0 0 6th 1 3 4th 0
2014/15 Neftechimik Nizhnekamsk KHL 27 2 6th 8th 20th - - - - -
2014/15 Vaxjo Lakers SHL 20th 5 8th 13 12 18th 2 6th 8th 8th
2015/16 Vaxjo Lakers SHL 52 8th 8th 16 40 9 0 1 1 33
2016/17 Vaxjo Lakers SHL 51 3 9 12 16 6th 1 0 1 6th
2017/18 Providence Bruins AHL 52 10 7th 17th 18th - - - - -
LHJMQ total 269 128 163 291 162 33 11 27 38 24
AHL total 490 152 182 334 255 - - - - -
NHL overall 23 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
NLA total 37 9 10 19th 22nd 7th 1 3 4th 0
KHL total 94 14th 27 41 83 - - - - -
Svenska hockey player overall 123 16 25th 41 68 33 3 7th 10 47

( 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 Hennessy, Josh
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hennessy, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th February 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Brockton , Massachusetts