Wade Flaherty

Wade Flaherty
Date of birth	January 11, 1968
place of birth	Terrace , British Columbia , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft	1988 , 9th lap, 181st position Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
1985	Kelowna Wings
1985-1986	Seattle Thunderbirds Spokane Chiefs
1986-1987	Nanaimo Clippers
1987-1989	Victoria Cougars
1989-1990	Greensboro Monarchs
1990-1994	Kansas City Blades
1994-1997	San Jose Sharks
1997-2001	New York Islanders
2001	Tampa Bay Lightning
2001-2002	Utah grizzlies
2002-2003	San Antonio Rampage
2003-2004	Milwaukee Admirals
2004-2007	Manitoba mosses
2007-2008	Rockford IceHogs
2008-2009	China Sharks

Wade Flaherty (born January 11, 1968 in Terrace , British Columbia ) is a former Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and current coach . In the National Hockey League he was active for the San Jose Sharks , New York Islanders , Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators .

Career

Flaherty played for five years initially from 1984 to 1989 at various teams in the Western Hockey League , mainly with the Victoria Cougars . After a good 1987/88 season, which earned him a nomination for the West Second All-Star Team of the WHL, he was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1988 in the ninth round at 181st place by the Buffalo Sabers .

Flaherty in the jersey of the China Sharks

For the 1989/90 season, the Canadian moved to the professional camp and stood at the Greensboro Monarchs in the East Coast Hockey League in goal, which he led to winning the Riley Cup at the end of the season and was voted the most valuable player in the playoffs. The following season Flaherty played in the International Hockey League with the Kansas City Blades , which were from the 1991/92 season the farm team of the newly formed San Jose Sharks and took the goalkeeper under contract. Between 1991 and 1997 Flaherty came repeatedly to appearances in the National Hockey League , but his greatest achievement was winning the Turner Cup and the James Norris Memorial Trophy of the IHL. After his contract with the Sharks ran out after the 1996/97 season , he moved to the New York Islanders as a free agent , where he did not get beyond being a second or third goalkeeper until the summer of 2001. This was followed by further changes to the Tampa Bay Lightning , Florida Panthers and Nashville Predators , with whose farm team he won the Calder Cup in the 2003/04 season . Flaherty also received the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy . After his contract with the organization of the Predators had expired, he switched to the organization of the Vancouver Canucks , but was only used there with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. In the 2007/08 season , Flaherty was with the Rockford IceHogs , the Chicago Blackhawks ' farm team , under contract.

After his one-year contract at Rockford expired, Flaherty accepted an offer from his former employer, the San Jose Sharks, before the start of the 2008-09 season. They signed Flaherty as a regular goalkeeper for their farm team, the China Sharks in the Asia League Ice Hockey , where the same also worked as a goalkeeper coach. In January 2009, Flaherty accepted an offer from the Chicago Blackhawks who hired him as a goalkeeping coach. On July 15, 2011, he was hired by the Winnipeg Jets as a goalkeeping coach.

Achievements and Awards

1988 WHL West Second All-Star Team 1990 Riley Cup win with the Greensboro Monarchs 1990 Kelly Cup Playoffs Most Valuable Player 1991 All-Star Team of the Junior World Championship 1992 Turner Cup win with the Kansas City Blades 1992 James Norris Memorial Trophy (together with Artūrs Irbe ) 1993 IHL Second All-Star Team 1994 IHL Second All-Star Team

2003 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada 2004 Calder Cup win with the Milwaukee Admirals 2004 Jack A. Butterfield Trophy 2006 AHL All-Star Classic 2006 AHL All-Star Classic MVP (together with Yann Danis ) 2006 AHL Second All-Star Team 2007 Spengler Cup win with Team Canada

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victories	Defeats	draw	Minutes	GT	Shutouts	Sv%	GTS
Regular season	11	120	27	56	9	5941	348	5	.887	3.51
Playoffs	1	7th	2	3	-	377	31	0	.860	4.93

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; ¹  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

• Wade Flaherty at hockeydb.com (English)
• Wade Flaherty at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Wade Flaherty at hockeygoalies.org